Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
In John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, I was assigned to look for examples of anaphora and zeugma. Anaphora is defined as the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. Zeugma is defined as the use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address contains many literary devices. These devices all work very well at getting his points across to his audience. For example, right away in his first paragraph, he uses parallelism by saying that that day on which he was giving this speech was “symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning-signifying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The purpose of this advertisement is to persuade people to buy the LG refrigerator system. The audience seems to be newly-married couples that are looking to furnish their new homes. We can assume this because in the foreground of the ad there are two glasses of what appear to be champagne. Also, the background looks [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
The first observation one can take from reading David Wallace’s Just Asking is that the entire piece is made up of questions. The use of questions creates sort of a provocative tone. It is clear at the beginning of the article that he is not going to put things delicately but rather harshly. He seems to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009 No Comments »
The speaker of this political cartoon is the artist, Dana Summers. He is the cartoonist for two nationally syndicated comic strips and an editorial cartoon. He also graduated from the Art Institute in Boston. This appeals to ethos because his qualifications make him a credible artist. The subject of the cartoon is the recent economic downturn [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2009 No Comments »
The first text provided on the subject of Princess Diana’s death is a news report from the British Broadcasting Company written on the morning of her death. The purpose of this text is to inform the general public of the news of the death and to give as many details as possible about where it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
In Jody Heyman’s essay “We Can Afford to Give Parents a Break”, the developmental pattern that prevails is exemplification. Throughout the essay, Heyman uses specific facts to support her point. For instance, in the second paragraph she writes that out of 168 countries on which she collected data, 164 have managed to guarantee paid maternity [...]
