Ms. Zambrano's article contained the rhetorical tools mutability/plasticity, piecemeal, windows of opportunity, and open-ended closure. I wil explain how these tools made the article flow smoothly and adequately. The author refers to King Arthur's fictional character's popularity throughout history is still be written about to present day. Ms. Zambrano's sets up her essay in chronological form to give the reader a crash course on the historical Arthur to the fictional King Arthur, revealing many of the stories always resort back to King Arthur.
The first tool, mutability/plasticity describes Arthur's stories containing the ability to be rewritten or reshaped for a particular audiences. Ms. Zambrano gives examples, some audience will not quite like the romance element of Arthur but are more into the goury side of Arthur. Therefore, the writer will remold the entire story in order to maintain the audience's attention.
The second tool, piecemeal illustrates how Arthurian narratives are written from various sources one piece at a time. Ms. Zambrano explains how the bits and pieces of Arthurian narratives work and not the individual tales. Thus, going into the third tool windows of opportunity. This tool is used to fill in the blanks with the imagination of the writer. The writer can take what ever piece they want from Arthur in which they feel is incomplete. Writers usually retell and tell stories because they feel that they can tell the story better and history has a tendency of repeating itself.
The last and final tool, is the way open-ended closure desmonstrates if a reader wants more of the story, then he/she will have to invent the rest of the story to his/her liking. Ms. Zambrano describes Arhurian narratives are constantly evolving from bits and pieces, history, imagination, or what is perceived as incomplete by the writer.
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