1. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) We should be the ones who make life better, and we should make it better immediately. If not us, who? If not now, when? --JFK Devices: Rhetorical question, repetition

2. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) We should try to do things with the mindset that we will not fail at them. What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Schuller Device: Rhetorical question

3. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) Don’t let your limitations keep you from trying to accomplish something. Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do. Device: Repetition (parallel structure)

4. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) If you want something badly enough, you will figure out how to get it. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Device: Repetition (alliteration and parallel structure)

5. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) It always takes longer than you think it will to become successful. It takes 20 years to become an overnight success. Device: paradox (years/overnight)

6. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) You must work hard to become proficient at something. A: Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. Device (s): Repetition (alliteration, analogy) B: There is never an easy way to learn a hard task. Device: paradox

7. Make Memorable Writing (using rhetorical devices) If we put forth extreme effort, we can be successful, but if we put forth no effort, we will struggle. It’s hard to make your life easy, but it’s easy to make your life hard. --Humphlett Devices: paradox, parallel structure, specifically chiasmus