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Assertion Analysis Blog #6 : John Winthrop

       John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and he was the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts bay colony . He was the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth colony . Winthrop led the first large wave of immigrants from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony’s first 20 years . The devices John Winthrop uses in his passage is Imagery , Allusion , Diction to motivate his people.     John Winthrop does a great job motivating his people to be a good example by using imagery, and using small words to paint his picture. John states In he’s passage “eyes of all people are upon us “ such as saying when your on the top everybody watching you and watching everything you do and if you mess up they are going to judge you and our god which explains a lot because you being on the top you should set a good examples and do things the right way so everybody can follow your lead and do wha...

Assertion Analysis Blog #5 : Cheif Joseph

        Chief Joseph , A Native American tribe member of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. When the United States attempted to force Nez Perce to move to a reservation in 1877, he reluctantly agreed to leave. Throughout the passage Chief Joseph uses parallelism, syntax and pathos to portray his reasoning behind his relinquish.     Chief Joseph in his passage was talking about how all his men are getting taken away because of what type war they are in . Joseph talks about how tired he is of fighting if he's people are still getting taken away . And he's giving up because all he's people are dead . Chief joseph and his tribe were  taken out of there reservation and had to go somewhere else , they struggling with no food , no blanket and no sleep . hes people were dying day by day and the numbers were decreasing day by day . and the chief couldn't handle it anymore so he ...

Assertion Analysis #4:John Fire Lame Deer

          Before the white men came in the picture , the natives Americans were here first , they had their own land . One of the Indians were name John Fire Lame Deer , in he’s book Seekers of Visions. He talks about how life was before the white men arrived . Throughout he’s passage John uses tricolon , satire and connation to show how civilized they were before the white men came and took over everything .    John Fire Lame Deer explains in the text how life was before the white men arrived , he points out  reasons on why it was better before the white men arrived such as they didn’t have to lock their doors because there were no criminals or thieves . If anyone needed anything such as a tent or a blanket or anything they would receive it as a gift so they wouldn’t have to steal anything . “was so poor couldn’t afford a tent ... he would receive it all as a gift .”  This quote explains a lot because it showed how they were all loyal to ea...

Assertion Analysis #3- Donald Trump

             Donald John Trump is the 45th president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a business man and television personality making billions of dollars. Known as one of the most wealthiest man in America.  Trump had an idea before he ran in office that he wanted to build a wall between Mexico and the United States, and make Mexico pay the expenses. In Donald Trumps Speech he explains “the American Dream is still achievable throughout the uses of Rhetorical questions and syntax.”    Donald Trump says if there is a brick wall getting in your way that’s fine due to the fact that any man or women has the strength and power to over come that obstacle. Donald Trump states that the wall can be like him to immigrants. If you want to achieve the American dream, this obstacle shouldn’t get in the way of that.     In his  speech, “American Dream Perserverance”  Donald trump states” is there a...

Assertion Analysis #2 - Barack Obama

        Barack Obama was the first black president in united states , the first time he was elected he won against Senator John McCain of Arizona. He was elected again for a second term and won against Former Massachusetts governor Mit Romney. He was a member of the democratic party. Obama Recently gave a speech at hes hometown , at the University Of Illinois. He talks about how we need more people to get involved in our democracy system and have women show that men are not more dominant. But hes main message in hes speech is to have this generation get more involved and especially for women to speak up and have their voices heard. Throughout Obama speech he uses allusion , imagery and anastrophe during his Urbana-Campaign speech at the University of Illinois.           The most effected devices Obama used in hes speech was allusion . In the document Obama states "this not a rock concert .. this not Coachella" he uses that as resemblance to ...

Assertion Analysis #1 Tupac

        Tupac Shakur was known as an inspiration to many people in the world by the way he explains himself through his music. Tupac was an American Rapper and actor . He is considered by many as one of the best rappers of all times. Tupac was a one of kind person he connected with people all over the world and was able to connect with them through his music. One of his favorite pieces is "The Rose That Grew From The Concrete" Shakur uses imagery and metaphors to make his poem feel real.        Shakur does a good job using imagery , he uses small words to paint a bigger picture . Tupac explained how people are expecting you not to make it out of the ghetto . And the analogy of a rose growing out of a concrete is related to that. Tupac is basically saying anybody can make it , no matter what. No matter where you come from or what you do as long as your doing what your supposed to be you can become anything. People may look at you because wh...