Rhetorical Analysis Of Mary Ewald

In her essay, “Context” (1994), Dorothy Allison states that knowing a person well and deeply depends on and requires personal knowledge of their upbringing and social life. The essay was published as a memoir to reflect on people’s perception about others. Dorothy employs flashbacks and comparison in order to express her opinions on understanding, trusting and judging a person. She uses flashback and comparison to show that context provides a varied angle about a person. She further argues that, when not properly understood, it can easily breed rivalry between people from varied social backgrounds. Dorothy writes her essay to a general audience and expresses her opinions about context, upbringing environment, and a social group having a fundamental role in a person’s character.

In 1847 Eliza Stacey writes a letter to her father in law, Edward Stacey, to persuade him to help the family get out of this debt they have unexpectedly fallen into. Through her letter Eliza Stacey uses pathos to display the suffering the debt has brought her and ethos to establish a reason to ask for his help. She also uses personification and anecdotes to make Edward recall the series of events in the past that have led to debt hoping that Edward will feel sympathy and recognize Eliza’s helpless feeling and cry for help.

Queen Elizabeth I is considered to be one of the most powerful women in history. In 1588, as ruler of England, she was faced with an invasion against Spain for control over trade in the new world. Her “Against the Spanish Armada” speech was addressed to the English Army at Tilbury Fort to help motivate and boost assurance, as well as showing support to her troops over the battle they were about to face. With her passionate words and courageous way, Queen Elizabeth establishes a connection with her soldiers; appealing to their patriotism and emotions through logos, pathos, and ethos. Although she was uncertain of a “famous victory”, Elizabeth instills the reassurance they need to fight against Spain and leading them to victory in the end.

The rhetorical devices found in the speech that Jane Addams wrote are hypophora, metaphor, conduplicatio, enumeratio, and personification. Each of these devices has a purpose in the passage, with the author combining all of the devices to strengthen her essay.

Harriet Ann Jacobs is a girl who is locked away, away in a place that only Dr. Flint knows. She is a struggling girl who wants to be free and go out and be free, although, she cannot. She speaks about how much she dislikes where she is living and she wishes she could be somewhere else, although, she has seen worse things happen outside. As she talks about her current living status and her memories, she incorporates or talks about them very well. In this passage or section, she uses rhetorical strategies to add a different feel and perception of her life.

The rhetorical strategy Maria W. Stewart employs can be characterized as irony. Maria, an African American delivers a lecture in Boston in 1832 asserting that the "free people of color" living a supportable life have the same passion to be rich and independent but are confined to never rise above. Stewarts assertion the "free people of color" serves to accurately portray the rhetorical strategy of Irony. Stewart "[was] neither bought, nor sold, nor under the lash of the cruel driver."...

Stephanie Ericsson categorizes the many ways people lie on a daily basis. She uses a mixture of facts, quotes and opinions to capture the severity of telling a lie. Her article has enabled me to understand the thought process that goes behind telling a lie. She justifies minor lies by using ethos and stating that minor lies prevents hurt feelings and that it is normal to lie. Stephanie frequently asks rhetorical questions to make readers think of the matter at hand. She also uses anaphora to seem more relatable and understanding to her readers. I tell minor lies on a daily basis but I did not realize that there is so many different types of lies. i and many other people often rationalize with ourselves to make our lies seem less harmful when

Mrs. Nelson is writing about the recent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, where many white supremacists are protesting with former KKK member to get their ¨country back.¨ Nelson is writing to the American people who are staying silent. Nelson is telling them to stand up and speak out against open racism. Nelson talks about how her ancestors, slaves, were never treated right. Nelson talks about how many things still did not change. Nelsons tone throughout the article was angry. Nelson seemed very upset about the situation. Nelson herself is African American which makes her a credible person to write this article. The author argues U.S citizens need to stand up against racism, and she supports her argument with her angry tone, implicit claims about privilege, and appeals to pathos.

In the essay about Ellen Terry the author uses a variety of rhetorical devices to create an image of Ellen Terry. The focus of the essay is her ability to excel at whatever she attempts, whether it was acting, writing, painting, cooking, or even parenting. The use of anaphora, personification, and rhetorical questions assist the reader in understanding how truly incredible her work was in the various crafts.

Lizzy Miles is a palliative care social worker and a public speaker. Most of her speeches are about death and the issues that most people deal with at the end of their life. In the article, Miles states that there are some cases where a social worker will ask a patient if he/she is open to receiving spiritual support. There are some cases where people choose not to receive spiritual care from a chaplain. However, there are several ways in which the social worker can convince the patient to receive spiritual care.

In the third chapter, one of the evident rhetorical strategy used is Diction. Diction can be defined as the style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words of the writer or author.

The Chicago Tribune’s editorial “Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad” goes over the backlash that followed Ms. Ives campaign television ad and her response to the offended viewers. Ms. Ives is a conservative Republican running for Governor of Illinois against Gov. Bruce Rauner. Her orthodox views on abortion and transgender rights gained her popularity with the GOP voters of the area (Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad). She delivered the controversial ad stirring the opinions of Illinois residents a few days ago and has then been massive news around the area. The particular ad stars a cast of individuals “thanking” Rauner for his progressive actions. The ad features a mocking version of a teacher, a rich man, a feminist, an illegal “criminal” and a man wearing a dress who is, allegedly, representing the transgender community. The ad mocks the most marginalized areas of the Illinois community, however, during her press conference at the Chicago City Club Ives said: “The commercial does not attack people, it tackles issues”. The author views the issue as more than just a political propaganda and criticizes Ives’ view as well as how they will negatively impact on her

In an essay published in the 1940’s, an author attempted to delve deep into who renowned celebrity Ellen Terry really was. Through rhetorical devices, the writer analyzes the many facets in which Terry far exceeded others. Terry’s character is developed throughout the piece as somewhat of a jack of all trades being able to master so many skills. Through anaphoras, metaphors and rhetorical questions, along with many other more subtle rhetorical devices, Terry is built up as a figure unlike any before her. The author of the essay begins to embed the idea of Terry’s multifaceted skills into the minds of the readers through her use of anaphoras.

Although the two letters written by Herbert and Seaver might seem polar opposites, they have more in common than it may seem. While Herbert creates narratives and Seaver combats them, they both incorporate factual evidence to bolster their narratives. Furthermore, the tone of each letter is important in developing the letter’s overall argument.

In Dorothy Allison’s essay, Context (1994) she suggests that growing up in different a social class may have a negative effect on the perception others think of you, especially the person you are in a relationship with. Through the usage of anticlimactic sequences, ethos and nostalgia, Allison expresses there occurring terror in her mind that her lover will see her as inferior once she meets her family. The use of Allison’s emotional tone helps to convey the author’s purpose which is to inform readers of classism to understand the authors embarrassment of bringing her lover home to meet her family . The authors intended audience are induvial of all social-economic classes.