English10

Example:
 * Rhetorical analysis:** Choose a quote from the Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (117-120). Explain how Wiesel uses **the specific rhetorical mode, figurative language, and a rhetorical device** to persuade his audience. Make sure to write your first name next to your contribution to receive credit.


 * Give an example of persuasive language. Explain how this develops his message.**


 * Give an example of descriptive language. Explain how this develops his message.**

**"The fiery alter upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed" (118).**
Wiesel is **describing** his memory of the horror of the crematorium. This supports his claim that we need to be aware of the atrocities of war and do what we can to prevent human suffering. He is reminding his audience that the crematorium is not just a part of Jewish history but man's potential for destruction and hatred. In this quote he uses **personification** referring to the sacrifice of mankind's future to illustrate the death of our species which will result from the events of the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity. (Student 145)
 * He generalizes** that our future is one future: the future of mankind**.**

"We must take sides. Nuetrality helps the opressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivies become irrelevant (118)." - Wiesel uses several sentences with personification to set up his point, which he then states in the last sentence. The first few sentences give this point more impact because, put together with the last sentence, the reader or listener can see the truth in Wiesel's words.(NiaKonigsburg)

"As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. as long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. what all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them". (120) Wiesel uses several literal examples to prove the point of not forgetting the oppressed. the statements he uses are of common happenings in many countries and he goes on to say "They are not alone". he describes it with common images heard not over the media news but through common knowledge. he generalizes that we are not forgetting the oppressed. Throughout the quote he generalizes the situation and then applies it to the meaning, "you are not forgotten" (Ryanpoe)

"We must take sides. Nuetrality helps the opressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivies become irrelevant (118)." In this quote Wiesel shows personication towards the end and he shows. By using personification he shows that he is using descriptive language and further emphasizes his point. Descriptive and detailed words help the message have more of an impression on the reader and helps the message seem thruthful. (AliStark)




 * Character Interactions:** Choose two scenes from the first section of The Iliad. Summarize the character interactions in each scene. Explain how this leads to the next event in the plot. See the example below. Make sure to include a citation and your Username for full credit.


 * Example**: Odysseus is saved by King Alcinous' daughter and brought back to the palace. As he recovers he explains what he encountered on his journey home from the Trojan war. By saving Odysseus from death, the princess allowed his story to be told and his life to be saved. If she had not saved Odysseus, he would have died on their shore and never returned home (Homer 814). Student165

I chose the scene on page 217 where Agamemnon yells at Achilles for trying to cheat him. Agamemnon begins to yell at Achilles for telling Agamemnon to take the exchange of gold and bronze. Agamemnon being the headstrong person that he is tells Achilles that he will only take the exchange unless they give him a prize as good and as great as what was taken from him. From there Agamemnon says that they will head out to find more oarsmen.(217) Thomas39653

My favorite scene is when Achilles is yelling at Agamemnon for being a coward, and how he's never fought for his men. Ilike that he has just been persuaded not to kill Agamemnon, but he foretells that Agamemnon will soon come to his demise and there is no way he can stop it. This leads to Nestor trying to stop Achilles and Agamemnon from fighting(Homer,220). NiaPelzer

"King Agamemnon would not stop the quarrel, the first threat he hurled against Achilles. He called Talthybius and Eurybates briskly" King Agamemnon is trying to get Briesis back and he is sending two heralds to do so. This goes to another level between them and they soon will fight. Line #(376-377) I found all my information from the book. ShelbyLovely

Agamemnon and Achilles are fighting and arguing about a girl and Agamemnon doubts the action of Achilles. He feels that he is trying to cheat him and falls out of the deal to gain the girl back. He felt like Achilles was a liar and a cheater. Pg. 217 Paragraph 153-173 Ryanpoe/ Ryan74186

My favorite scene is on page 215 line 61-78 "nine days the arrows of god swept...save us from this plague." So what happens is there are nine days of war with the Greek camps homer uses good imagery to describe what is going on in the nine days they were at war. In the tenth day Athillens stops the war by gathering with his army and giving up. ehefner -Elliott