Rhetorical Devices In Letters From An American Farmer

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Crevecoeur's Rhetorical Devices in Letters from an American Farmer In the book, Letters to an American Farmer by Jean De Crevecoeur, the writer attempts to explain his personal take on the society in which he's observed. Crevecoeur explains how a place with no food or warmth cannot be someone's home. To describe this, he uses rhetorical sentences as well as syntax and diction. However, more than those, he writes all of his work with figurative language that flows so intelligently you hardly notice it. All in all, his devices and language make the book easy to understand, read, and agree with. In Letters from an American Farmer, finding an effectively used rhetorical sentence is easily done. One may look no further than line 6, "Can a wretch who wanders about, who works and starves, whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction pinching penury, can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?" (Crevecoeur 6-10), to find a well established rhetorical sentence. In the quote, Crevecoeur described how one who has a job but still goes hungry does not have a home. If a "wretch" cannot find a bed at night or any food in day, that…show more content…
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