Multi-Style Essay: See It Across the Disciplines

Since sample essays that provide a focus on one particular rhetorical style have been highlighted in Rhetorical Styles, as you put it all together, it’s important to think about what an essay might look like that employs many of these rhetorical styles.

The following essay from an introductory writing class, submitted in MLA format, employs many rhetorical styles and is representative of the kind of writing assignments you’ll often encounter in college because it’s made up of so many rhetorical styles or strategies. The different rhetorical styles have been noted in the essay for you.

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