Rhetorical Analysis Of Zora Neale Hurston

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Zora Neale Hurston enriches her audience sense of her childhood through her descriptive diction and her skillful manipulation of point of view, giving readers the allusion that her childhood was full of riches and opportunities, but at the same time hinting at an ominous outside world. She is conveying her childhood experience by using diction and point of view to create a unique image towards the audience. She wanted to not only show her view, but give a sense of what it was like to see the lifestyle she endured. Hurston's use of a more childlike and casual tone that was used showed her constant change from a family members view to her own provided the information to construct a strong story of what her childhood was basically like. Zora Neale use of rhetorical strategies gives the reader a sense of clarity when she is describing her point of view on her early life of her childhood. …show more content…
There was always an abundance of food, always plenty of orange, grapefruit; tangerine, guavas and other fruits in the Hurston’s' yard and always had chicken and eggs on their table. She also uses different diction such as "for us smaller children" and "folks up north there," showing the in formalness. She also uses the food as a way to connect family. "We had a five-acre garden.... we had chicken on the table" provides a connection to show its importance. Almost every sentence begins with a proper noun or transition. She uses it in her excerpt because this is a common way the children spoke, and by using the informal speech it makes it seem as though you are seeing her childhood as a child which makes it more relatable. The use of diction is used to convey to the audience her specific memories that she had as a child and to give her text more
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