Why does Marx suggest that the source of Warner Bros. concerns about his film come from

Reread the speech, and think about the rhetorical strategies and style choices that help Queen Elizabeth convey her message. Think also about the persona she creates for herself and how that helps her achieve her purpose.

Read Winston Churchills first speech to the House of Commons as Prime Minister of Britain in May 1940. Describe the tone of the speech by using two adjectives or an adjective and an adverb; then explain why you chose those words, making specific reference to the text.

Why does Ellison think a book about bird-watching might be more edifying than a biography of Parker?

Why does Ellison say hung the bird on Charlie (para. 2) instead of nicknamed him?

What is the effect of Ellisons references to the story about the infant Jesus (para. 3)?

Why does Ellison provide the mockingbirds scientific name (Mimus polyglottos) (para. 4)?

How does Ellison manage to make this description of jazz sound so jazzy: by long-continued successions of notes and phrases, by swoops, bleats, echoes, rapidly repeated bebops I mean rebopped bebops . . . (para. 4)?

What is the effect of the dashes in the phrase above?

Why does Marx suggest that the source of Warner Bros. concerns about his film come from an ambitious young lawyer, referring to him as a pastyfaced legal adventurer (para. 10)?

Paragraph 23 consists of two rhetorical questions. How do they act as a transition to Kennedys call for action?

Find examples of rhetorical schemes such as anaphora (the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines) and zeugma (one verb or adjective having multiple and incongruous objects).

Consider the speechs many examples of parallelism: born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage (para. 3); pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe (para. 4). How do they lend themselves to Kennedys purpose?

Kennedy uses hortative sentences (language that urges or calls to action) in paragraphs 3 through 20: Let the word, Let both sides, and so on. Later, in paragraphs 25 and 26, he uses the imperative: ask and ask not. What is the difference between the two forms, and why did he start with one and end with the other?