Rhetorical Analysis Of Nancy's Bedroom

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Riley Smith
Mrs.Banister
AP Language 3rd
21 November,2014

Nancys Bedroom Rhetorical Analysis

In “Nancy’s Bedroom” from In Cold Blood ,Truman Capote tries to show the reader Nancy’s personal side, her characteristics of femininity and pureness. Feelings of joy, like the memories of Bobby and Nancy being happy together and slowly transformed into feelings of emptiness as circumstances are revealed. Truman Capote used imagery and a wide array of rhetorical devices to convey Nancy’s everyday habits and interests to creates a connection between Nancy and the readers. This glimpse of her life makes a sense of chastity and nervousness. Capote starts the passage of with this simile, “Nancy’s bedroom was the smallest, most personal room in

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