Rhetorical Analysis Of One Day By Mary Ozick

Analytical Essay 1 Throughout her piece, Ozick commands her readers into agreement of her argument by painting a vivid portrait that transparently differentiates the measly article from the ancient and powerful essay with the employment a plethora of rhetorical strategies. Among the most prominent motifs of the excerpt is Ozick’s utilization of juxtaposition, paired with diction and invective, as well as anaphora. Ozick dedicates the entirety of a paragraph to the comparison of an article to an essay by using parallel structure with the repetition of two sentences, both of which begin with “an article/essay,” respectively, and in which an essay is clearly given the upper hand. Incorporated with this constant back-and-forth, although very much one-sided, battle is the engagement of invective combined with powerful diction. Ozick’s vehement bashing undoubtedly exposes her contempt of an article as she affirms that an article is nothing more than “a look-alike knockoff” that is surely to be “stale within the month” and furthermore, after five years, will have “acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone.” On the contrary, Ozick makes use of syndetic coordination and first-person point of view to extol the glory of an essay. Her excessive …show more content…
This argument, which states that nowadays the works of classical essayists and nineteenth-century English masters are seldom read except by specialists and literature majors “and by the latter only when they are compelled to,” is falsified by Ozick as she states that this claim is extraneous to the subject matter because ultimately, it is a commonplace that essays are ancient and various which offer reflection and insight. Her confidence in her assertion strengthens her argument and leaves the readers with the inability to question the veneration of any essay no matter the