Life In Afghanistan Rhetorical Analysis

After the Vietnam War, O’Brien wrote The Things They Carried. He does so to connect his audience to the events that happened during the war. Also, he wants people, who did not experience the effects of the war, understand how the war affects soldiers, their humanity, and what they left behind. In “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Brien’s message is to point out the events of the war, and that war stories are not always true because people have different views of how the war affected them. The whole book consisted of a plethora of metaphors, but without these other rhetorical devices O’Brien would not have been as effective in getting his point across thousands of people who read his book. Therefore, O’Brien used polysyndeton to further explain what war is, antithesis to explain why war stories are true and untrue, and repetition to ensure that his audience understand what he is trying to say.

Douglas McGray discusses different ways that being more cultivated could benefit the United States in his article, “Lost in America” in an attempt to convince education officials to incorporate more foreign language and history classes into their curriculums. In the article he explains the different way the United States has neglected foreign language, and how they can benefit from investing money and time into foreign language. Several examples are presented showing the actual importance of language diminishing in the United States education system. McGray wants the education officials to realize that foreign language should be valued more if the U.S. wants to have better access to overseas opportunities. In the article “Lost in America” by Douglas McGray the effective use of satire, irony,

On September 11th, 2001, tragedy struck America with the attacks on the Twin Towers and on the Pentagon. Not only did tens of thousands of New Yorkers see these atrocities firsthand but, millions of viewers watched in horror on the news; witnessing their nation under attack. Hundreds of terrified civilians ran from the carnage, however there were some who ran toward the collapsing buildings to save innocent lives. President George W. Bush stood with the fire fighters, the police and other first responders holding the flag of his nation and gave his address to the mourning citizens of the United States. He mainly used the strategies of ethos and pathos to try to comfort the American people and also have them rise and fight against the terror.

In the incredible book, All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque, the reader follows Paul Baumer, a young man who enlisted in the war. The reader goes on a journey and watches Paul and his comrades face the sheer brutality of war. In this novel, the author tries to convey the fact that war should not be glorified. Through bombardment, gunfire, and the gruesome images painted by the author, one can really understand what it would have been like to serve on the front lines in the Great War. The sheer brutality of the war can be portrayed through literary devices such as personification, similes, and metaphors.

The North and South both have alternate viewpoints and react differently when informed about the Emancipation proclamation. To begin, the North had a very strong desire to end slavery in the United States as a whole. Once acknowledged of the Emancipation Proclamation many believed Lincoln spoke the words that beset represented their beliefs. Lincoln states, "… I do order and declare that all persons help as slaves within said designated state, as parts of state are, and henceforth shall be free. Many slaves were abused in ways that could not be imagined and have done countless hours of hard labor and received no benefits whatsoever. Thinking of this Lincoln began to speak in the favor of slaves saying that he will not allow slavery to continue

During both of the World Wars, the United States was short on money and supplies for the soldiers overseas, so they made posters to gain support from the people still at home. The posters showcased government bonds that Americans could buy that were essentially loans to the United States government. In order to get people to spend the small amounts of money they had, the posters used emotions and tone to persuade the American citizens to buy the bonds. The term used for the emotional looking pictures to showcase the author’s message is pathos. Many of the posters used during the wars used pathos to get their message across.

The strange men started firing weapons into the village during the greeting the Ziavi villagers have given them. As Amari is escaping the massacre with her brother, Kwasi, he gets a spear through

In our advertisement for Feeding America, my group appealed to our audience of classmates and Ms. Buescher through the relatability and necessity of proper nutrition. My group, consisting of Irene, Nia, and myself, spoke about hunger because we realized the importance of a proper diet and how our audience could understand the urgent necessity for hunger relief in America. Our audience may not have originally understood the scale of hunger in America, so we provided a statistic to show that one out of every eight people face hunger. This and other devices, such as the image, additional statistics, and textual explanation, were used to persuade the audience to donate to Feeding America.

All Quiet on the Western Front is a story about the horrors of World War I from the perspective of a German soldier named Paul. Throughout Paul’s service he sees and does horrible things, becoming disillusioned with the ideals of the German high command and of world leaders in general. This book makes it clear not only that the generation of boys and men that were sent out to fight feel betrayed by the previous generation and by their government, but also that there was a huge gap between the soldiers and everyone else around them.

After their success in their first video, Haida Raid 2, the song writers and producers came together once again to produce a second segment. In their first video they showcased their views on the pipeline and oil dilemma as well as trying to reach the audience of the general public, they did so through rhetoric. Rhetoric is a technique used by most authors to assist them in persuading their specific audience. According to the Oxford English dictionary rhetoric can be defined as “the art of using language effectively so as to persuade or influence others “(Rhetoric, n. d). With this definition in mind, and “others” as the specific audience, this document will provide an analysis of how rhetoric was used to persuade the audience by the author,

I believe the audience McGray is trying to reach is Americas. He talks about the youth of America but I don’t think that the youth will be the main reader of this article. The style of his writing attracts higher educated personal thus attracting more towards parents and the school educators and that is why I think that is his main audience. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the importance of being able to argue in a noteworthy and professional way in “the world beyond U.S borders” by enlarging multicultural education. He continuously talks about how Americas youth is not being properly educated in countries and its effects.

glorification of battle” (Skinner). According to Skinner, war is simply garbage that reduces individuals to animals and their will to survive. All Quiet on the Western Front is a vituperation of the social and political institution which initially caused the war yet still could not assist its veterans in the post-war world (Eksteins 337). The veterans were, according to Remarque, “the wrong people do[ing] the fighting” (41). Since the politicians and generals are the ones who start the war, why should the innocent youth be the ones forced to die for a cause to which they are indifferent?

Pride of Baghdad unravels implicit arguments in relation to its historical context considering the Iraq war. This graphic comic contains a vast amount of significant and relevant arguments spread-out through the entirety of the novel. Yet, a specific page within the graphic novel provides a valid and noteworthy argument concerning the historical time period. One specific page includes many important elements to help validate its implicit message and argument. Through the use of a significant rhetorical appeal and kairos, this specific and particular page is justified as being the most important page in the entire book.

If you are raised to hate, is it possible to choose a different path? This is the question that Zak Ebrahim raises at the beginning of both his Ted Talk and his book, The Terrorist’s Son. Ebrahim’s story is one of choice, he chose nonviolence and peace.

In one corner, you have the conservative view that NO refugees should be let into Western countries — you know, like the view of Donald Trump or any one of the Republican governors in the U.S. who have said they don’t want refugees in their states. They cite security concerns as their primary reason, although xenophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment tends to run through the rhetoric.