Read the following piece carefully. Then write a well organized and insightful essay analyzing how the writer uses rhetorical elements and strategies to develop his/her argument.  Avoid mere plot summary; make sure that you articulate what the author’s argument/position is and how he or she uses specific rhetorical elements/strategies to develop their argument. You may wish to consider the devices we studied this semester, including but not limited to the following:

Tone/Mood

Imagery

Allusions

Organization and Structure

Syntactical Patterns (parallel structure, repetition, antithesis, sentence length and style/arrangement)

Diction (word choice)

Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, understatement)

Selection of details

Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, logos, pathos)

+