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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"rhetorical tools"”.
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Red power in the age of Nixon : an analysis of the official memory of Native protest.
… Native social leaders. This thesis explores the rhetorical tools that federal officials used to support the official narrative of a progressive and peaceful Nixon administration in a series of interviews conducted for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in 2007 and 2008.
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Experiment as rhetoric in the cold fusion controversy
… It is argued that experimental results served as rhetorical tools in the service of actors in the controversy. Discourse analysis informed by actor network theory is employed to analyze the verbal and textual discourse of scientists involved in the construction of experimentally-based scientific …
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One size does not fit all: exploring online-language-learning challenges and benefits for advanced English Language Learners
… opportunities and space to utilize English rhetorical tools, cultivate and express their second language identity, and connect with native speakers in collaborative exercises. A thorough review of relevant teaching pedagogy and theory of both English composition and English as a Second …
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Roasting on Earth: A Rhetorical Analysis of Eco-Comedy
Environmentalists are accustomed to using the rhetorical appeals of guilt and sacrifice to advocate their agendas. I argue that the motivations of guilt and sacrifice do not mirror the goals of sustainability, and are easy for anthropocentric-resourcist ideology (ARI) agendas to counter. When it …
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"I Don't Want to Hurt Anyone's Feelings": Using Race as a Writing Prompt in First Year Writing
… designated as English 101) provides students the rhetorical tools to fully engage in critical thinking and writing on the college level. One of the most common methods of organizing FYC is to use a topic as the center of all the reading and writing prompts. The use of outside subject matter to …
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Satire in Oliver Goldsmith's The citizen of the world
… Satiric technique includes form, characters, and rhetorical tools; purpose involves the author's attitude, satiric objects of attack, and norms; and nature encompasses the specific kind of satire that differentiates one period from another, one author from another, making the definition a more …
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Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Study the Evolution of Party Platforms - 1960-2016
… examination of how the parties utilize specific rhetorical tools to make their case to their party base and the general public while also giving insights as to how the parties have shifted ideologically and in the types of issues that the parties have focused on. Additionally, a manual reading of …
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Mimesis: Figure di realismo e postrealismo dantesco nell’opera di Pier Paolo Pasolini
… and rather employs allegory and vision as best rhetorical tools to represent reality.
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A rhetorical analysis of SABC3's flagship Bulletin : In what ways does the SABC succeed and/or fail in persuading viewers that its version of the news is credible?
… body of research on the SABC by performing a rhetorical analysis of SABC 3's flagship English news bulletin, broadcast between 18:30 and 19:30, weekdays, and 19:00 and 19:30 on weekends. The purpose of this analysis is to determine the manner in which the SABC attempts to position itself as a …
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Polyphonic Thinking: Music and Authority in Early China
… how textual references to music may be used as rhetorical tools, attesting to ideological conflicts raging within early Chinese society. In the first chapter I argue for a new understanding pertaining to perceptions of sound in early China. By re-examining language and contents of passages …
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The rhetoric of autobiography : analysis of autobiographical writings of militant civil-rights leaders.
… and social history. In order to study the rhetorical nature of the autobiographies of militant black civil-rights leaders, this thesis examines A Lonely Rage by Bobby Seale, Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. These autobiographies represent …
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It is Time: Theology of Time in the Book of Revelation as Reflected in the Interpretation of Scripture and the Temple Cult
… for the task at hand is based on the socio-rhetorical interpretation introduced and elaborated upon by Vernon K. Robbins . For the scope of this dissertation, two of these socio-rhetorical tools were utilised. Firstly, the text of Revelation was analysed by selecting specific terms …