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Essay / The Art of Persuasion - 514
Persuasion is used in many everyday things, mainly in advertising. Persuasion is made up of many different elements. These different parts are always trying to dig deep into our DNA to find what we really want. The people of the world know what we want. So trying to persuade someone is practically talking to yourself. When people advertise to other humans, all they have to do is ask themselves, "What do I like about this product?" They will stream it instantly on radio, television and many other media devices. It is always better to hear persuasion rather than read it. It is much more difficult for someone to try to persuade us than for us to try to persuade ourselves. A great moment in history was marked by persuasion. Martin Luther King Jr's speech was full of compelling remarks about the current civil rights movement. In his speech he used three rhetorical devices to get his points across, the devices he used were repetition, allusion and restatement. The first rhetorical device widely used in MLK's speech is repetition. The king's speech is famous for many lines, and one of the ma...