In Gregory Pardlo's poem "Double Dutch," Pardlo uses simile and metaphor to convey a complex image of the girls by using the game Double Dutch to symbolize how a change in perspective can bring out a new light and inspire a new mindset. The speaker describes how "the girls turning double-dutch bob & weave like boxers pulling punches." The comparison here conveys how this simple game is not simply a game in the girls' eyes but rather something more complex which goes to show the extent of their imagination and ability to envision what other might not. Furthermore, the speaker illustrates how the girls' playing "rouses the gods." The power of the girls' creativity and imagination is highlighted here by Pardlo as he portrays the girls' jumping
Rhetorical Analysis on Anzaldua’s How to Tame a Wild Tongue The passage How to Tame a Wild Tongue is a very defensive and straightforward argumentative essay which defends her language and the people who speak it against the discrimination that the author herself has experienced first hand (Ethos). From this text we can infer that the author is most likely from hispanic descent as she is speaking spanish a lot of the time throughout the text. This text mainly speaks about the discrimination many Mexican-Americans suffer because they are spanish speaking.
In Bruce Cockburns Hoop Dancer, a song written in 1979 from the album The Trouble With Normal, he makes the case that the 20th century is destroying the culture of Indian tribes leading to an unsure future using these rhetorical devices: personification, hyperbole, anaphora, and simile. Personification is one rhetorical device used in the line, “the echoes of this laugh fade.” The line references that the joyous times of thriving Native American tribes are fading away as the 20th century rolls on. Memories are all that are left of the Native American’s true culture. Another device,hyperbole, depicts the bustling life of the 20th century, “drums and voices blend with endless rain.”
Jack Nguyen AP English 3 30, July 2015 Nickel and Dimed Rhetorical Strategies and Notes Thesis: Ehrenreich’s personal use of varied rhetorical strategies allowed her to divulge the working conditions and struggles of the poverty-stricken class to the readers in order to provoke them to realize that something has to be done about poverty.. First Body: What: Allusion Pg. 2, Logos Pg. 37. How & Effect: Ehrenreich uses these personal, rhetorical strategies based on her experiences as a low-wage worker in the poor working class. The effect is that Ehrenreich is able to show the readers the conditions in which the impoverished work in and the daily obstacles that they face in life; also there is an appeal to logic and a reference of a poverty idiom. Why: Ehrenreich is deliberately using these rhetorical strategies to incite the readers about the fact that changes need to be done to poverty because it is a detrimental thing to society.
Since Leda shows eccentric behaviors such as showering in bleach and only eating one piece of burnt toast, Leda is a robot. Leda and the story hinted that she was a robot when she was "walking across the cold tile, she stared straight ahead, avoiding the mirror, which would not have reflected a person back anyway" (1). Because of this small detail in the text, the reader could interpret what this means. This could be another way saying that she is inhuman without saying it directly. Another part of the story Leda showed strange, inhumane demeanor was when she was going to school.
Fences Bono Act 2, scene 1 In this monologue from Fences, Bono, Troy’s best friend which he met in prison, uses rhetorical techniques such as pathos and ethos to illustrate both his concerns and jealousy of Troy taking for granted, his wife’s love for him. Bono narrates about the “good ol’e times” with him and about how he was a sensible player with a gracious heart. The use of continuous repetition to emphasize the phrase“I done know you”, meant that he learned things essential to his life.
1.1 Introduction Reality TV is a television programming genre that records real life situations. These often come with a reward and are viewed for entertainment. The program being discussed is Dance Moms (2016) categorized in the competition drama. This report will discuss how real Dance Moms is through looking at the reality events and the editing. 2.1 Summary of Dance Moms Dance Moms is an American reality TV show.
“If you don 't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” (41). Although Rex Walls was not always an admirable father and role model, he did make an essential point while teaching his daughter, Jeannette, how to swim. In life, not everything comes without resistance. As Jeannette Walls describes throughout her life story, sometimes people are forced to face hardships that make them question their whole life. However, as seen in her book, it is important to learn to take those hardships and use them to shape one’s future for the better.
Rhetorical Analysis Levi Crutcher Mr Lau 3rd blk “The Other Side” is a song from the 2017 American musical drama film The Greatest Showman. It is performed by Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron, who play the characters P.T. Barnum and Phillip Carlyle, respectively. The song is an excellent example of rhetorical strategies used in musicals, including pathos, ethos, and logos. The ethos is the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker, and in this song, both characters use ethos to establish their authority.
In How to Tame a Wild Tongue, Gloria Anzaldua uses rhetoric and personal anecdotes to convey and persuade her argument that Latin Americans are forced to relinquish their cultural heritage, and to conform to white society. The evidence she provides comes in a variety of platforms, both literal and rhetorical. Rhetorical, being through emotional, logical, and credible appeals through her text. Literal being explicitly stated, without any further analysis necessary. When she utilises the modes of appeals, they are subtle within the texts, which leads the reader to analyse as they read.
The Face of Two Manipulators: Analysis of Rhetorical Devices In 1984, a novel about a dystopian society, George Orwell creates a cautionary tale about a man named Winston Smith living within the rule of a totalitarian government. In this society, the government uses a number of rhetorical devices that forces the citizens to subject to the Party. The devices used to manipulate perception in 1984 is very similar to the political strategies used from both presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The techniques used from the Party, Clinton, and Trump all mirror each other and create a false image to the public.
During the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas was skipped. He was taken by surprise because he thought that he did something wrong. Everyone in the crowd realized it too. Jonas felt embarrassed by that and at that moment wanted to disappear. The song “Shocked” by Kylie Minogue talks about being surprised by unexpected events.
In “Style” by Tim O'Brien, he writes about a girl in the village who danced. The American Soldiers came through and burned down a village, and despite all of the destruction and death, this girl still danced. The men of the platoon speculated, but couldn’t come to a conclusion as to why she wouldn’t stop. Azar thought it was a strange ritual, but Dobbins believed it to be the fact that she just liked to. After the fact, Azar mocked the girl by trying to dance like her, but Dobbins obviously didn’t find it even the slightest bit of funny.
The poem “Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret” by Langston Hughes talks to the audience about how jazz can be found in many different ways, or “languages”, and that everyone can listen to jazz and enjoy it no matter how high of a class or type of person they are. This is shown through many parts of the play including the imagery and word choice. The images that the poem produce helps to show a scene in which many people have gathered in an area around the jazz band, listening to the various ways the music is played. The word choice also helps to show that everyone from “American millionaires” and “dukes” to “school teachers” and “gigolos” can all listen to jazz music and understand what is trying to be portrayed through the rhythms and
The narrators in each of the passages give completely different perceptions of their attitudes toward change. The narrator is very important in pieces of literature because the narrator’s impressions are what we grasp from any writing piece. In both of these passages, each narrator expresses a certain feeling or attitude on leaving where they have been for a long period of time. In Passage One, the narrator was very emotional about leaving, while the narrator in Passage Two was enthusiastic and anxious about vacating. The rhetorical devices, tone, diction, and parallel structure in both passages convey the narrators’ views toward the change that is about to take place in their lives.
