All writers are entitled to their own approaches to showcasing personal history and connecting with an audience; however, rhetorical devices – parallelism, imagery, and anecdotes – tend to create the most effective and accurate account of these authors’ stories. As seen in an excerpt from Michelle Zauner’s memoir “Crying in H Mart,” she conveys the intense emotions she herself experiences whilst shopping at a store that brings back memories of her mother through vivid imagery and anecdotes of her past in comparison to the present day. This allows Zauner’s audience, others who have experienced great loss, to relate their experiences to her own, and empathize with her situation. Without an understanding of who she and her mother were together,
