Rhetorical Devices in Gandhi's Speech by https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy Describe a rhetorical device that most effectively conveys Gandhi’s message about how and why people should rebel against laws they view as unjust the language used to contrast (emphasizes the contrast between, paints the picture of, is the most effective...due to...impact it has) and language used to describe (illustrates, demonstrates, exhibits, reflects). en-us 2020-08-18 20:23:02 UTC 2026-02-27 00:35:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Casey Lemarr https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/709581713 "The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is, as I am just going to say in my statement, either to resign your post in protest of my free speech rights being violated or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer will allow.   I do not expect that kind of conversion. But by the time I have finished with my statement, you will, perhaps, have a glimpse of what is raging within my heart to run this maddest risk which a sane man can run."
This device is tone, when spoken it stings the ears of the listeners and resonates a question; am I supporting justice here?]]> 2020-08-31 17:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/709581713 Andrew Ferguson https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710205088 " Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is the last article of my faith and it is everything in between.  I write because I had to make my choice. I had either to accept a system, which I think has done irreparable harm to my country or watch the mad fury of my people bursting forth in a violent way."
I think that this opening line of his speech is a very impactful and good way to show that people need to rebel against laws they view as unjust. I say this because Ghandi has fought against these unjustible acts of racism and other things in only a positive non vilonet protests, or boycotts. He stated that non violance and peace was his everything and also his efforts as this are just as much work as their evilness. One more Reason I feel like this shows why people should rebel is because ghandi will alway fight in what he belives in no matter what such as non violance and peace.

]]> 2020-08-31 21:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710205088 Lily Neff https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710287115 “I know that my people have sometimes gone mad. I am deeply sorry for it; and I am, therefore, here, to submit not to a light penalty but to the highest penalty. I do not ask for mercy.  I am here, therefore, to invite and submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime but appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen.” The use of anaphora in Gandhi’s speech helps to exaggerate the fact that Gandhi is willing to submit himself to the law in order to prove that it is unjust.]]> 2020-08-31 22:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710287115 Addie Bowen https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710290478 "The only course open to you, the Judge is either to resign your posts and thus dissociate yourselves from evil if you feel that the law you are called upon to administer is evil and that in reality, I am innocent.  If not, you should inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and the law you are assisting to administer are good for the people of this country". Here, Gandhi uses juxtaposition. He juxtaposes two very severe courses of action that the judge could take to demonstrate that one is either complicit in evil or actively against it. I chose this quote because it shows that Gandhi believes one needs to distance themselves from evil as a form of rebellion against laws they view as unjust.]]> 2020-08-31 22:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/710290478 Hannah Hassell https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713023063 "Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people."
These sentences show just a peak at what the Indian people were going through. This shows anaphora by the repeated "Little do they" This also showcases why they are rebelling/giving no cooperation. He also uses imagery by the words he uses to explain the hurt and unjust they experience. ]]> 2020-09-01 19:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713023063 Grace Brown https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713375845  "In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good." (6) I feel that this juxtaposition effectively conveys why Gandhi believes in rebelling against laws that are unjust. This quote shows us that he believes that not cooperating with evil is just as powerful as cooperating with good. This quote is the root of all his beliefs and shows the audience why he rebels against unjust laws and why it is okay for everyone else to rebel as well. He is also very specific on how to rebel, as he states " I am attempting to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil and that as evil can only be sustained by violence." (6) We learn that Gandhi only believes in rebelling against unjust law with peaceful protest. He does not support violent acts in that he believes it only multiplies the evils. ]]> 2020-09-01 22:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713375845 Anna Ryan https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713604033 “The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is, as I am just going to say in my statement, either to resign your post in protest of my free speech rights being violated or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer will allow” (2). In this quote Gandhi uses the rhetorical device juxtaposition to contrast the two polar opposite decisions that the judge could make in this situation. He can either cooperate with good by resigning the post in protest of Gandhi's free speech rights being violated or cooperate with evil by inflicting the severest penalty if he believed that the system and law he was assisting to administer will allow. By comparing these two drastically different outcomes, Gandhi in turn is showing that the system is unjust and asking the judge to almost "rebel" against the evildoing by his own government. 

]]> 2020-09-02 00:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713604033 Ruby Gavagan https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713714784 Gandhi uses juxtaposition in paragraph 6 to emphasize his argument when he puts good and evil next to each other to be compared. Gandhi states, "In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer.”  This call to action adds weight to the audience's interpretation of their responsibility. Gandhi compares the phrases, “non-cooperation with evil,” “with good,” and, “non-cooperation... expressed in violence to the evildoer,” to showcase our equal duty to resist evil and to actively support good. ]]> 2020-09-02 01:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/713714784 Maurice Walker II https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/715547527 "Nothing can explain away the misery of the people. No one can explain away the evidence the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye. I have no doubt whatsoever that both England and the people of India will have to answer, if there is a God above, for this crime against humanity is perhaps unequaled in world history." (3) Ghandi uses hyperbole and meiosis to portray that this point in time is the worst situation or event in all of time. if he wouldn't have said that by putting emphasis on history, his point might've fell short. Makes you as a reader or listener start to think about all the negative events in history and compare it to this even he is talking about. Engages you as the audience to understand his points and say for yourself if he is being truthful in his discoveries.]]> 2020-09-02 17:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/715547527 Jyrnee Johnson https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716116658 “Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people. Nothing can explain away the misery of the people.” This quote from Gandhi’s speech is an example of an anaphora because of the repetition of the phrase “little do”. Using statements like “little do they know” or “little do people realize” creates a sense of the people you’re talking to not knowing much which would make them want to learn more about the situation.]]> 2020-09-02 19:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716116658 Leslie Barron-Mata https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716398986   Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people. Nothing can explain away the misery of the people. No one can explain away the evidence the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye. I have no doubt whatsoever that both England and the people of India will have to answer, if there is a God above, for this crime against humanity is perhaps unequaled in world history. The law itself in this country has been used to serve the foreign exploiter. ]]> 2020-09-02 22:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716398986 Alanna Miller https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716410647 I am attempting to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil, and that evil can only be sustained by violence."
Gandhi is using tone in this quote by showing his distaste for evil. He expresses his belief in the negative outcomes of evil with a stern voice that speaks against it. ]]> 2020-09-02 22:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716410647 Nura Parikh 6850421 https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716533242 "Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people." The rhetorical device used here is anaphora, wherein the author repeatedly starts a series of sentences with the same word or phrase. In this case, that phrase is, "Little do people know..." Through this device, Gandhi is communicating that that the general public is blind or willfully ignorant of the plight of the Indian people, as caused by British rule. This affects his tone in that it portrays him as frustrated and impatient. He wants to emphasize that despite the gravity of the situation he describes, "semi-starved
masses...miserable lives...foreign exploiter..." the British people are turning a blind-eye. This furthers Gandhi's message that people should rebel against unjust government's with non-violence because it shows that despite the atrocities he describes, he always uses non-violence to combat the British. ]]> 2020-09-03 00:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/716533242 Dorian Mireles https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/718220374
“I consider it a privilege, therefore, to be charged under it. I have no personal ill will against any single British administrator; much less can I have any disaffection towards the King's people. But I hold it to be a virtue to be disaffected [disagreeable] towards a government, which in its totality has done more harm to India than any previous system. India is less manly under British rule than she ever was before. Holding such a belief, I consider it to be a sin to have affection for the system. And it has been a precious privilege for me to be able to write [against British rule] what I have in the various articles being used as evidence against me.
.” (5)   Gandhi's tone in this quote is that he does not hate or dislike the British he just is unhappy with the way they decide to run and treat the people there and feel like they have harmed the country more than helped.  Gandhi also believes that it's not right to love the system and wants people to hate the British rulers system and is privileged to be against the system and them having evidence.


]]> 2020-09-03 15:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/718220374 Zev Cutler https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/718896561 "I am here, therefore, to invite and submit cheerfully to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen." In this quote Gandhi uses a hyperbole when describing how he feels about being given a harsh penalty in order to show the judge the absolute conviction he has in his beliefs. This also helps him express his message that the people should rebel and unjust laws and take the consequences happily, because if they have true conviction and many of them take action the laws will be exposed for being as unjust as they are. He urges others to rebel along with him because while rebelling against unjust laws may have consequences, you are really doing your duty as a citizen of your country by rebelling and exposing those laws for what they are.]]> 2020-09-03 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/718896561 Rhys Francis https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722076718 "I know that my people have sometimes gone mad. I am deeply sorry for it; and I am, therefore, here, to submit not to a light penalty but to the highest penalty. I do not ask for mercy.  I am here, therefore, to invite and submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime but appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen." This example can be seen as juxtaposition. According to the law, Gandhi has committed a terrible and deliberate crime, but to Gandhi his deliberate crime is part of a citizen's moral duty. Comparing two vastly different justifications for the same action shows a level of juxtaposition. Gandhi showing that his actions can have two viewpoints points out the duty to the law can conflict with moral duty. The law doesn't always determine morality so you should rebel if it's shown to be unjust.]]> 2020-09-04 20:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722076718 Nayla Walker 707987 https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722156646 Gandhi used anaphora in paragraph 3 when saying, "Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people. Nothing can explain away the misery of the people." (3) Not only is Gandhi trying to show how little they know about his people's position and stance in life, but how they do not understand what the people are going through and how they have to live like this.

]]> 2020-09-04 21:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722156646 Julie Kizhnerman https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722243145 'Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people." Gandhi wants to shed light on the fact that many people do not know what the people of India go through by not having rights they should have. He is aiming to educate his people on how they need to speak out against the unjust system. ]]> 2020-09-04 23:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722243145 Isis Chaka-Hannu https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722346241 "In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good." I believe that this is juxtaposition and explains why Ghandi believes that violence is not the answer and how non-cooperation with evil is just as important as cooperation with good and why we should protest against unjust laws rather than allow mistreatment to continue.]]> 2020-09-05 02:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722346241 Tylin Williams https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722416621   " Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people (3)" In my opinion that is anaphora as he says "little do they know; little do people know" conveying the lack of education but instead ignorance

]]> 2020-09-05 04:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722416621 https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722416715 2020-09-05 04:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722416715 Joslyn Garcia https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722525509 “The only course open to you, the Judge is either to resign your posts and thus dissociate yourselves from evil if you feel that the law you are called upon to administer is veil and that in reality. I am innocent.” Gandhi uses juxtaposition by giving the judge the option to two to major actions, the judge can contine to serve for a system thats evil or leave his position and fight against evil. ]]> 2020-09-05 09:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/722525509 Cade Reisenauer https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/725716718 "Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people." The rhetorical device used here is anaphora, wherein the author repeatedly starts a series of sentences with the same word or phrase. In this case, that phrase is, "Little do people know..."  This is Gandhi showing the conditions of the people of India and what they go through, how bad the environment is. He really wants to show how bad it is for them and educate people who may not have known]]> 2020-09-08 01:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/725716718 Dan Shearer https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/727928871 "Little do people know the semi-starved...the misery of the people."(Ghandi, 3) 
Ghandi believes people should rebel against laws that were created to be unjust and exploit others. This point is demonstrated through Ghandi's use of the rhetorical device of anaphoria by repeating the phrase  "Little do they" before naming something the public doesn't realize. ]]> 2020-09-08 16:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/727928871 Addie Pope https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/736263050 Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter and that the profits are sucked away from the people. Little do they realize that the government established by law in British India is carried on for this exploitation of the people.” In this example Gandhi uses anaphora. The repetitive use of “little do they know” and “little do people know” draws listeners in by making them feel like they are uninformed of the situation and need to learn more]]> 2020-09-10 17:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/736263050 Hasan AL-Taei https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/760446670 According to Gandhi people should rebel against laws when they feel that they are unjust towards the people. This can be seen where he says" I am attempting to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil and that as evil can only be sustained by violence. Non-violence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-cooperation with evil. I am here, therefore, to invite and submit cheerfully to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen. The only course open to you, the Judge is either to resign your posts and thus dissociate yourselves from evil if you feel that the law you are called upon to administer is evil and that in reality, I am innocent.  If not, you should inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and the law you are assisting to administer are good for the people of this country and that my activity is, therefore, injurious to the public will." Here Gandhi uses the technique of comparison between replying to evil with violence or non violence and whether the judge should punish him or resign. Using the technique of comparison, Gandhi states that the law needs to be rebelled if it goes against the people and that it should be rebelled non violently.]]> 2020-09-18 22:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/760446670 Sadie Lemarr https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/764934364 "The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is, as I am just going to say in my statement, either to resign your post in protest of my free speech rights being violated or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer will allow." This quote is a fine example of juxtaposition, as it compares two severe and extreme courses of action for the judge to take in response to Ghandi. By doing this, not only does Ghandi come across as more assertive and aware of the circumstances, but also he is standing his ground through his dominant tone, and accurately demonstrating how nonviolence can be used as a form of protest. ]]> 2020-09-21 16:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/764934364 Aidan Bender https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/765371550 "The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is, as I am just going to say in my statement, either to resign your post in protest of my free speech rights being violated or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer will allow." Gandhi uses juxtoposition to add a dramatic effect to his position on the law. By doing this he forces the hand of the judge to make a difficult choice. Gandhi demonstrates the severity of the situation and is willing to put his life at risk]]> 2020-09-21 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/765371550 Stella Harrison-Baretta https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/805450733 In the third paragraph of Gandhi's speech he states, "Nothing can explain away the misery of the people. No one can explain away the evidence the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye." The use of 'skeletons' to describe the starved figures Gandhi is referencing is imagery; it is effective to creating an experience for the listener so that they may be better persuaded.]]> 2020-10-06 03:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/805450733 Acacia Hartness https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/822096269  "Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is the last article of my faith and it is everything in between.  I write because I had to make my choice. I had either to accept a system, which I think has done irreparable harm to my country or watch the mad fury of my people bursting forth in a violent way" I think that Gandhi wrote this as his opening statement because he wanted the judge and others to know how he felt about violence and non-violence. Gandhi is telling people if they see something such as a law that is not okay; not treating everyone equal that they should definitely stand up. He is telling that that violence will not help them though. They need to be a little smarter about it and show that they are not part of the "problem" but, trying to fix it and let others know. ]]> 2020-10-12 16:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/822096269 Darrick DoBynes https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/944365913 According to Gandhi, people should rebel against laws they view as unjust with non-violence and the techniques he use to convey his opinion is when Ganhi says"I write because I had to make my choice. I had either to accept a system, which I think has done irreparable harm to my country or watch the mad fury of my people bursting forth in a violent way."]]> 2020-11-20 05:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_white21/sh7ol5pp5bul22gy/wish/944365913