Assertion Analysis #10

Cotton Mather is a Puritan and American minister who strongly opposed witches. He believed that they were associates or influenced by the Devil. As a man of religious literacy, he explained in various ways how to not be influenced by these witches through the work of literature and speeches. Cotton Mather explains how horrid witches and their witch craft are. They creep and hide from the shadows so they won't be spotted. As they do that, they blend in with the crowd, and just watch. They are delighted by the sights they see.

The assertion by Cotton Mather holds various types of rhetoric devices he had used. Specifically, he used the rhetoric device, Irony. By using irony, his quote was depicted as hypocrisy considering that he is a Puritan using the language he hates the most. His quote sounds as if he was casting a spell like a witch that he detests, which is irony. The effect on the audience is that they will think differently of Mather. To use the language of something you hate is like eating mangos that you strongly dislike. This quote can lead to confusion upon the audience as well.

Assertion Analysis #9

In the quote stated by Martin Luther King Jr, he is explaining how the situation concerning negroes haven't changed and will not change with the future coming leaders. He believes that the current and future leaders will leave no actual effect on negros no matter how hard they try. Also, when referring to white people, they have tried to change and make African Americans assimilate to their culture. White people think of it as changing blacks into their culture, while black people think of it as destroying their culture and pride. The negroes efforts to change and fight for their pride is plummeting towards the ground. America has not paid attention towards blacks and their problems, such as economics. As a result, negros were willing to cause uproars and riots.

Martin Luther King Jr's main idea is expressed through rhetoric and literary devices. One of these rhetoric devices he uses is Repetition. Martin Luther King Jr. has repeated the term, "negro," many times throughout his assertion. For example, when he claims, "I don’t think these leaders will be able to make a real dent in the Negro community..." By using repetition and repeating a specific word, he was able to emphasize that the meaning of this whole quote was his explanation of negroes. As the audience or readers see the constant repeating of negroes, they know that the issue of negroes is a serious deal.