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The most significant nonfiction technique in my book is purpose. The purpose of my book is to provoke an interest (in the subject of piracy) and a disapproval of piracy, which is significant, because it is persuasive and somewhat contradictory. The persuasive purpose causes the appeal of the rhetorical situation to be more logical, relying mainly on facts and statistics. With a different purpose, such as to cause...

The author establishes sympathetic appeal, through the use of the jarring story of a victim and the emphasis on the violence and widespread personal impact of piracy. This furthers the purpose of the text by increasing the reader's interest and attachment to the subject of pirates and their effect on the world.