Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Rhetorical Moves 10/24/11

rhetorical moves: those signals that announce to a reader (independent thinker) that the writer is changing direction- ways to advance an agrument

Billy Collins, "Litany"
stanza 1: define by metaphors
stanza 2: define by the opposite
stanza 3: define by potentiality
stanza 4: "not"
stanza 5: switch to new topic
stanza 6: more about new topic
stanza 7: still more about new topic & return to original topic

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