Journalist Heather Rogers, in “The Hidden Life of Garbage”, effectively describes and delineates the processes of the garbage disposal system and its resulting effects through the organization of the contents and ideas of the essays, the utilization of rhetorical devices (such as similes and scesis onomaton), and the creation of a deliberate and concise scheme of syntax and diction – in addition to the resulting imagery.
Firstly, Rogers develops a unique organization of the content in her essay in order to lead her audience through her perspective of the waste system. In the beginning, she starts with an anecdote that the typical American is likely to outside their house at eight o’clock in the morning. Including the anecdote allows Rogers …show more content…
One of the most prominent examples of a syntactical decision that aids in description throughout the essay is the use of quotation marks; she uses quotations to describe key points throughout her essay almost as if she is creating a vocabulary list for her audience. Rogers, for example, often defines the phrases that are in quotation marks, as seen when she describes “working face” as, “where the dumping takes place,” or “mega-fills” as a, “new breed of waste burial sites.” In these instances Rogers is able to describe crucial terminology that help the audience learn more about the disposal system and compel them to adopt Rogers’ argument. Another example of Rogers syntactical pattern scheme is seen in her use of parenthesis, which she uses to add additional examples to aid her description of arguments in her essay. For example when discussing units that house garbage she describes how one, “Virginia whopper has disposal capacity equivalent to the length of one thousand football fields.” Placing this information inside a closed set of parenthesis allows Roger to corroborate her report of disposal practices and infrastructure. In addition to a deliberate plan of syntax, Rogers relies on a pattern of diction to describe garbage. The sanitary landfills are interchangeable called “graveyards” and “burial sites” which she chooses to use because of the feelings of disgust and horror the audience receives from the terms. Furthermore, Rogers goes on to use words like heavy, chug, creep, rubbish, and dirt to describe the disgust she has towards the process of garbage disposal in how it is an industry that is overbearing and detrimental to not only to the environment but to society. In addition Rogers makes a conscious effort to show rather than tell about the garbage landfills. She, for example, paints a scene where there are, “potato chip
Firstly, Rogers develops a unique organization of the content in her essay in order to lead her audience through her perspective of the waste system. In the beginning, she starts with an anecdote that the typical American is likely to outside their house at eight o’clock in the morning. Including the anecdote allows Rogers …show more content…
One of the most prominent examples of a syntactical decision that aids in description throughout the essay is the use of quotation marks; she uses quotations to describe key points throughout her essay almost as if she is creating a vocabulary list for her audience. Rogers, for example, often defines the phrases that are in quotation marks, as seen when she describes “working face” as, “where the dumping takes place,” or “mega-fills” as a, “new breed of waste burial sites.” In these instances Rogers is able to describe crucial terminology that help the audience learn more about the disposal system and compel them to adopt Rogers’ argument. Another example of Rogers syntactical pattern scheme is seen in her use of parenthesis, which she uses to add additional examples to aid her description of arguments in her essay. For example when discussing units that house garbage she describes how one, “Virginia whopper has disposal capacity equivalent to the length of one thousand football fields.” Placing this information inside a closed set of parenthesis allows Roger to corroborate her report of disposal practices and infrastructure. In addition to a deliberate plan of syntax, Rogers relies on a pattern of diction to describe garbage. The sanitary landfills are interchangeable called “graveyards” and “burial sites” which she chooses to use because of the feelings of disgust and horror the audience receives from the terms. Furthermore, Rogers goes on to use words like heavy, chug, creep, rubbish, and dirt to describe the disgust she has towards the process of garbage disposal in how it is an industry that is overbearing and detrimental to not only to the environment but to society. In addition Rogers makes a conscious effort to show rather than tell about the garbage landfills. She, for example, paints a scene where there are, “potato chip