Rhetorical Modes

    In the first few sections of Conover’s The Routes of man he speaks about how roads can bring different types of people together and help them through struggles. I noticed a few rhetorical modes he used such as definition, he defines what an interoceanic highway is and how he translates and defines most of the spanish words used in the writting. He used cause and effect when he's having a conversation with Alan and Alan states that if they are allowed to build the interoceanic highway then the cost of shipping will be cheaper and the wood would arrive to the markets quicker making business better. Narration is also apart of this whole book because he's telling the story but to be more specific narration was used when he spoke of his travels with Braulio & Edgardo in Braulio's fuel truck. And another one that was put to use was description like when Conover described the way Mary Luz looked when he took her to the diner.