Truman Doctrine: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Truman Doctrine: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Idiom
Idioms are like ninjas. When they work correctly, you don't even know they're there:I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek Gov...
[Historical] Allusion
As the great Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore once said, "fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself." And that seems to be the idea behind Truman's use of historical allusion in se...
Anaphora
Repetition helps get your point across. Repetition can help things seem more momentous than they actually are. Repetition can get you pumped.(Repetition can also get annoying if you over use it, so...
Seeds of Totalitarian Regimes Metaphor
Ever see the 1958 cult classic The Blob starring Steve McQueen? No? Seriously, it's pretty good (and by good, we mean one of those "it's so bad it's good" kind of things). Plot line: a giant blob o...