In David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech to the Kenyon College Class of 2005 titled “This Is Water” he explains the boring post-college life ahead of the graduating students. Wallace uses everyday scenarios to connect with the audience and allow them to use their imagination in order to connect with the story he is telling. The main points Wallace emphasizes in his speech are life, perspective, and symbolism. He uses everyday examples to hit on all three of the main points he covers in the speech. This is a very effective way of writing, because it will allow the audience to be able to visualize what Wallace is speaking about throughout his speech, while still being entertained. Throughout Wallace's speech he uses the three rhetorical
