... (27). He attributes the majority of the decline to four major topics. The topics are dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and last but not least meaningless words. He further suggests that the major contribution factor to the use of the above topics is politics. ... speech was following the rules laid down by Orwell he would have forced himself to stop almost as soon as he had begun. Vagueness, pretentious diction, dying metaphors, and meaningless words are riddled though out the speech like a horribly woven tapestry. To begin, we will look at pretentio...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 1865. Due to this being his second address, Lincoln felt there was no need for one as lengthy as his first, but still as powerful. Through his diction, arrangement, tone and appeal to common Christian values, Lincoln unites a broken country by creating a spirit of a National Unity through forgiveness. The war was coming to ... blamed the south directly was when it came to slavery (Logos) "with only 1/8 of the population being colored slaves in the south." Lincoln used his diction, showed fair mindedness and brought both sides back to one nation (Ethos), by calling for unity for "all" and...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... U.S., it is what we fought for in the American Revolution, and King wishes to bring about equal freedom for all people, black and white. By analyzing the purpose, structure, and diction of King's speech we may achieve a better understanding of the black movement, and the harsh reality of the times. The evident purpose of the speech is to bring together all ... paints the picture of equality and peace between whites and blacks. King's metaphors throughout the speech put an emphasis on his strongest ideas. King has a sly underlying significance in his diction. King uses bitter sarcasm whe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a lot of tension. Speaker wants his audience to follow him. He also wants his words to sound more important by doing these line breaks. This poem is written in a low diction. The speaker uses very simple words, even slang in expressing his ideas. One of the reasons is why Langston Hughes used this kind of ... diction is to make this poem available to everybody, educated and not. The poet repeats phrases like "eat in the kitchen" and "company comes" in the first and second stanza. In ... lines start with an "I", which means that speaker is describing his own actions. Most of the lines ...

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... as the soldiers walk by and all else seems to change with these events. Switching from a bright summer to a darkening season serves as a foreshadowing of the upcoming problems of war. Diction changes as the chapter progresses to words such as "dark", "brown", "muddy", and "gray". The river started clear and blue, but has now become dark and muddy. This symbolizes the ... compares and symbolizes everything to objects in nature. The comparisons are descriptive and yet general to allow for multiple meanings. This allegory is in contrast with the simplicity of the diction and syntax; howeve...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , he used the word, "we," thirty times. He did this to ensure that people know black injustice is everyone's issue, and not just an African American's issue. The diction used in his speech was so graphic, it could paint a picture in anyone's head. He had a way of stimulating people's imaginations. King had a habit of pairing abstract words with concrete ... ...

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... Luther King, Jr. was not long nor complex in fact it was simple, However, the truths that were said, the feelings that were provoked and the power of Dr. King's diction impacted those in the audience and will forever resonate throughout all generations of time to come. Throughout his speech Dr. King uses descriptive metaphors to help express the needed changes ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... newspaper with his ideas against slavery and let him go. Whitman's poetry wasn"t well taken to in the beginning. During the 1840's his poems were said to be artificial in diction and didactic in purpose, "Whitman rarely seems inspired or innovative."(Price) By the 1850's Whitman had undertaken some more self education in the form of poetry. His change from that ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School