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Rhetorical Analysis Of Matthew Hedger's Article Vernal Falls

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RD #2 Hedger Article AB In his article, “Vernal Falls…”(no date). Matthew Hedger, expresses how difficult the Vernal Falls hike was. Hedger develops this expression by giving the backstory of how he got suckered into the hike, by using hyperbole and metaphors to show how he is struggling with the hike, humor to entertain the reader about his wanting to wimping out of the hike, and finally using the exclamatory sentence to reveal how his companion won the passes for the Half Dome Hike. Matthew Hedger’s purpose purpose is to express and entertain in order to to share his painful experience while making the readers laugh. Hedger uses a sarcastic tone with readers who are interested in hiking. This source is useful because it describes to the
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