The Use Of Rhetorical Devices In Ho Chi Minh's Writing Style

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In Ho Chi Minh’s article he states that Viet Nam is an independent country. Throughout this piece he explains very thoroughly how Viet Nam is independent. He uses many rhetorical devices some that I would like to point out are repetition and chronological order. The repetition allows him to beat you to death with the point that they are already independent. The chronological in this piece allows you to follow along with the story of how they gained their independence. These devices allow the reader to understand the piece better. The most over whelming device he uses is repetition. He uses several types of repetition; such as stating different quotes from our declaration of independence, also he says multiple times” Viet Nam has become …show more content…

This allows the reader to easily follow the events leading up to Viet Nam’s independence. Which in turn allows Ho Chi Minh to get his point across to any audience. When he is describing any event in the Viet Nam quest for independence he states the date such as “In the Autumn of 1940”. This in turn makes me think of what else is going on in the world at this exact time. Things such as Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, McDonalds produced their first restaurant, and the great Chuck Norris was born. I can think of all this useful information because Ho Chi Minh includes dates before every major event in this article. Another way chronological order is a useful rhetorical device is it keeps the reader focused on the “meat” of the passage. Which in turn keeps you more focused on smaller details because you are not thinking about when something happened in relation to another point he talked about. This can be very useful when giving so many facts as Ho Chi Min does in this piece. An ample about of facts can overwhelm any reader no matter their age or intelligence. This allows a reader to take in all these facts without straining their brain compacity. This rhetorical device was a major part in the success of this piece in the eyes of any

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