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because acculturation-related measures are not included".
Importantly, procatalepsis relies on pure
facts, which become the source of prognosis, but it would be
unreasonable to build predictions on the
basis of assumptions or hypotheses.
Personifcation is one of the strongest techniques to employ in
descriptive papers or narratives. This toolallows metaphorically
representing animals, inanimate objects or events as human-beings.
For instance,
in order to reinforce the role of revolution the author can
refer to it as to a person: "She substantially
improved the state of underprivileged". This tool can also be
viewed as a legitimate appeal to thereader's pathos.
Finally, historical analogy as a rhetorical device can be used
to exemplify the situations, which took
place in the past, and compare them to the current events, find
similarity and, if necessary, create a
prognosis. Historical analogy is a vital part of national
identity, so the use of this technique is likely to
be noticed and appreciated. Historical analogy can be applied to
practically any science, it allowsfinding the trends of development
and compare certain periods to the present day. For instance, the
war
on terrorism could be compared to a crusade,. Apart from
historical analogy, the writer can use
metaphorical analogy as well as contrast, e.g. events can be
compared or contrasted to naturalphenomena, both from the position
of the nature of the process and its outcomes.
