...Ishmaeal Beah quite frequently uses rhetorical questions. His intention with the use of these rhetorical questions is to coax or subtly induce the audience. It is a question asked not for the answer, but for the effect. Oftentimes, he uses a rhetorical question to accentuate a point or just to get the audience thinking. For the most part these questions are not asked for a direct answer; instead they are questions roaming his mind and are then written onto paper. For example, he says, “Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last person in my immediate family to be alive?” (179). And then he goes on to saying, “How was I going to explain my sadness which I am unable to hide as it takes over my face, to my new family, especially children?...
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...Who am I? Seriously, that wasn’t a rhetorical question, either. I hardly know myself sometimes. Am I smart? Sharp-witted and funny? Do I bring good company to those who surround me? Or am I just clumsy, empty-headed, and obnoxious? Maybe it’s all in my head. Maybe it just depends on the day. Maybe both descriptors hold some sense of validity, and I just focus on one aspect over another instead of the bigger picture (the Gestalt, if you will.) Perhaps me attempting to be honest will help. After all, that’s a word that tends to come to mind when I think of who I really am. “Everyone appreciates your honesty”, once said the legendary George Carlin, “until you’re honest with them. Then you’re an a-hole.” As mentioned earlier, I would call myself...
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... The story being told is of the relationship between the Duke and former Duchess. Browning adopts numerous narrative techniques. Browning uses the form of a dramatic monologue to help the story progress. For instance 'That's my Last Duchess' shows that there is one speculator although there is an implied audience. The effect of this is that it shows that the poem tells a story that consists of much more than the words spoken by the one giving the monologue. To evaluate, the dramatic monologue makes it engaging with the reader. Additionally, Browning uses rhetorical questions as part of form to help tell the story. For example, 'Who'd stoop to blame..' is a clear example of the Duke trying to persuade his audience. The effect is that it reveals more about the Duke's character as the rhetorical question reinforces the impression that the Duke is haughty and self-important. To evaluate, Browning uses rhetorical questions effectively, revealing more about his character. Browning uses a lexical field of jealousy, ownership, artistry and love in order to aid the progression of the story. For instance, 'my Last Duchess painted on the wall' shows that the Duchess is objectified. The effect of this is that it allows the reader to sympathise with the Duchess and forces the reader to think of the Duke in a negative manner. To evaluate, Browning uses lexical fields clearly to allow the audience to make a judgement on the characters. In addition, Browning uses descriptive language to...
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...that women carry in their minds. The essay, “Creating the Myth” by Linda Seger shows on how stories are based on our own life experiences. Sander’s argument about how the impressions of men or women are based on ones life experiences relates to Seger’s depiction of myths through the use of rhetorical questions and dialogue. Primarily, Sander uses rhetorical questions in order to discuss how ones life experiences illustrates stories of myths. Sander addresses about when he experienced a situation where he met women telling him men have plenty of joy and privileges. He writes, “and for the first time I met women who told me that men are guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves. I was baffled. What privileges? What joys?” (Sander 229). Sander is shocked to find out that women feel that way about men. It is an amusing statement to assume that men have certain stereotypical characteristics in society because it is not necessarily true that woman cannot do some things similar to men. Life responsibilities are equally made for everyone. Sander disagrees and pushes back to how much of a struggle men have to go through in life, equally as women. These questions enable us to think about the hidden truth of how men do not take the easy way out and go through difficult phases in life just like woman. This connects to Seger’s argument about how stories are reflected on real life experiences because people tend to make assumptions and stories that are...
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...American, Gratitude, Indifference, They, god, hatred, human, Strands: Light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil Binaries: America: Clinton, commander in chief, commander of the armed forces, Army, soldiers, god Germany: Auschwitz, concentration camp, Hitler, Jews, Nazis 2. Provide and respond to level 1, 2, and 3 questions. Level 2 and 3 questions should have detailed responses. Level 1 Etymologically what does the word indifference mean? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." Describe the Holocaust. The Holocaust was where people like Elie were sent to concentration camps and forced to work. Many were killed. Level 2 Analyze the way Elie uses the word gratitude. Level 3 How do you think the Holocaust impacted Elie’s life? Elie is emotionally scarred for life. Evaluate how Elie uses Roosevelt in the speech and how it affects it. 3. Provide clear, precise, and detailed evidence of the following rhetorical patterns: allusion, definition, rhetorical questions, biography, repetition, and parallel structure. Elie uses rhetorical questions by stating things like, “Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences?” He uses repetition by repeating words like, gratitude, indifference, our, and human. In the sentence, “What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means...
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...AD ANALYSIS Tata Motors launched in 2012, a poster in Malaysia which aimed to promote their new car, Tata Nano and also to promote the safety of the civilians by offering a safer and cheaper option of transportation. The advertisement text – ‘change the burden’ tries to convince the Malaysian families which are poor and are in large numbers the dangers of travelling by bikes or second-hand cars. This is depicted by the big picture in the advertisement that shows 5 people sitting on a bike and they all look very uncomfortable and the lady at the back is almost falling off the bike. Tata Nano solves this problem as since it is cheaper the lower middle class Malaysian families can now afford it. It is a much safer option as large families can fit into it comfortably and it is less expensive. It costs only around RM8,330. The advertisement aims to sell to the lower class Malaysian families that have large families and low income. The purpose of this advertisement is to sell cheap, small cars to those who, until now, could only afford motorcycles. The writer uses an informal form of English, which is most likely understood by Malaysians and contains influences from the Malaysian language. Another purpose of the advertisement is to make the public aware of the various dangers of civil transportation and to familiarize them with the Malaysian law which states that a motorcyclist will be fined if he is carrying more than 2 passengers on his bike. It is very common in Malaysia for...
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...Answer A 1. Give an outline of the views on the relation between wealth and happiness presented in texts 1 and 2 Text 1: Text 1 is written by David Brooks and it’s an op-ed column. He starts off by telling about Sandra Bullock’s life – she winning an Academy Award but also her husband being an “adulterous jerk”. He asks if anybody would trade publicity with having a personal life. He continues to happiness. If you have a successful marriage and you encounter a lot of personally setbacks, either on the job or financially you will remain happy. But if you have an unsuccessful marriage and you encounter a lot of happiness, financially or getting a promotion, you will remain “significantly” unfulfilled. Money can’t give you happiness. The United States is richer than it was 50 years ago but researches show that Americans aren’t any happier than 50 years ago. Even on a personal level if you win the lottery – you will be happier until you have bought your material goods, and you will go back to your old self. The activity that will make you the happiest is sex. Just as being married “produces a psychic gain equivalent to more than $100,000 a year”. “Most people overestimate the extent to which more money would improve our lives” Text 2: Text 2 is written by Stephanie Rosenbloom and is an article. She starts off by telling about the economy, which is not very good. Consumers saved more than 4% more on their after-tax income then normal, which is alarming because...
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...Compare the methods the poets use to explore the connection between people and the places in which they live in ‘Hurricane Hits England’ and one other poem. In the two poems ‘Hurricane Hits England’ and ‘Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan’ both poets use a variety of literary techniques such as the setting style and themes to invoke within the reader a sense of the narrators nationality in the poem. The poem ‘Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan’ is set in England with a girl remembering her previous life in Pakistan. The poet Moniza Alvi depicts the dilemma of the young Asian girl who is growing up in England but family and relatives are strongly rooted in Pakistani culture and traditions. She feels lost, she’s confused about her identity and she feels ‘half-English.’ This indicates that she is not truly identifying with English cultures. The poem is written as a first person narrative to enable us to share her story, the reader can identify more easily with one person. Imagery is used throughout the poem, ‘Glistening like an orange split open.’ This enables the reader to visualise, hence become more involved and the poem becomes more alive. The conflict between her two cultures felt by this young girl is juxtaposed throughout the poem this reinforces the differences between the two nationalities. ‘My salwar kameez didn’t impress the school friend.’ Her friends did not like beautiful, top quality, traditional Pakistani clothes. The poet also makes a political comment by...
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...acquainted with the main characters – The Crutchman family “so very very happy and so temperate in all their habits and so pleased with everything that came their way”, due to the anaphoric repetition the author creates intensification, that states the problem – what in beautiful on the outside may be dreadful inside. Obviously, the theme of the work is reflected in the title of the story. The rhetorical questions (who but someone suffering from a guilt complex would want to much light to pour into the rooms?; Why be o intense about digging holes) give a detailed emotional description of the Crutchman's life. The world of things puts emphasis on their way of life and thoughts. The positive form of these questions presuppose negative answers and so it gets obvious from the very beginning that the Crutchman's problems are deep and that the extraordinary rosiness of their family fruit just conceal the gravity of the infection. John Cheever gives a psychological portray of the main characters: Helen and Larry. We can observe the motives of their actions throughout the story. Constantly asking questions the author makes us think over them, he also gives us the hints at possible answers. Seemingly, their story is pretty simple; it narrates about how Helen and Larry met, about their children's life ways as well as about their own ones. And the whole course of life is soaked with happiness that...
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...Maya Angelou once said “You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right” In the essays “On Going Home” by Joan Didions and “Once more to the Lake” written by E.B Whites are two authors dealing with their personal issues as they compares and contrasts they current life and past, which are vastly different. The way they uses description in this essays and the flow of events is very similar to the way that memories rush in when one returns to a familiar place from one’s past To descript is to portray or re-create a scene, a person, a place or a feeling. Description is an important skill in communication between people, and it appears in most of the writing situation. An effective description requires a dominant impression; a central theme or idea about the subject to which readers can relate all the details. Joan Didions and E.B Whites uses description effectively in “On Going Home” and “Once More to the Lake”. “On Going Home” Didion describes her experiences and thoughts on what defines her meaning of home. Joan Didion begins her story by illustrating what "home" is to her. She describes how her home now is not the place where her husband and daughter live, but in the Central Valley of California with her family. With this introduction, one can sense that she is troubled by the differences between the two. Didion stated “My husband likes my family but is uneasy in their house, because once there I fall into their ways, which are difficult...
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...Duke Senior The inclusiveness of his language and how there is a sense of equality among those who are part of the forest. “Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile,” - “Old customs” refers to the old values, such as loyalty “Painted pomp” paint in the traditional sense is the actors paint, the artificiality of the court. Pomp is the ceremonial and ritual court life, and how the plosive ‘p’ sound implies the temporary, fleeting nature of this. It is a sound that dismisses it, as opposed to ‘old custom’ which is endured, sound wise. It may also suggest an element of contempt. Senior compares forest and court and says that this is more sweet. Where Fredrick speaks imperatively quite frequently (tyranny), Senior speaks with a lot of rhetorical questions, seeking answers from his ‘co-mates’. “...the penalty of Adam” alludes to the Garden of Eden and how Adam was exiled from the Garden, and Senior explains how they share this ‘penalty’ and they feel this penalty through the extreme weather here, “as the icy fang...” (reference to winter), metaphorical representation of winter by comparing it to a wolf and this emphasises that this is a ‘real’ place. “I smile and say, ‘This is no flattery’. He feel the winter winds and he compares it to the language that was used with him in the court. “these are counsellors...” that the cold teaches him to know himself, the hardship that they experience is what allows them to gain more knowledge of themselves. A metaphorical counsellor (very like...
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...reminisce on his life mistakes and he tries to understand his son own life. While hoping to reach out to his son to be a better person. Chesterfield also tells his son that he better take the advice because without him he is nothing, no money, home, or education. Chesterfield also hopes that history want repeat itself by saying “neither have, nor can have a shilling in the world but from me “. On the other hand Lord Chesterfield has faith in his though about making good decisions for himself. Chesterfield tells his son he should push himself and strive to be excellent. Chesterfield tries not to dictate his son as a parent but to be his friend, because he knows how easy it is to not listen to your parent. Chesterfield also uses rhetorical questions to help and boost his son motivation to do better. In lines (35-41 0 Chesterfield tells his son he should use his education to come above any and everyone else “for can there be a greater pleasure than to be universal “ In conclusion , Lord Chesterfield reveal that although his son might not care or anything and forgetting what he is suppose to do he knows his son will be great . Chesterfields hopes this letter will help his son make good decisions later on in his life that Chesterfield did not do. Chesterfield purpose of this was to motivate and warn his son of...
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...the stage for the revolutionary action to take place; the murder of the emperor, Julius Caesar. The scheming Cassius, praising Decius, and dedicated Antony all use a labyrinthine combination of rhetorical devices and modes of persuasion to coerce their victims into their desires of either the death of Caesar or the condemnation of the conspirators....
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...In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention”(1775), Patrick Henry convinced colonist to start a war against Britain by using rhetorical devices. Henry used imagery to help him persuade and show the colonist that they were shutting their eyes to what the British were doing. He used allusion to emphasize that the colonist were being blinded by comparing them to other people in a famous story they knew. Henry used parallelism to emphasize his point by repeating what he said. He also used rhetorical questions so that he could give the colonist a question they would know the answer to and also so they could think about it. Henry used many rhetorical devices and in the end they helped him convince the colonist to go to war against Britain. Patrick...
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...techniques like inclusive language, generalisation and rhetorical questions to emphasize his contention. At the bottom of the article, a visual image also been used to support his view. Reading through the whole article, many inclusive phrases are used by the writer, which can invite the readers to follow and join the way of writer’s thinking. “We all remember that Olympic runner…that was truly heroic!” In this phrase, a famous example of sportsmanship is used here, but by using the phrase “we all remember” is for reminding the audience of this example and link to the contention of that, sportsmanship in the game is more than win and lose. “We don’t want a repetition if this stuff around here”, before this phrase, a negative example has been shown, so using the inclusive language “we all…” writer put himself stand with the readers to criticise the unappropriated behaviours of parents during the game. By using these exclusive language, writer can lead the audience to think with him effectively and agree more with that the sportsmanship in a game is more important. In the middle of the article, a rhetorical question sentence is also been used to convince the reader that young people would learn more sportsmanship by accepting the losing. “Isn’t good sportsmanship a model of life?” By using this rhetorical question, writer tries to manipulate the reader to agree with the idea that sportsmanship is more important. For this question, the answer is obvious, so it can position the reader...
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