Bill Clinton: Rhetorical Settings, Strategies, and Paradoxical Popularity Everyone knows what he did with Monica Lewinsky. They watched him shake his finger and lie to their face on national television. They heard his promise to be forthcoming with the truth, and head about how he patiently hair-split his way through four hours of grand jury testimony. Why is he still here? The answer lies in a combination of Clinton’s rhetorical strategy and extrinsic circumstances. Bill Clinton’s rhetoric
Rhetorical Techniques in Richard Wright’s Black Boy Richard Wright uses language in his novel, Black Boy, as a source to convey his opinions and ideas. His novel both challenges and defends the claim that language can represent a person and become a peephole into their life and surroundings. Richard Wright uses several rhetorical techniques to convey his own ideas about the uses of language. First, Wright’s language and writing style in Black Boy challenge Baldwin’s ideas. For example, pages
century, conveys the ageless theme of unrequited love. The poem has all the elements of making students understand how far back the feeling of unrequited love has been around. We can understand these elements better through the rhetorical strategies. A rhetorical strategy that this poem has is dialogue. The whole poem contains dialogue between the boy and girl who plan to meet each other in the orchard to be alone. “But I gave you everything.” “Well, you shouldn’t have done it. You know what
with the pomp and circumstance of the grand commencement ceremony, but many times the graduation is as whisper soft and natural as taking a breath. In the moving autobiographical essay, "The Graduation," Maya Angelou effectively applies three rhetorical strategies - an expressive voice, illustrative comparison and contrast, and flowing sentences bursting with vivid simile and delightful imagery - to examine the personal growth of humans caught in the adversity of racial discrimination. In an expressive
song “American Pie”, by Don McLean The song “American Pie”, by Don McLean, was a major rock-and-roll hit in 1971. McLean portrays famous rock-and-roll singer and songwriter Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash in 1961 by using many rhetorical strategies. The different possible interpretations of this song made it one of the most controversial songs from the 1970’s. Don McLean was a famous singer/songwriter who was popular in the 1970’s. His music is mostly classified into rock-and-roll
mentality. This condition can be seen in various aspects of society such as commercials, television programs, even greeting cards (Farrell, 186). While some may not agree with his opinions on the state of male identity, Farrell uses a number of rhetorical strategies and literary devices such as an objective point of view, an intellectual tone, and appeals to both logos and ethos in order to effectively convey belief that men are treated as “success objects” in today’s society. In discussing the subject
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” In King’s essay, “Letter From Birmingham Jail”, King brilliantly employs the use of several rhetorical strategies that are pivotal in successfully influencing critics of his philosophical views on civil disobedience. King’s eloquent appeal to the logical, emotional, and most notably, moral and spiritual side of his audience, serves to make “Letter From Birmingham Jail” one of the most moving and persuasive literary pieces of the 20th
theme: to Keats death equates an inability to reach his potential, to accomplish what he desires; to Shakespeare death (represented in the metaphors of autumn, twilight, and ashes) will separate him from earthly, physical love. Through various rhetorical strategies and content of sub-themes, these authors ultimately address their struggle with mortality and time; their sonnets support the idea that to fear loss and death is a waste of precious time. By telescoping the various metaphors of autumn, twilight
He is a good man, who delivered an eulogy at the funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy, where he praised Kennedy as a good man, and memorialized his impact over the world. Obama uses the rhetorical strategy of Anecdote, Allusion, and Metaphor to achieve his purpose of praising and memorializing Kennedy. A key rhetorical strategy used in Obama’s speech is an anecdote, which is used to praise Ted Kennedy. This use of an anecdote can be seen when Obama mentions, “Ted Kennedy was the baby of the family who became
In the articles “Alone in the Crowd” and “As technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?,” Michael Price and Tim Wu, respectively acknowledge the effects of technological advances. While both Price and Wu used effective rhetorical strategies in their articles, one presented their argument in a more effective manner. Wu effectively convinces his audience that as a society we continue to advance technologically, but for the wrong reasons. Price references an interview with Sherry Turkle, to convey
Use of the Rhetorical Strategies of Alliteration, Assonance, and Cacophony Candice Scheffing, a student a New Mexico Tech, not to long ago sent an email to the Clark112-list on the subject of gender. She had analyzed an essay by James Q. Wilson called "Gender" for his use of rhetorical strategies. Many rhetorical strategies can be seen in the email. The rhetorical strategies that can be found are alliteration, assonance, and cacophony. The major rhetorical strategy that Scheffing used was
on Religion: Rhetorical Devices In Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche discusses his views on Christianity, other philosophers, and authors of his time. Nietzsche’s main focus, however, is on Christianity and how its actions and views are means to an end. He uses eloquent diction that sometimes loses the reader (he makes up for his articulate word usage with elementary sentences which describe his views very efficiently) along with syntax which is very informal - for the time - to describe his views
ineffectiveness of an advertisement comes from the use of pathos, logos, ethos, and Kairos. The way these four rhetorical strategies are used and combined is essential in all advertising. If an advertisement is lacking in some areas or if there is a clash between any of these rhetorical strategies, the advertisement isn’t going to be as effective as one that finds the right balance for all the strategies. In this piece we will explore three advertisements, one is good
Assignment 3: Rhetorical Analysis “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” is an article written by world famous cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. In this article, Yo-Yo Ma identifies and discusses the role of arts in the world, stressing the point that these arts are a necessary element in the education system. Ma believes that the skills learned from these arts, are in fact, “essential” to the kind of balanced thinking that is needed in today’s world. Throughout this article, Yo-Yo Ma brilliantly portrays
Blair had to utilize tone and rhetorical strategies that would appeal to their audience. Generally, tone can be described as the attitude of
In the field of marketing, commercials are an effective means of influencing people to select particular goods or services. An example of an ad that effectively uses rhetorical techniques to appeal to its target demographic is Tide’s ad for an eco-friendly laundry detergent. This analysis goes deeply into the rhetorical devices employed in the advertisement, making links to the ideas covered in "Thank You for Arguing" and offering a thorough assessment of its overall potency. The advertisement features
In both the Pride and Prejudice excerpt written by Jane Austen and Dickens’ Our Mutual Friends passage, several rhetorical strategies, including assumption, tone, diction, and arguments, are strategically used in order to affect the women that the speakers are addressing in positive ways. However, the probable effects on the receiving end of these statements are not quite the same as the intended effects. In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, logos, inaccurate assumptions, an arrogant tone, and
Caesar deserved his death, whereas Antony believes he did not deserve it and gives the people reasons why, causing a hostile audience. With the use of ethos and pathos, Antony’s rhetorical strategy was more effective than Brutus’. Marc Antony’s speech that shook the people of Rome was mainly how he used certain rhetorical strategies. To begin with, Antony was giving the speech because he was an old friend of Caesar’s, making him the “sender”. The “receiver” on the other hand, happens to be the crowd of
Various strategies in airline advertisements Nowadays there is a plenty of airlines competing with each other. They choose different strategies in advertising their services in order to attract as many clients as possible. Some companies in their ads make an accent on exceptional features of an airline and its luxury. Such advertisements are more focused on keeping the attention of wealthy and prudent people who value their time and comfort. American Airlines is a great example of a company
Americans achieve Black liberation through music. Tupac Shakur’s debut album 2Pacalypse Now, and Kendrick Lamar’s revered To Pimp a Butterfly capture the various elements of Black liberation. Throughout each album, the artists employ different rhetorical strategies meant for conveying their Black liberation. The first branch of Black liberation is freedom of expression, or the act of relaying a unique Black presence through some medium. As defined by Garner and Calloway-Thomas, Black freedom of expression