Rhetoric Essays

The article argues that facilities that create sentimental settings are successful in helping the residents when they experience confusion, anger, terror, and many other emotions. Furthermore, lying to patients who have dementia helps them rather than insisting on telling them the truth which irritates them. Larissa MacFarquhar argues her points …

Barack Obama took his oath as the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20 of this year, during the Presidential Inauguration at the U. S. Capital Building in Washington, D. C. Like all Presidential Inaugurations one of the key elements of the events was the inaugural …

In my analysis of Margaret Talbot’s “Brain Gain: The Underground World of Neuroenhancing Drugs”, I will focus on her use of rhetorical appeals to persuade the audience to agree with her opinion. In the article, Talbot explains the use of neuroenhancing drugs such as Adderall on college campuses and in …

Chapter 1 On page 7, Ralph speaks to himself, ‘sounding the bass strings of delight,’ when he says ‘Wizzoh!’ This rhetorical device is an example of 50’s dialogue, equivalent to the word cool nowadays. This helps the reader in registering when the story of set ,and sums up Ralph’s feelings …

Civil War in the US ended more than 150 years ago. It ended a month after the inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln. He received only 40% of the total number of votes, and some states did not put him on the candidate list at all but bypassed rivals who gained …

In “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood,” Richard Rodriguez illustrates the transformation from child to maturing young adult, while addressing the struggles that accompany growing up within an American society as a bilingual Hispanic. Rodriguez crystallizes the emotions of the situation and truly demonstrates the knowledge of what an …

In “ If You Assign My Book, Don’t Censor It” published in the Washington Post on November 28, 1999 Mark Mathabane argues that the decision taken by officials of Kearsley High-School in Flint, Mich. of censoring “Kaffir Boy” is unnecessary and disrespectful. He gives a series of examples of how …

In “if you assign my book don’t censor it’’ published in Kernersville, N.C on November 28, 1999, Mark Mathabane argues the high school that assign his novel ‘’Kaffir Boy’’ should not censor chunks of his book that contributes to the meaning of the novel. This novel is about Mathabanes childhood, …

Bill Shein wrote “Reason Gone Mad” for the American people—America’s “regular Jills and Joes”—especially those concerned with the democracy of the United States. The author initially displays a general knowledge of current events, which establishes for the reader that he “knows what he is talking about.” He then jumps directly …

Writing can invoke many different feelings in a person.  The type of writing that is most effective is when the author knows their points and sets out to prove their message.  Janelle Brown’s article “Trash Mags with Training Wheels” blatantly tells the reader that trash magazines are nothing more than …