Rhetoric Essays

While reading the essay Shooting an Elephant, first published in 1936 by Eric Blair under the pen name of George Orwell, one gets captivated by the intricate web of rhetoric that Blair weaves throughout the piece. Surely, the reason this essay keeps the attention of the reader so well is …

In Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca’s Relacion, Cabeza de Vaca writes an account of his disastrous expedition to the New World, as well as providing a legal document in which the rhetoric of his narrative transforms his story of failure into a story of success. In chapter thirty-four, Cabeza de …

1. Outlining An outline is a structural skeleton of the main points of the material as they appear in chronological, rather than logical, order. 2. Paraphrase Paraphrasing, the restatement of another writer’s ideas in your own words 3. Summary Summarizing, the brief restatement of a longer text in fewer words …

A Liberal Education? Not According to Cronon. A Critical and Rhetorical Analysis of Cronon’s Only Connect. While the term liberal education is heard from the most prestigious university to an inner city community college, the phrase itself has a hazy definition at best. While educators across America struggle with the …

The Company Man AP Essay Ms. Goodman’s attitude towards Phil, the work-aholic subject of her column is that of disgust, disappointment, and ridicule. She’s sarcastically saddened that he wasted his life and ignored his children for his job and executive status. She hints that the obituary does not accurately describe …

Race has been a word that is associated with many thoughts, words, and emotions for thousands of years. Throughout history, people have judged and mistreated just because they were born in the wrong race. Being under discrimination, there were many writers who struggled for the racial movement and gained many …

“…Bear with me; / my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, / And I must pause till it come back to me.” (JC III ii 47) Marc Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral was so cunning and powerful that it caused the crowd’s loyalties to sway. Prior to Marc …

During the beginning of the Revolution many documents, speeches and drawings were created in an attempt to unify the colonists and fight the British tyranny. Of these documents, there were three that played an important role in the Revolution. These three documents used similar writing methods to persuade colonists into …

Ever since he was born, Tocqueville had been exposed to politics and government. His father was the mayor of Verneuil, which was where much of Tocqueville’s childhood was spent. As he grew up he took courses in law, which eventually aided him in writing Democracy in America. While on official …

Entering college comes with a new sense of freedom to do whatever a person wants. Partying and drinking, be it legal or illegal, is one of these freedoms. Its common, even encouraged and pressured that while out we partake in drinking and getting “wasted”. This has become a common stigma …