Negative Primer The rhetorical tactic that Stalin uses most clearly is passive passage. Discourse or rhetorical tactic is a method of speech used to impress or convince the public. In an excerpt, Joseph Stalin refers to the favorable conditions experienced by German troops in the war compared to the unfavorable conditions faced by Russian forces. That's why it uses more gloss than negative.
Mrs. Wright asked Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hales to go to the farmhouse and collect a few things for her. The trifles began with Mrs. Wrights kitchen described (by the two) as messy and hastily deserted.
