As it is with any good text, Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” employs several rhetorical modes, sometimes simultaneously. Each excerpt can be broken down to reveal the rhetorical modes in each one.
Her first excerpt opens with a personal tale from her childhood. This is an example of narrative writing. The characters, plot, theme, and conflict are clearly laid out, as well as the point Anzaldua is trying to make.
The second excerpt in the essay uses the definition mode. Anzaldua explains to the reader the languages spoken by the Chicano people. She uses personal anecdotes to help her get her point across. If writing about fatherhood, for instance, an example of definition writing would be as follows. Fatherhood. The word may sound
Her first excerpt opens with a personal tale from her childhood. This is an example of narrative writing. The characters, plot, theme, and conflict are clearly laid out, as well as the point Anzaldua is trying to make.
The second excerpt in the essay uses the definition mode. Anzaldua explains to the reader the languages spoken by the Chicano people. She uses personal anecdotes to help her get her point across. If writing about fatherhood, for instance, an example of definition writing would be as follows. Fatherhood. The word may sound