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A rhetorical question often persuade or subtly influence the audience. These questions are not asked
for the answer; they are asked for the effect. In "The Library Card" by Richard Wright, Wright
emphasizes his points with the use of rhetorical questions. In the beginning of the piece, rhetorical
questions show Wright's ignorance. This is shown by the many questions Wright poses. As the piece
progresses, these questions become more complex and thought–provoking for both the audience and
for Wright. Most likely, this occurs because Wright began to read more. These books increased his
intelligence and opened his eyes to the world around him thereby removing his ignorance. Near the
end of the piece, the rhetorical questions cease. This indicates
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Why We Can T Wait Rhetorical Analysis
In 1963, the civil rights movement was going on in almost every city in America. Our African
American neighbors were standing up for equality and their own basic rights. Martin Luther King
Jr., civil rights activist, writes a book called Why We Can't Wait to describe the social conditions of
the black people living in America in this era. In his book, MLK uses strong imagery, historical
allusions, and rhetorical questions in order to describe what the black community was going through
in the 1960s.
This passage can be divided into three distinct sections, each section with its own purpose. The first
section describes the boy and the girl's lives they are living. In the middle section, MLK describes
the history of important African Americans throughout time. The final section is about black lives
overall and contains rhetorical questions. These three sections contribute to the overall passage by
making it more effective for the audience.
The first section describes the boy and the girl's lives that they are living. MLK also incorporates
strong imagery to catch the audience's attention. MLK wants to show the kind of lives that these two
young black children are going through. He says, "He
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He does this through historical allusions. He wants people to know how much of a big role African
Americans have played in the history of America. MLK states that, "the first American to shed
blood in the revolution which freed his country from the British oppression was a black seaman
named Crispus Attucks." MLK says this in order for his audience to understand that a black man
fought for our freedom. He was the first person to shed his own blood for out country. Historical
allusions are meant to give the history of a topic, while engaging the audience at the same time. The
audience will realize how much the African American community contributes to the come up of
America
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King constantly uses questions throughout "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to make the reader think
deeply about the topic being discussed, the questions he asked are called rhetorical questions. A
rhetorical question is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. One main question that
King asks is "How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust?" (King pg.324). A just law is
a man–made code that squares with the moral law or the law of god, and an unjust law is a code that
is out of harmony with the moral law (324). King wants the clergymen to understand the true
meaning of just and unjust laws, he hopes that they will question their own false meaning of the
words just and unjust. Sit–ins and marches are just a few of the ways that civil rights activists fight
against the unjust laws of segregation, but "isn't negotiation a better path?" (322).
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The attempt to negotiate has proven that those who want to respond will respond, but those who do
not simply ignore. The clergymen may believe that negotiation is the easiest solution to all
problems, but sadly that is not the case. The question is meant to convince the reader that
negotiation does not work in a civil rights activist's favor when it comes to segregation. The
clergymen assert that King's actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they
precipitate violence (328). King asks, "But is this a logical assertion?" (328). It is not right to ask a
man to give up his constitutional rights just because it could cause violence. Everyone is entitled to
their freedom, and it is not wrong to fight for what is right. Therefore, King's actions to protect those
with little to no rights should not be
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Summary Of Rhetorical Questions
Rhetorical questions are a way to demand the reader's attention and engage the audience without
requesting a concrete answer and hypotheticals get the best of us as we ponder the meaning to an
already obvious inquiry. Said obvious things are intrinsically more like statements than questions,
but Sanders uses rhetorical questions to directly address the reader on their thoughts of ignorant
bigotry and the loss of unneeded chauvinistic tendencies. By introducing some reluctantly talked
about topics, Sanders is able to open up the reader's minds to ways they may have not viewed
before. Questions such as "Is excessive nationalism necessarily a bad thing?" and "Is there such
thing as being too patriotic?" lead the reader to reflect and reevaluate the constitutions of what it
means to love one's country and if they are the ones in the right or the wrong. Rhetorical questions
may come off as vapid, shallow level questions, but in reality, rhetorical questions serve more
purpose in arousing ideas than the standard preconception of shallow level responses.
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Even the name in itself is a misnomer in the idea that it really isn't a question at all, but a statement
with an answer already pre–established and what you do with that answer is the real reason that
rhetorical questions are still so widely
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Rhetorical Questions
A french aristocrat, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, defines America Colonial American Society in
his essays known as "Letters from an American Farmer." He depicts Colonial America as the Best
because it has incorporated all societies within its culture though immigrants. Crevecoeur wants
people from all aspects of life and from every corner of the globe to understand the Greatness of
Colonial American Society. He introduces his main topics through Rhetorical Questions then
concludes with repetitive diction to create the overall flow of his essay. Crevecoeur's artful use of
Rhetorical Questions allows His shift of topic to become fluent through questions such as "what
purpose should they ask one another what countrymen they are?"(1) and
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Summary Of Pack's Rhetorical Questions
To begin, Pack's rhetorical questions contributed to the meaning of anxiety and depression. For
example, the Voice asked, "If death is not, who is my enemy". To elaborate, the Voice is anxious
about the negative aspects in life and how they be prepare to overcome the negative aspects since
death is inevitable and natural rather than negative. Along with the rhetorical questions, the Echo
appears to be answering the questions, despite the Voice not directly asking for an answer. In
response to the previous quote, the Echo stated "Me". This indicates the depression that the Voice is
experiencing by blaming themselves and stating that they are their own enemy. Another rhetorical
question is "And in that night would you rejoice or weep". This
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Essay Questions Rhetorical Readers Ask
Questions Rhetorical Readers Ask 1. What is the structure of this particular society as a whole?
Where does this society stand in human history? What varieties of men and women now prevail in
this society and in this period? These questions are significant because they describe the direct or
indirect actions, and results taken by man during the course of his struggles, and how it affects the
outcome of his perspective, shaping the reality the individual proceeds to either strive or sink into
the loop of failure. Every community cares about what is taking place in the world, whether or not
they think that it directly affects their lives or not. Every action taken by an individual always has an
outcome that leads to another outcome in another situation. 2. The intended audience is society as a
whole, which means
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The author uses the basic, 'Where there is an action, there's an equal and opposite reaction",
referring to the everyday struggles and decisions people make, and the results it has. He uses real
life facts and worldly knowledge, to access his reasons and thoughts behind his arguments very
convincing. 4. I believe the reader is hooked in a very precise and elaborate way, of basically
explaining to the reader, that we ourselves are our own ticket in life or our own downfall. We
process the skills required to succeed, if only we can open our minds and understand the base of the
problems correctly, in order to find a fortunate situation. It appealed to me and worked greatly to
give me a better understanding on perception, and the way it impacts individual understanding of
reality. 5. Within the first page of the excerpt, the author touches base with every striving individuals
basic emotions, towards society's struggles and the way it deals with, or without them. The
credibility in "The Promise" is evident, not only in the descriptive and intrequate way it is laid out
for the audience, but it's also apparent in everything we see today, especially in the
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In Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", he uses rhetorical questions in combinations
with logos to persuade his audience on the value of civil disobedience. For example, on page 8 he
states "But can this be assertion be logically made? Isn't this like condemning the robbed man
because his possession of the money precipitated the evil act of the robbery"? He is comparing
someone being robbed to himself in the civil rights movements. He shows the way the police are
prosecuting him is unfair, and is not logical because he is just bringing to attention the racial
injustice in America. Furthermore, he states "Why direct action? Why sit–ins, marches, etc? Isn't
negation a better path? Indeed, this is a purpose of direct action"
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Rhetorical Questions In Research
People wonder about the mindset of a scientist, and Barry's use of rhetorical questions places
readers in this psyche. The rhetorical questions exhibit a procedure for how the scientist will
conduct their experiment and for what they research. In this instance, the scientist needs to figure
out "if dynamite would destroy what one is looking for". This is an imperative question to confirm
their research will not be destroyed if they use dynamite. Also, determining if the methods used
reveal anything is the day–to–day life of a scientist, such as "would analyzing the water after it
passes over the rock reveal anything useful," is important for scientists to consider. Verifying their
research methods reveal useful data is another important element
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America Needs Its Nerds Rhetorical Analysis
Most of the time when you hear the word nerd or geek you picture a guy or girl with a serious case
of acne, wears glasses, and has braces. Someone who is not cool, basically a person you would
refuse to be. You do not think about the fact that they are smart and that they can achieve great
things later on in life for being a "nerd" or "geek". Leonid Fridman, in his article "America Needs its
Nerds", creates an argument about the fact that nerds and geeks are "ostracized for their
intelligence" and America's anti–intellectual values need to be stopped. Fridman develops his
argument through the use of rhetorical questions and comparisons. The purpose of rhetorical
question is to gain the reader's attention so that they can start thinking about
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Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Don T We Complain
Rhetorical Analysis Prominent conservative writer and founder of the National Review Magazine,
William F. Buckley Jr, in his argumentative essay, "Why Don't We Complain?" suggests that
Americans are extremely passive when it comes to confronting conflicts for fear of causing a bigger
affair. Buckley supports his claim by first using colloquial diction, then sarcasm, and finally
hyperbole. Buckley's purpose is to familiarize the passivity of Americans and draw extremes from
these actions in order to show his distaste towards the growing phenomena of an unassertive,
compliant American society and its repercussions. He adopts an ironic and informal tone for inactive
members of society who let more than just everyday occurrences go with no words spoken in
objection. Buckley uses colloquial diction throughout the beginnings of this piece to allow readers
to familiarize themselves with the content matter. He casually begins to complain how "inside the
railroad car the temperature must have been 85 degrees." His disgust of the unusually warm train
becomes evident all the way through the first three to four paragraphs as he notices the "car was
flecked with the white shirts of passengers"
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He begins with comparing the scenario that " there is nothing to be done when the temperature
outside is 85 degrees, and indoors the air conditioner has broken down; obviously when that
happens there is nothing to do, except perhaps curse the day when one was born." With the polar
opposite of " But when the temperature outdoors is below freezing, it takes a positive act of will on
somebody's part to set the temperature indoors at 85 degrees" (3). The usage of these sarcastic
remarks shines light of the issue that society could be in control of the very factor that is oppressing
them, yet choose to relay silence in fear of creating a bigger affair then
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The poem "My Last Duchess" is a historical event that involves the Duke of Ferrara and Alfonso
who lived in the 16th century. Robert Browning "My Last Duchess" presents a narrative about a
recently widowed Duke who talks with an emissary had come to an arranged marriage with another
lady from a powerful and wealthy family. In the perspective of Duke
, power and wealth were
integral in marriage and was determined to be married to a wealthy lady from a famous family. As
the Duke orients the emissary through the palace, he stops and shows a portrait of the late Duchess
who was a lovely and young girl. The Duke then begins by stating information about the picture and
then to the Duchess. Duke claims that the Duchess flirted with everyone and did not appreciate the
history of the family: "gift of a nine hundred years old name."(33) However, when an individual
continues to read the poem, it is evident that the Duke played an important role in killing the lady.
Duke states that "he gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together"(45–46) he used these
words to define the death of his beloved Duchess. The aim of the essay is to analyze literary devices
that emphasize the content of the poem, which includes rhetorical questions, exclamation mark, and
em dash.
Browning has used extensively rhetorical questions. Rhetorical questions are questions that are
posted in a literary work that does not need an answer: the strategic aims of rhetorical questions are
for emphasizing an issue or creating an object. Duke indicates the aspect of misogyny through
stating "Will't please you sit and look at her? I said." (5) This is not a suggestion but indicates an
aspect of command especially when he completes the state with "I said." Reading the poem shows
that the Duke never appreciated women or had a negative perspective of women, which may have
contributed to the death of Duchess. The approach taken is a form of objectification of women,
which may have been right at the time but the current society frown about it. In addition, the Duke
wants the reader to sympathize with him and he states "A heart–how shall I say? – too soon made
glad," (22) indicating that he lacks the wording for his comments. Even though he may have
contributed
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Elie wiesel uses a metaphor, Rhetorical Question to demonstrate that dehumanization ultimately
causes severe mental, physical changes in the victim. Elie wiesel use of metaphor demonstrates that
they are acting like animals. For example "two lamb's without hundreds of wolves lying in wait for
them"(wiesel 59). The food is the Lamb's and the wolves are the jews that are hungry. Elie wiesel
uses this quotation to express that the food and the jews are acting like animals. The use of phrases
lying in wait for them implies that the jews are waiting on the food. In conclusion, the metaphor
used in ch. 4 emphasises how they are acting like animals. Wiesel use of rhetorical question
demonstrates they do not care about dying. For example "our minds
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Rhetoric In Student Essay
Rhetoric is described as a way to pursuade someone to feel or think a certain way to benefit your
beliefs whether they be true or not. Rhetorics are widely common in student essays, magazine
articles and speeches. The good thing about rhetorics is that a person has the ability to voice their
positioning on something, and tries to get others to open their mind to other possiblilties. The bad
thing about rhetorics is that it's an appeal to emotions, meaning it's pursuasive, but not necisarily
true. There is a difference between messages created by nervous systems and by machines,
messages that are created by an actual human being have more 'heart' to them. They appeal to
emotion and they come off as easier to sympathize and understand. People
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Rhetorical Questions For The Crucible
877: #1, 3–6
1. One phrase in Act Three that made a strong impression on me is said by John Proctor. On page
870, Proctor says, "There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever
seen it." I found this interesting because it shows how foolish the people are to believe that
Elizabeth Proctor is a witch. The court accuses Elizabeth for keeping a poppet to use it to harm
Abigail. Parris claims that even though nobody has seen poppets in the Proctor household, Elizabeth
could still have hidden them. John Proctor replies with a rhetorical question that shows Parris's
accusation as irrational.
3. I think Giles Corey provides comic relief in The Crucible through his dialogue. For example,
Corey says "A fart on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say to that!" (867). The use of the word 'fart' in
a courtroom setting provides comic relief. Another example is when Corey brings unwanted
attention to his wife. He attempts to defend her from the lies she is being accused from and says that
"she were readin' books." Instead of clearing her name, this statement mystifies Danforth.
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When Hale asks if every defense is an attack upon the court, he means that every defense isn't being
heard, without bias, because everyone is trying to avoid being accused as or involved with a witch.
Parris claims that Proctor's list of witnesses is an attack upon the court because he does not want the
defense to be taken by Danforth. By the end of the act, Hale has realized how absurd the witch
accusations are. At the beginning of The Crucible, Hale was summoned to examine Betty. Hale
came off as an intelligent and eager to do so. As Hale observes false accusations being made against
the townspeople, he comes to realize that the witch hunt is
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How To Write A Rhetorical Response
I agree with Danielle, that the writers audience is toward the people who are ruing the island by
logging. I think this because in the essay he tries to say that he has nothing against logging, logger,
or the logging industry, but he tries to say why can't we, while having a chance stop this. Also, the
author continuously throughout the essay talks about his love for the island and all its beauty and
wanting to protect it. The author's organizational strategies. While reading the essay, I picked up on
a few organizational strategies that the author used, those being: Problem–solution– Bill Reid
proposes that the problem occurring is the logging of an island he loves, Windy Bay. He later on
says that we could stop while we have a chance
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Rhetorical Questions For Hamlet Essay
Shakespeare's Hamlet (1603) can be understood as a big question in itself, especially due to the
character of Hamlet. What are Hamlet's motivations? What drives him? Is it revenge, madness or
jealousy? And why does it take him so much to accomplish his goal? These rhetorical questions and
others will be found throughout the play (even the most famous line in English literature is a
question), but they will remain unanswered. Hamlet
's mind is only achievable through his
soliloquies, and even there his nature is uncertain. Why is he contemplating committing suicide in
his third monologue if he has already developed a plan to catch Claudius? I believe he is aware of
his weakness and knows that, even if Claudius turns out to be actually guilty, Hamlet would not be
able to fulfill his revenge accordingly. In this sense, everyone would agree that Hamlet is a play
about revenge. Once the ghost of Old Hamlet reveals the truth to the protagonist, he acknowledges
his fate as his father's avenger: he knows he will die in the meanwhile and perhaps that is the reason
why he pushes Ophelia away. Nonetheless, Hamlet appears as an anti–heroic figure; he is definitely
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The play has been interpreted in psychoanalytical terms as a classical example of the Oedipus
Complex. This term was coined by Sigmund Freud making reference to the relationship between
Hamlet and his mother, and referring to the Greek character of Oedipus, who killed his father and
married his mother. In this sense, we could understand Hamlet's delay as his incapability to
condemn Claudius, given that he has achieved what Hamlet desired: to kill his father (whom he saw
as a rival) and to marry his mother. In a way, Claudius and Hamlet are competing for Gertrude
's
love. Hamlet then struggles with the Oedipus Complex unconsciously; he is moved by contradictory
emotions and impulses and he is thus unable to take
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Rhetoric Questions And Answers
Question 2: I agree that we can not escape rhetoric. Just like you said, rhetoric is pretty much
everywhere and it's in pretty much everything. Road signs, for example, are an example of rhetoric
because we, as citizens, have come together and have created a mutual understanding of what they
are. Examples of rhetoric are pretty much everywhere because there needs to be some type of
understanding between people when creating things like laws, buildings, tools, etc.
Question 3 #2: I had a similar response to this question, in that,. THere a a lot of good examples of
epistemic that you used like having a conversation with a friend and the discussion board that we are
using now. I agree with your point about how rhetoric is epistemic if you learn
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Richard Wright, both the author and main character of "Library Card", experiences prejudice first
hand throughout his piece. Acting as an obstacle, this prejudice often prevents him from being able
to visit the library. Along with this, his lack of books leaves him ignorant. Questioning the world
around him, Wright struggles to see the world as anything but black and white. This impairs his
reading and writing skills. He demonstrates this with the use of rhetorical questions. What is a
rhetorical question? It is a rhetorical device that is often used to persuade or subtly influence the
reader in a form of a question. Used correctly, these stylistic devices can have an enormous impact
on the reader. In "The Library Card", Wright uses rhetorical questions to emphasize and accentuate
his points. In the
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Wright scrawls, "[y]et I still wondered how it was possible to know people sufficiently to write
about them? Could I ever learn about life and people?"(Wright par 74). This quote shows Wright's
deeper understanding. Most likely, this occurs because Wright begins to read more. As with all
readers, books increased Wright's intelligence and opened his eyes to the world thereby removing
him from a state of ignorance. Fully understanding his world, Wright's questions cease to exist at the
end of his piece. This indicates that Wright can now understand the world around him. On the
surface, these questions carry the reader through the story and through Wright's emotions. Why did
Wright include these questions? Complex questions need a complex character–and writer–to exist.
The complexity of Wright's questions directly correlate with the complexity of his character and his
writing skill. What are these quotes saying below the surface? In summary, these questions make the
reader think while showing Wright's devolpment as both a character and a
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In this essay "What is Poverty?", Jo Goodwin Parker starts of with a rhetorical question "You ask
me what is poverty", this is the opening line of the essay and it encapsulates the essay ́s purpose.
Through the use of the writer ́s language she also captivates the reader with the idea of poverty and
what it is by making it very concrete and real. The writer wants the reader to understand what
poverty is so that they can feel like they need to help not only the writer but p!eople who struggle in
that situation. ! ! Parker ́s essay was targeted to an audience that is wealthy like the middle–class.
Parker knows what people that are somewhat wealthy think and in her essay she writes down what
goes on in there lives and compares it to her own. For
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Parker also explains her purpose through the use of stylistic devices like imagery. She uses concrete
images to portray the idea of poverty. She explains that "Poverty is staying up all night on cold
nights to watch the fire knowing one spark on the newspapers covering the walls means your
sleeping child dies in flames." What adds to the readers idea of poverty is the horrendous image of a
child burning to death, also the newspaper–covered wall of a make–shift house. There are plenty
other nouns like grits with no oleo, runny noses, and diapers that paint an image of poverty in the
reader ́s head. You also have the sense of ́smell ́ through this essay by phrases that describe the "sour
milk", "urine", and "stench of rotting teeth". You can also ́feel ́ poverty through hands that are "so
cracked and red", since the author cannot afford vaseline. The use of imagery makes the a!udience
more conscious of the effects of poverty. ! ! The essay ́s structure is very persuasive. There is
repetition that starts each body paragraph, such as "Poverty is getting up in the morning..." in the
second paragraph, "Poverty is
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