In this passage the author Nancy Mairs, who has multiple sclerosis, calls herself a “cripple in order to keep the description of her condition accurate. Rhetorical features such as her straightforward tone, her anti-euphemism word choice, and rhetorical structure combine to convey the honest personality she presents to her readers. Mairs tone is availed from the beginning of the passage. By stating “‘cripple’ seems to me a clean word, straightforward and precise … As a lover of words, I like the accuracy with which it describes my condition,” she reveals her motive behind using the word which is to embrace the truth of her condition. Showing her audience how accepting and brutally honest she is about her disease and setting a straightforward