The chase Rhetorical analysis

Miguel Olmedo

February 18, 2019

AP English 3

“The Chase” Rhetorical Analysis

Annie Dillard’s the chase is chapter form Dillard’s autobiography in which she describes a memorable moment where she is chased through her neighbor. Dillard applies rhetorical strategies to explain how the chase occured. Dillard uses hyperbole in order to express how the intense the scene of the chase became. In addition Dillard also uses anaphora to describe the scene.

Annie Dillard's Choice of words to describe the chase scene were deliberately choose in order intensified the scene. Although the chase only went on for a few blocks throughout her neighbor she uses hyperbole in order to express the distant they ran saying “We could have ran … until we got to Panama.” Cleary Dillard uses hyperbole in order to push the

Excitement of the chase. Dillard also uses hyperbole when expressing  what she believed the man could do to them after catching them. Dillard says “He could only fried Mikey Fahey and me oil, say, or dismembered us piecemeal, …”. Dillard cleary uses hyperbole because the man wasn't truly going to cause harm to them and she only said this to emphasize  the intensity of the chase. Clearly Dillard uses hyperbole to better intensify the chase scenes.

Dillard also uses anaphora to better describe the chase scene. When forming the snowballs they were going to through she says “A perfect snowball, from percelty white snow, perfectly spherical, and squeezed perfectly…”. Dillard repeatedly uses perfect to describe the snowball and how it was formed. Other example of anaphora is when the man exits his car and chases the kids “... entered a scruffy backyard and ran …, we ran across Edgerton crossing an alley ... . We ran up lloyd street … .” Anaphora was used to help describe how long the chase was by expanding it every time she repeated ran. Clearly Dillard uses anaphora to help describe the chase scene.

In conclusion Dillard uses rhetorical strategies to help describe the chase scene. Using Hyperbole to help intensify the chase scene while using anaphora to better describe the chase scene. Dillard choice of Rhetorical strategies help make the story more enjoyable and made the story better.