Nickel and Dimed
Rhetorical Strategies
Chapter 1
She appeals the the reader's emotions when she describes her plight and that of others of her position on page 26 and several other places. She uses logos when she does the number-crunching that shows that financially she won’t be able to just have one job on page 28. She Uses ethos in the beginning (mostly the introduction) when she tells about her success as a writer (this also makes it more dramatic when she fails at unskilled labor later.
Chapter 2
Metaphor
“all I can see is a grass fire raging in the back of my eyes (112)” Purpose: To show just how angry Ehrenreich is. And she’s REALLY angry.
“Repetitive injury of spirit (106)”- Purpose: To paint an image of the state of the spirit after too much work.
Simile
“Laughing like pagans (112)”- Purpose: To show how flippant and exuberant she felt at that time.
Transferred Epithet
“pornographic late-afternoon food conversations (112)”- Purpose: To tell how horrible and graphic these conversations are to Barb.
“motives seem murky (99)-Purpose: To give a clear image of her state of mind
Allusion
“Dickey, be gone! (67)”-Purpose: To add a bit of flavor to the book and make it more informal by adding a tangential thought.
Logos
"'it’ could be three hundred, and then it’s a ratio of ten to one. Huh?”- Purpose: To garner contempt for the appearingly stupid and hypocritical Christians.
Sarcasm
“I have been been inducted into a world rich with gossip and intrigue, and now baptized in the whitest of fluids (66)”-Purpose: To inject humor to the situation and show that she takes things into stride, even getting milk poured on her.
Hyperbole
“What is a self-respecting restaurant cook doing in a flavor-free environment anyway? (65)”- Purpose: To express doubt about Pete’s honesty, she overemphasizes the blandness of the food he serves.
Antithesis
“wizened toddlers at a tea-party (103)”- Purposes: By juxtaposing
Chapter 1
She appeals the the reader's emotions when she describes her plight and that of others of her position on page 26 and several other places. She uses logos when she does the number-crunching that shows that financially she won’t be able to just have one job on page 28. She Uses ethos in the beginning (mostly the introduction) when she tells about her success as a writer (this also makes it more dramatic when she fails at unskilled labor later.
Chapter 2
Metaphor
“all I can see is a grass fire raging in the back of my eyes (112)” Purpose: To show just how angry Ehrenreich is. And she’s REALLY angry.
“Repetitive injury of spirit (106)”- Purpose: To paint an image of the state of the spirit after too much work.
Simile
“Laughing like pagans (112)”- Purpose: To show how flippant and exuberant she felt at that time.
Transferred Epithet
“pornographic late-afternoon food conversations (112)”- Purpose: To tell how horrible and graphic these conversations are to Barb.
“motives seem murky (99)-Purpose: To give a clear image of her state of mind
Allusion
“Dickey, be gone! (67)”-Purpose: To add a bit of flavor to the book and make it more informal by adding a tangential thought.
Logos
"'it’ could be three hundred, and then it’s a ratio of ten to one. Huh?”- Purpose: To garner contempt for the appearingly stupid and hypocritical Christians.
Sarcasm
“I have been been inducted into a world rich with gossip and intrigue, and now baptized in the whitest of fluids (66)”-Purpose: To inject humor to the situation and show that she takes things into stride, even getting milk poured on her.
Hyperbole
“What is a self-respecting restaurant cook doing in a flavor-free environment anyway? (65)”- Purpose: To express doubt about Pete’s honesty, she overemphasizes the blandness of the food he serves.
Antithesis
“wizened toddlers at a tea-party (103)”- Purposes: By juxtaposing