"Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless world", by Scott Russell Sanders , responds to Salman Rushdie's essay on the effect of mass migrations. He responds to this essay using the american way of life as an example. By using many Rhetorical strategies such as Repition and Rythym along with devices like allusion, analogy, and rhetorical questioning he challenges, supports, and at times refutes Salman's essay.
Through the use of repition and rythym, achieved by alliteration and assonance Scott Sanders manages pathos to his advantage. By doing this he gives the reader a sense of pride. For example on line four through line six, he uses alliteration with the repeating s sound at the end of almost every word. He also uses assonance in -ism endings,
Through the use of repition and rythym, achieved by alliteration and assonance Scott Sanders manages pathos to his advantage. By doing this he gives the reader a sense of pride. For example on line four through line six, he uses alliteration with the repeating s sound at the end of almost every word. He also uses assonance in -ism endings,