Write A Rhetorical Analysis Of A Magazine Article

In the magazine article, the author uses specific diction, imagery and personification to convey a shifting mood from a celebratory reunion with his constantly changing hometown to a reflective and disappointed remembrance, but eventual acceptance of his hometown while he was growing up.
In the first part of the passage, the author creates a mainly joyful tone while writing about the place that he used to live as a child. The author writes about the lawns that “curves around” his grandfather’s house and talks about his body “steaming in the cold air.” These two examples of diction and imagery provide an insight into the feelings of comfort and security the author feels coming to his home again. Continuing on into the second paragraph, the author writes that the winter fogs became “the clear nights of spring.” Through this use of personification, the winter seems to effortlessly flow into the warmer and more welcoming season of spring, allowing the reader to more closely understand the security …show more content…
In the penultimate paragraph, the author writes that even with the “scars and frowns” Lahore has taken on, she still “makes [his] heart race.” This auditory imagery truly allows the reader to feel the excitement that the author feels about his hometown, no matter what changes have been made. To end the article, the author writes about how the far from desirable conditions in Lahore don’t stop him from “gorg[ing]” himself on the “pleasure and substance” to be found in Lahore. This strong diction choice gives off a final impression of the writer’s emotions, exuding the gradual acceptance the author feels.
The writer of this magazine article creates a changing mood from an exciting homecoming to a melancholy look back at how things used to be to an eventual welcome of the author’s hometown by using specific diction choices, imagery and