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Name one rhetorical technique: "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We Read and write poetry because we are members of the human race."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No leemos ni escribimos poesía porque sea linda. Leemos y escribimos poesía porque somos miembros de la raza humana.'
Potential Answers: Repetition, Juxtaposition
Here, He's using repetition to create a contrast (aka juxtaposition) between something being "cute" and something being "human."
Name one rhetorical technique: "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No hay una América liberal y una América conservadora. Hay Estados Unidos de América.'
Possible Answers: Repetition, Juxtaposition
Using repetition to create a contrast!
Name one rhetorical technique: "And now the fear back again, the fear of the unknown, the fear of the great city where boys were killed crossing the street... Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him..."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Y ahora el miedo de vuelta, el miedo a lo desconocido, el miedo a la gran ciudad donde los chicos fueron asesinados al cruzar la calle... Profundamente, el miedo de un hombre que vive en un mundo que no está hecho para él...'
Repetition (the fear...) at the beginning of phrases (anaphora)
Name one rhetorical technique: "She is electricity running through my soul" (Georgia by Vance Joy)
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Ella es electricidad corriendo por mi alma' (Georgia de Vance Joy).
Metaphor - Comparison without using like or as
Name one rhetorical technique: "How dare you?"
Rhetorical Question: They are asking a question simply to criticize
Name one rhetorical technique: "it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." (Rocky)
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No se trata de cuán fuerte golpeas, se trata de cuán fuerte puedes ser golpeado y seguir avanzando.' (Rocky)
Repetition, Juxtaposition
Again, he's using repetition ("It ain't about") to juxtapose the difference between how hard you get hit and how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Name one rhetorical technique: But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal?... We choose to go to the moon in this because and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Pero, ¿por qué, algunos dicen, la luna? ¿Por qué elegir esto como nuestro objetivo?... Elegimos ir a la luna en esto y hacer las otras cosas, no porque sean fáciles, sino porque son difíciles.'
Possible Answers: Rhetorical Question
He's asking a question to immediately answer it!
Name one rhetorical technique: "Which do we prefer, a law-abiding, industrious and purposeful native people, or a lawless, idle and purposeless people? The truth is that we do not know, for we fear them both."
Mencione una técnica retórica: "¿A quién preferimos, a un pueblo nativo respetuoso de la ley, trabajador y decidido, o a un pueblo sin ley, ocioso y sin propósito? La verdad es que no lo sabemos, porque les tememos a ambos".
Rhetorical Question - They are asking a question only to immediately answer it.
"It's an endless cycle to nowhere, that no one's gonna survive.
Living so oppressed, so lost, so lonely. Fear state of mind... Incarcerate one third of your people,
And half of them will never get out.
A dozen oil wars since 1990. World full of doubt."
No Peace by The Virus
"Es un ciclo interminable hacia ninguna parte, en el que nadie va a sobrevivir. Vivir tan oprimido, tan perdido, tan solo. Estado mental de miedo... Encarcela a un tercio de tu gente, Y la mitad de ellos nunca saldrán. Una docena de guerras petroleras desde 1990. El mundo lleno de dudas."
Repetition
Fact/Stats
Negative diction ("oppressed" "Lonely" "fear" "doubt")
"I experienced this first hand when I was 17. I was driving down the road and, suddenly, I wasn't on the road anymore. I spun through the barrier before a tree finally brought my car to a halt. It was in this moment that I realized..."
This is an example of which rhetorical technique?
"Lo experimenté de primera mano cuando tenía 17 años. Estaba conduciendo por la carretera y, de repente, ya no estaba en la carretera. Pasé la barrera antes de que un árbol finalmente detuviera mi coche. Fue en este momento en que me di cuenta..."
¿Este es un ejemplo de qué técnica retórica?
Anecdote - Telling a story to make some sort of point
Name two rhetorical techniques: "Five years ago we lost, all of us. We lost friends. We lost family. We lost part of ourselves. Today we have a chance to take it all back...One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. That doesn't mean we should know what to expect...This is the fight of our lives, and we're gonna win, whatever it takes.
Nombra dos técnicas retóricas: "Hace cinco años perdimos a todos. Perdimos amigos. Perdimos familia. Perdimos parte de nosotros mismos. Hoy tenemos la oportunidad de recuperarlo todo... Un viaje de ida y vuelta para cada uno. Sin errores". . No hay vuelta atrás. La mayoría de nosotros vamos a un lugar que conocemos. Eso no significa que debamos saber qué esperar... Esta es la pelea de nuestras vidas y vamos a ganar, cueste lo que cueste."
Repetition: "We lost..." "No.."
Juxtaposition: "Most of us are going somewhere we know. That doesn't mean we should know what to expect."
When Horace Greeley called Lewis Cass "Pot-bellied, mutton-headed," and "cucumber-soled," this is an example of which rhetorical device?
Cuando Horace Greeley llamó a Lewis Cass "barrigón, cabeza de cordero" y "suela de pepino", ¿de qué recurso retórico es este un ejemplo?
Invective: Insults against someone
Name two rhetorical devices: "Stand unshod upon it, for the ground is holy... keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men... destroy it and man is destroyed... Stand shod upon it, for it is coarse and sharp, and the stones cut under the feet. It is not kept, or guarded, or cared for, it no longer keeps men, guards men, cares for men."
Nombra dos recursos retóricos: "Permanece descalzo sobre ella, porque la tierra es santa... guárdala, guárdala, cuídala, porque ella guarda a los hombres, guarda a los hombres, cuida de los hombres... destrúyela y el hombre será destruido. .. Párate calzado sobre él, porque es áspero y afilado, y las piedras cortadas bajo los pies No se guarda, ni se guarda, ni se cuida, ya no guarda a los hombres, ni cuida a los hombres.
Repetition: "Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men..."
Juxtaposition: "destroy it and man is destroyed"
Personaficaiton: The Land is described as having free will
Name two rhetorical devices being used here:
"How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind"
"¿Cuántos caminos debe recorrer un hombre?¿Antes de que lo llames hombre?¿Cuántos mares debe navegar una paloma blanca?¿Antes de que duerma en la arena?Si y cuantas veces deben volar las balas de cañón¿Antes de que estén prohibidos para siempre?La respuesta, amigo mío, está soplando en el viento. La respuesta está soplando en el viento"
Rhetorical question
Repetition of "How many times" and "The answer is blowin in the wind"
What type of rhetorical technique is this?
"This outfit cost me an arm and a leg"
¿Qué tipo de técnica retórica es esta?
"Este traje me costó un ojo de la cara"
Hyperbole - an exaggeration
Now you listen to me, James Hawkins. You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test the cut of your sails, and show what you're made of... well, I hope I'm there, catching some of the light coming off you that day.
Metaphor - take the helm, chart your course, squalls
Imagery - the light coming off you
Encouraging diction/inspiring tone
Name three rhetorical techniques:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Metaphor: "The man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."
Repetition "Who..."
Juxtaposition: "No effort without error" "At the best... at the worst" "Victory nor defeat"
Allusion "His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls"
Name two rhetorical techniques: “Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who indeed knows why there can be comfort in a world of desolation?... Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Who knows what keeps us living and struggling, while all things break about us? Who knows why the warm flesh of a child is such comfort, when one’s own child is lost and cannot be recovered? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. Oh God, my God, do not Thou forsake me. Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, if Thou art with me”
Allusion - Reference to the bible
Rhetorical question: Who indeed knows...?
Repetition of "who indeed knows" and "live, struggle, and die"
Name two rhetorical devices:
"In the land of the free
We got more people locked up than the rest of the world
Right here in red, white and blue
(I'm standing crying)
Incarceration's become big business
It's harvest time out on the avenue"
"En la tierra de los libres Tenemos más gente encerrada que el resto del mundo. Aquí mismo en rojo, blanco y azul. (Estoy parada llorando) El encarcelamiento se ha convertido en un gran negocio Es tiempo de cosecha en la avenida"
Facts/Stats
Metaphor ("Harvest time out on the avenue")
Allusion to the idea of "The land of the free" and the "red, white, and blue"
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"Do you want your children to succeed in school? Well then, you need our product..."
¿De qué recurso retórico es este un ejemplo?
"¿Quieres que tus hijos tengan éxito en la escuela? Bueno, entonces necesitas nuestro producto..."
Rhetorical Question - They are asking the question, not because they want a response, but because they want to elicit a strong reaction from you.
Name two rhetorical devices: "Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa, for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up at your driveway, not even sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door, as innocent as children, longing for the past... They'll watch the game, and it will be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from they're faces... This deal, this game, it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that was once good, and it could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come."
Repetition (They'll...) (People will come)
Similes (As if they dipped themselves in magic waters)
Metaphor (The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brish them away from their faces)
Name 3 rhetorical techniques:
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.
Friendly Diction: "My fellow Americans" - He puts himself on the same level
Repetition "Ask not what... ask what"
Juxtaposition "what your country can do for you" vs "what you can do for your country." "What America will do for you" vs "What we can do for freedom."
Allusion: Christian ideas about God "His blessing" "His help" "God's work"
Name three rhetorical techniques:
“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”
Repetition: "all gods"
Juxtaposition: between half gods and real gods, between wine/flowers and blood
Metaphor: "[fear] is the stones for alters and the beginning of wisdom."
Name 3 Rhetorical Techniques used:
Running with bulls, working my miracles
Holding my world together with a boot string
Living the dream, Benzos and gasoline
Coffee and blue light screens 'til the morning
Sick to my skin, watching the news again
Whatever you choose, you lose out in the long run
The paint on the walls come down like a waterfall
The goal I was aiming for was the wrong one
If I say that this is drowning, you'd tell me I'm walking on water
I could bring fire from the mountain, you'd tell me it feels a little colder
I don't wanna
Choose between being a salesman or a soldier
Just let me look a little older, let me step a little bolder
Choose between being a butcher or a pauper
Honey, I'm taking no orders, I'm gonna be nobody's soldier
Possible answers:
Metaphor: "Holding my world together with a boot string"
Allusion: "Benzos" refers to antidepressants
Unsettling Diction: "Sick to my skin" (a play on "Sick to my stomach"), "being a butcher or a pauper"
Simile: "The paint on the walls come does like a waterfall"
Juxtaposition: "If I say that this is drowning, you'd tell me I'm walking on water. I could bring fire from the mountain, you'd tell me it feels a little colder."
Name two rhetorical devices:
"Their house in Van was so large that even whispers echoed throughout. Shadows danced on the walls as if across cavernous space"