Rhetoric Devices

Language without rhetoric devices is like a dish without all the spices. Rhetoric devices plays an essential role in persuading things effectively. It creates the beauty of t he language. In” Students and Money, in Their Own Words" by Vivian Marquez successfully makes use of rhetorical devices in order to persuade the reader of her need for financial assistance. Some of the rhetorical devices she used successfully throughout her essay are an imagery, metaphor, and repetition.

In her essay, Marquez used her successful weapon of imagery in order to persuade her target audience and current readers about her struggling situation. Her uses of descriptive language in imagery, which represents ideas visually in the audience mind, enables the
Analogy is a comparison based on similarity between two things in some respects. She effectively used both metaphors and similes to draw an analogy that is brief and to the point to enhance her power of effective writing. She asserts that " Everyday there is a new challenge; it is a game of adaptation". By comparing challenge to a game, she reinforces her strengths over her weaknesses. She convinced the reader that her strengths of preparedness, confidence, and hope for the next move bury the fear and uncertainty of her life. As an evidence to her metaphor, she devoted the body of her essay to describe how she "moved.... around the game board". She tries to accomplish her goals without losing in a similar way how an isolated king on the chess board survive without checkmate. She assures the reader that she possess a strong capability of flexibility to adapt her moves according to the situation. Despite of that, Marquez acknowledges that, "Just as in any game I endure losses and gains". She continuously unfold her movements on the game board using successful use of analogies to show the target audience that she is strong enough to accept both win and lose. She builds her credibility with the audience and signal them that she is ready to embrace the