Darnell makes it easier to find hope in Detroit

Darnell Gardner writes essays as an expert in rhetoric strategies would. He uses many various strategies and they revolve around a commmon theme. He uses description, diction, compare, and contrast. He often intertwines the different strategies with each other to make his writing even more effective. His wide range of tools helps him to deliver his assertion and proof his points without misunderstanding.
Mr. Gardner adds many adjectives into his essay. His adjectives help him to prove his point more clearly. He uses descriptive words like "tax-paying single parent", "dilapidated neighborhoods", and "atrocious," just as a few examples. He uses these words to give images to the reader and makes sure his opinion of a subject is not misunderstood.
His usage of diction ties in with his description of objects or people. Why did he use words like "atrocious" and not "bad", or "dilapidated" and not "wrecked." He uses these words as imagery for the reader. Words like atrocious take bad to another whole level. The specific choice of words that Darnell uses shows his opinion not just in the syntax of the words but in the word choice itself. By using atrocious instead of bad, he shows his strong dislike instead of a mild dislike for the grammer.
Darnell also uses comparison in his essay to further his cause. He compares his neighborhood of 10 years ago to his neighborhood of today, he compares his old highschool to his current highschool, and his intellect to the intelligence of others. The point of these comparisons is to show how his neighborhood, the school system, and the intelligence of people in Detroit is deteriorating. His comparison of the safe neighborhood of 10 years ago and the shot up neighborhood of today gives perspective on how much worse the city has gotten while in Kwame's hands. His comparison of his old "fading gem" highschool to Davis Aerospace Technical High shows how the education system has been dulled down until it is not effective, and he shows how uneffective it is by his comparison between himself and other students. His comparison between himself and other students shows how much the education level of many people in Detroit has dropped and why it is an unsuccessful city, because there are fewer and fewer people being properly educated. All these comparisons he uses to show how the city has decayed while Kwame has been in office, and they just help to further support his assertion that "Kilpatrick should give us a break and please leave office."
Through superb usage of literary skills, Darnell Gardner creates an excellent essay that makes an assertion than uses proof, while discussing the proof at the same time, to support his assertion. His creative use of a wide variety of nouns and adjectives gives the essay life and description in every word and clearly shows the thoughts and opinions of Darnell. This essay is definitely one of the better writings in the world and if everyone in Detroit could write and think like this then the city would not be even close to as bad a shape as it is in today that is 100% fact.