Serving In Florida Rhetorical Analysis

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Ehrenreich uses connotative diction in “Serving in Florida” to describe the diners she worked for. This is shown in “from which issue bizarre smells combine the edible and the offal: creamy carrion, pizza barf, and that unique and enigmatic Jerry’s scent, citrus fart.” The words offal and carrion are not used to describe the food contents at Jerry’s, but rather what the smells of Jerry’s kitchen resemble. In addition, connotative diction is found with “there are three folding chairs at a table immediately adjacent to the bathroom, but hardly anyone ever sits in.the very rectum of the gastro architectural system.” The rectum is a portion of the large intestine that allows the body to excrete feces. In this case, the area near the bathroom possesses