Analyzing Idioms in Kenneth Burke’s The Parlor (394 words, 1 pages)
Kenneth Burkes passage, likening a parlor conversation to the discussion of a complex issue, has a restrained tone. Burke begins the extended analogy with a parlor. This diction connotes civil manner, special occasions, and restrained voices. To support the tone, the idiom to put in your oar, inquires the discussion ...
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