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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

tonydong041798 — 2014-02-21 01:19:47 UTC

In the lyrics to the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky", a child addresses a star, which is an imaginary idea. The use of apostrophe helps us understand the child's thoughts when they look at the stars. The use of apostrophe enhances the rhetorical appeal Logos by showing us the child's point of view on the stars.

Macbeth

tonydong041798 — 2014-02-21 02:09:55 UTC

From lines 33 to 35 "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." , macbeth has an internal conflict before murdering King Duncan. Macbeth has a vision of a dagger and talks talks to it as if i was a person, is an example of apostrophe. Shakespeare uses apostrophe to help us understand Macbeth's thoughts and emotions. Shakespeare's use of apostrophe enhances the rhetorical appeal pathos, because we see the thoughts on Macbeth's mind before the murder.

Voltaire

tonydong041798 — 2014-02-21 02:38:27 UTC

In this quote, we see apostrophe being used from the word "O". This shows us that he addresses god by praying to him, and asks god to make his enemies ridiculous. This enhances the rhetorical appeal Ethos, because it was a quote by Voltaire