Rhetorical Analysis Of Ray Bradbury's The Mind Behind Dandelion Wine

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Ray Bradbury, the mind behind Dandelion Wine, uses a wide range of rhetorical devices to describe the magical atmosphere of the passage. At the outset, Bradbury uses metaphor and imagery in order to give us a visual scenery of his point of view, the cupola. The author metaphorically emphasizes the "beacon from his lighthouse in all directions over swarming seas of elm and oak and maple" in order to force a direct association of how he views the land from the cupola. Imagery is shown when the author mentions the "hoarfrosted icehouse door" to visualize how the door appears in the reader's mental eye. As the passage continues, Bradbury uses diction and imagery to emphasize the aura of this excerpt. Bradbury uses diction in the semantic field