In Corn-Pone Opinion Mark Twain, a well known novelist, used a few rhetorical devices to deliver his intention to his writing. His intention to writing this piece was to show that one's thinking, and opinions etc. are build and based -most of the time- on believes of others in society. To do so, Twain first started by using an anecdote about his experience with a preacher. By including an anecdote, Twain was able to introduce his topic to his readers and show his readers that his experience towards this certain topic that he will be writing about.
Another rhetorical device that Twain used was the use of ethos. He used the the example of how hoop-skirts was once in style but once a person starts wearing it again, everyone else starts wearing it as well. The use of historical contexts in his piece, he was able to make his point more believable to the readers. This, therefore, further strengthens his point that people often tend to be influenced by others in current society.
In Corn-Pone Opinion Mark Twain used hoop-skirts as an example to help strengthen his point that people are under influences are other. I agree with this point that he makes about fashion trends. In today's society, people are more likely to follow new fashion trends which is why you see almost everyone wearing the same thing and store selling almost the same clothes. This just shows that people really don't have their own judgements towards the things they do. Not much people really have their own judgements which is why we basically see the same kind of people revolving around us all the time.
