Dana Gioia's Argument

Rhetorical Analysis of “The Jian Ghomeshi effect: I plan to speak now” In the article “The Jian Ghomeshi effect: I plan to speak now”, Camilla Gibb’s describes the significance fear from repercussions have on altering our decisions. Gibb’s also allows the reader to consider how a bystanders intervening can change the outcome a victim may face. Gibb’s persuades the reader by including us through the use of pronouns, conversational language, and through personal experiences. Gibb’s engages the reader by altering her use of pronouns. She allows the audience an opportunity to first handily connect with the text by using words such as “we” and “our”.

Question 1: The three examples of figurative language that I am going to analyze are, rhetorical questions, personification, and similes . Rhetorical question: “Here or elsewhere, what did it matter? Die today, or tomorrow, or later.” (Wiesel 98) This example of a Rhetorical question really adds to the text by almost forcing the reader to think to themselves, and actually try to answer the question that is being asked. It involves the reader and therefore can make the story more appealing to them. Rhetorical questions impact me as a reader by, engaging me into the text and also by making me think about what is being talked about in the book.

The use of dreams and flashbacks in the novel helps create suspense and shows different sides of a character. These techniques help the audience in forming an opinion on these characters as the audience then knows why a character behaves in a certain way. The use of dialogues further strengthens the development of characters as the characters expresses themselves through the use of dialogues. Through this book Caswell has given audience various messages about life however his main message to the audience is about moving on in

The introduction to chapter three is effective and grabs a reader's attention because it asks prospective questions, causing one to do a double take. The authors says “If you can question something that people really care about and find and answer that may surprise them- that is, if you can overturn the conventional

Rhetoric is the art of effective argumentation and discourse and is the study and art of speaking and writing well, being persuasive and knowing how to compose engaging writing and presentations. From political debates, face book posts to 140 character tweets Rhetoric is actively shaping our experience and the world in which we live in. The quote attributed to the poet and philosopher George Santayana (1863 –1952). "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." These words hold true when we think of the world we currently live in, of investing in education, in ourselves and striving to become better in what we do, influence others and find our way in this world.

His letter used the three rhetorical appeals ethos, pathos, and logos, while also utilizing the literary device of kairos in an attempt to explain his actions and change the opinions of his audience. A regular rhetorical strategy that appears in Martin Luther King’s letter is ethos. Ethos relates to the credibility of the writer

To begin his text structure was strong. The crisis is a persuasive paper because you can relate and understand the points he's trying to make. In this sentence “It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil of the blessing will reach you all” shows he's making a point and trying to reach his audience. He's trying to persuade us to revolt

Tension and surprise are two of the most important things an author could include in their work. Tension and suspense can make a literary piece last in the readers’ minds-- memorable. Suspense, surprise, and tension can be very delicate in terms of their effectivity; the author has to know what he or she is doing when handling these literary plot elements-- it is challenging to use these elements in an effective manner. With that being said, I can personally assert that both the authors pulled it off. The interlopers is about an old rivalry between two men and their family, the story revolves around their unexpected reconciliation during their encounter with one another in a dark forest.

One literary element which has an extensive impact on the reader is theme. Theme is the main idea in which why the author may have chose to write the story. Although there is more than one theme present, there is one theme that is eminent compared to other additional themes. The theme that Thompson portrayed was that the people who are closest to one and one interacts with the most has an increased chance to betray one at one 's weakest points. One of the ways Thompson chose to expose the theme is through a large amount of conflict.

“Listening” a. The author is informing the reader the importance of listing an interpersonal communication skill. The Author DeVito states the main purpose in the first paragraph “Listening is surly one of the most important of all interpersonal communication skills”. Throughout the article he explains the importance of reading and gives examples and facts about listening. b.