Read “Shooting Dad” in 50 Essays and analyze it rhetorically. What strategies does she use to tell her story? Alternatively, find a good section from the radio program This American Life to listen to and analyze.
Sarah Vowell uses conversationall language to appear personable to her audience. She describes her childhood in terms easily understood by the general audience. Her use of pathos is exquisite as she comes accross as a normal person that anyone can relate to (women more than men, however). "It has been me experience that in order to impress potential suitors, skip the teen Debussy anecdotes and stick with the always attention-getting line 'My dad makes guns.'" She uses such common but effective language. Vowell does an excelent job of using fun slang words like "goofy" and sentences like "It's just really really cool." Vowell can use educated words and phrases but also casual ones too; there is a perfect balance.
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