As Theoden’s soldiers embark on a journey towards defending Gondor, they had yet to seize the motivation and power needed to become victorious in the battle. They had gazed upon the enemy’s great army and brutalness that awaited them at a hilltop, and have increasingly lost all hope and energy. Theoden, understanding the importance of the battle and the physical and mental exhaustion of his soldiers, had stimulated encouragement during a short address promptly before the epic battle took place. Taking advantage of the situation of a sun peeking out through Sauron’s clouds, Theoden had vitalized his army by instilling appeals to emotion as well as a dynamic tone within his brief speech. An appeal to emotion is established by Theoden through …show more content…
Before entering the battle, Theoden becomes preoccupied with the rays of sunlight breaking through Sauron’s clouds. Gazing at this particular view initiated Theoden to strike hope into his soldiers as he claimed, “A sword day...a red day...ere the sun rises!”, Within that statement, parallelism is utilized to enhance his powerful tone as he proclaims the significance of this battle and how this day was especially important in ensuring the safety of the human race against Sauron and his army. This vigorous tone is also demonstrated through the development of alliteration, especially when Theoden states, “Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered!” Theoden’s dynamic tone is amplified within this particular statement as it exemplifies how his soldiers will inflict damage to the enemy while they battle. The phrase in itself works to initiate motivation and dignity within the soldiers, thus allowing them to defend the last hope for human life. The dynamic tone, supported by parallelism and alliteration, was thoroughly instilled within this brief speech in order to invigorate optimism towards the
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Analyzing innocence has always been a difficult task, not only due to it’s rapid reevaluation in the face of changing societal values, but also due to the highly private and personal nature of the concept. The differences between how people prioritize different types of innocence - childhood desires, intellectual naivety, sexual purity, criminal guilt, etc. - continually obscures the definition of innocence. This can make it difficult for people to sympathize with others’ loss of purity, simply because their definition of that loss will always be dissimilar to the originally expressed idea. Innocence can never truly be adequately described, simply because another will never be able to precisely decipher the other’s words. It is this challenge, the challenge of verbally depicting the isolationism of the corruption of innocence, that Tim O’Brien attempts to endeavour in his fictionalized memoir, The
In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the differences between ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ is written by Poet Lauriat Lord Tennyson and ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ is written by Lord Byron. They both contain different poetic techniques and write about a battle in completely different ways.
In “A Movie, A Word, and My Family’s Battle,” by Patricia Bauer makes an emotional argument that you cannot use the word “retard”, no matter how you mean it, without offending a large group of people while also setting back years of progress.
Metaphors, a rhetorical device in the English literature are frequently used in advertising as a way to enhance the perceived value of a product and often times help to create a particular brand image. For example “Axe’s campaign focuses on the main idea of a man aggressively pursued by a multitude of young, attractive women.” This theme has been coined as “The Axe effect” and has become the main slogan for all the products. The impression that this slogan implies is that once the man applies the product, he is appeal of any attractive women he passes. Therefore mirroring the fourth law stated by Richardson, “in practice women are defined in terms of their sexual desirability to men; and men are defined in terms of their sexual prowess over
In Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, the author uses different methods to engage the reader. The author’s passion for history is an attribute that rubs off when read, and impacts the perception of other similar pieces of nonfiction. The main engaging piece is the difficult historical and scientific concepts explained in everyday and simple language. His humor is slight, and requires a keen eye, but the small amount distributed through the text really bring out the ironic and laughable opinions held by some people. The inclusion of visuals for things such as migration give a brief break from solely text explanation to put the facts in a visual sense, and tactical descriptions appeal to the logical, and give the base, and most important
“A Modest Proposal” was written in 1729 by a satirical author by the name of Jonathan Swift. Swift studied at the University of Oxford and was also know for his popular writing in Gulliver’s Travel. The purpose for his satire “A Modest Proposal” was to enlighten the citizens of Ireland about their hardship and suffering. He informed them about their scares of food, money, and property, but provided a possible solution to their problem. To persuade the people Swift adopts a comforting and friendly tone to his audience for the people to react to his solution.
"So,” begins poem. “The Spear-Danes in days gone by/ and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness./ We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns” (1-3). What follows is a brief history lesson, the story of “Shield Sheafson, scourge of many tribes,/ a ...
Warfare is a prominent theme in Beowulf . The reasons and conduct for and during warfare are mentioned and displayed throughout the poem. The reason for warfare is usually for retribution. As an act of revenge, battles are fought. The conduct is also very standard and prevalent. All warfare fought by honorable men had to be fought fair. If the opposing side bore no weapons, then the other side also used no weapons. The author of this poem depicts himself/herself to be an advocate of warfare. By idolizing Beowulf because of his heroic deeds during warfare, the poet makes armed conflict courageous and noble.
Unfair treatments have occurred too numerous to count no matter it is related to racism, social differences or gender discrimination. In the song “Fortunate Son” created by John Fogerty, who is the lead singer and the guitarist in the Creedence Clearwater Revival, the songwriter uses first person point of view to depict a man who is unfortunate comparing to other people mentioned in the song. Metaphor, imagery and repetition are used to describe unequal treatment.
In Kirby Dick’s influential documentary “The Invisible War,” filmmaker Kirby Dick uses pathos, ethos and logos to gain information and supplementary details to make his point that there is an epidemic of rape in throughout the DOD (Department of Defense) and the fact that military sexual trauma (MST) in the United States military goes unheard, mostly unpunished and needs to be addressed at a higher level.
"Telephone" is a song recorded by pop artist, Lady Gaga, and features America's R&B queen, Beyoncé. The song was written by Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga), Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Lazonate Franklin, and Beyoncé Knowles. Gaga originally wrote the song to be included in Britney Spear's Circus album, however the track was left behind. As a result, La-dy Gaga picked it up for The Frame Monster, making it number three on the 2014 musical Bill-board. I enjoy listening to “Telephone” because I absolutely adore Lady Gaga's music and style. I also like the message that the songs portrays. "Telephone" is more than just a fun, up-beat tune to enjoy. I chose to
After reviewing this week’s episodes of serial, and given our topic, I found that the Rhetorical Appeals are directly linked to the court cases. These Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, and Logos), are used throughout both cases. From Jay’s case, it’s clear that Pathos and Ethos are two main elements supporting his defense. However in Adnan’s case, Logos was the prevalent appeal when defending his innocence.
Terry Moore presented at a TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) talk posted in May 2011 “How to Tie Your Shoes.” explained in a humorous manner, that there is the right way to tie shoes and the wrong way to tie shoes. Not only does he explain in detail, but also demonstrated it live on a shoe with laces, also showing people how to tell if its tied incorrectly and correctly, while making the point that it is one simple change. No matter how small a change one person makes, that change can cause a whole range a results, good or bad, no can predict this type of change.
Time after time it seems like people have tried to depict what our society true and often hidden image represents. One artist, Lauryn Hill, executed this topic exquisitely in her song “Mystery of Iniquity” produced in 2002. In this song she incorporates several verses from the bible n her lyrics to relate the underlying corruption of the law system on society and how it affects people. The first few lines of the song incorporate the same lyrics in the title where it states, “It's the mystery of Inequity, said it's the misery of inequity, said it's the history of inequity.” Here we see she uses these lines to introduce what she will essentially be discussing throughout the song as this expression is found in the book of 2 Thessalonians 2:7 in