In the article, "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner, the author’s purpose is revealed through judgemental and magical word choice. Foremost, the author’s purpose is shown through judgemental word choice. For example, the author uses very negative words to describe the horrors of the Nacirema. By using words like “torture” to describe going to the “holy-mouth man” and “revolting” to describe their morning “mouth-rite”, the author expresses his opinion that the Nacirema are strange and bizarre. He also uses the phrase “unrealistic horror” to explain how the Nacirema view the mouth is horrible and hard to believe. Moreover, the author goes in depth about the Nacirema’s rituals with the mouth. Using words phrases like “gouged out”
