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Roxane Gay's Essay 'The Careless Language Of Sexual Violence'

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Novelist, Roxane Gay, in her essay “The careless Language of Sexual Violence”, voices her concerns about rape culture and how it is perpetuated in today’s society. She uses anaphora, imagery, and rhetorical questions in order to demonstrate how society “carelessly” (131) normalizes rape. In her essay, Gay uses rhetorical questions and anaphora to further stress her concerns and talk about how writers are gratuitous when talking about rape. She opens her essay using anaphora comparing “crimes” to “atrocities.”(128) Gay uses anaphora in order to emphasize important words and concerns she has. Another effective technique she uses is rhetorical questions. Gay begins talking about an eleven-year-old girl that was gang raped by eighteen men. She
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