Use of Alliteration, Assonance, and Cacophony :: Use of Alliteration, Assonance, and Cacophony

practice session of the Rhetorical Strategies of Alliteration, vowel rhyme, and CacophonyCandice Scheffing, a student a New Mexico Tech, not to long ago sent an email to the Clark112-list on the subject of gender. She had canvass an adjudicate by James Q. Wilson called Gender for his intent of rhetorical strategies. many rhetorical strategies can be seen in the email. The rhetorical strategies that can be found argon head rhyme, vowel rhyme, and cacophony.The major rhetorical strategy that Scheffing utilisationd was alliteration. The wont of alliteration by Scheffing serves to be quite effective in email because it allows her to point out the use of rhetorical strategies by Wilson in his essay. An fount of alliteration used by Scheffing is, A number of cases are straightforward through the first few paragraphs of the essay (1). The alliteration can be seen in the words first and few. Another sample of alliteration in Scheffings work can be seen in this sentence, This ref erence to temperament as having human characteristics is a personification (1). The use of alliteration in this sentence can be seen in the beginning sounds of having and human that are in a series. A final example of alliteration in Scheffings email is, This statement seems most disturbing to anyone who would read it because it both doesnt make sense, or is believed to be completely wrong (1). The alliteration can be noticed in the series of words statement, seems, who, and would. The use of alliteration by Scheffing serves as probably her most useful use of rhetorical strategies. Another rhetorical strategy used by Candice is assonance.Assonance does not serve as a major source of rhetorical strategies, but it still is present in her email. The use of assonance keeps the readers direction somewhat because the email begins to sound like a rhyme as it is read. The first example of assonance in Scheffings email is, It becomes interest that nature can play tricks on humankind (1). The use of assonance can be seen in the same sounds of nature, play, can, and humankind. A second example of assonance in the email is, Two contrasting words, essential and unavailing are in the same sentence referring to the same group of throng males (Scheffing, 1). The assonance is evident in these sounds of same and males. The third example of assonance I have seen in Scheffings email is, These three forms of rhetoric, personification, antithesis and news are each very important keys to the effectiveness of Wilsons essay (1).