An author's purpose in using rhetoric is to create a certain effect for the reader. Rhetoric is language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
1. Who is the audience?
2. What is the author trying to do?
The rhetorical situation
Kincaid's use of parallelism in the first paragraph emphasizes the repetitive nature of the colonial influence on Antigua. By listing the various aspects of the island that were impacted by colonization in a similar structure, she highlights the pervasive and systematic nature of this influence, effectively setting the tone for the rest of the essay.
The purpose of opening an extract with a rhetorical question is to give the reader something to think about. This is a way to subtly influence a certain response from the audience.
A rhetorical writer uses questions to lead the reader to a pre-determined conclusion. A rhetorical writer does not state his purpose outright, and persuades the reader without doing so.
Rhetorical definitions are definitions whose purpose is to express or influence attitudes rather than to clarify. Rhetorical explanations are a similar slanting device, only clothed as explanations.
The purpose of any polysyndeton is for rhetorical effect.
The rhetorical situation
The only possible answers should be either Context, Audience, or Purpose of Speech.
anaphora
yes it is
When one interprets a quotation, one "unpacks" a quotation. One selects a quote for a rhetorical purpose. The quotation is useful. The writer must "unpack" the usefulness of the quotation; they must reveal their rhetorical purpose.
specific purpose (You Apex Cheater :D)