Uses narrative, informative, and argumentative sentences throughout his work. The memory of her wading in a stream would be an example of a narrative she uses. “Fording, as a child, the Tonawanda Creek near our house and then trying, in a delirium of terror and revulsion, to tear off the fat, sticky leeches that had attached themselves to my feet, particularly between my toes.” Use this structure to tell what happened to her that day. When he gives the definition of paroxysmal tachycardia he uses an information structure so that the reader knows what he is talking about. “Paroxysmal tachycardia can be fatal, but rarely; if your heart rate accelerates to 250-270 beats per minute you're in trouble, but the average heart attack is around 100-150 beats and mine seemed average; the trick now was to keep the situation from getting worse. Oates questions the validity of Thoreau's view on nature which would be an example of an argumentative sentence. “Nature: as in Thoreau's optimistic transcendentalist mode... Another way of saying, not Nature itself but nature as experience.” You can sense Oates's sarcastic tone when he uses the word "optimistic" to describe Thoreau's work. The way Oates structured his piece gives the reader a clear idea of ​​his feelings towards