There are many many rhetorical devices in literature. Rhetorical devices are adjectives that tell tone of the author. They help tell the reader how the author feels on a certain situation. I looked over many words and finally found a couple that I think represent this essay. One of these two rhetorical devices is anaphora. This word means the repetition of a word at the beginning of a successive phrases or lines. In this essay, "Why Read The Classics", classics is the word being repeated. It is repeated in the fourteen definitions Calvino uses to describe reasons we should read classics. Sincere is also another rhetorical device I found in the essay, "Why Read the Classics". Sincere means genuine or without deceit. Italo Calvino's attitude to this topic is sincere. You can tell he is serious and positive about this subject. That is a good quality to have when writing, in my opinion. Rhetorical devices are sometimes hard to find in stories and essays. As a reader we have to find the author's tone and ask ourselves if its positive or negative. This is how I found out the rhetorical device of the essay "Why read the Classic" by Italo Calvino.
Calvino, Italo. "Why Read the Classics." The Uses of Literature. New York: Vintage Books, 1999
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