What rhetorical strategies does Denby use in the first paragraph to create a picture of the female villain of teen movies? Consider such strategies as irony, hyperbole, metaphor, colloquialisms, and opposition. What are their effects?

In the first paragraph, Denby uses rhetorical strategies such as metaphors and irony to create a picture of the female villain of teen movies. For instance, he uses the metaphor, “hair flipped into a swirl of gold” to describe the appearance of female villains of teen movies. This paints a picture in the readers’ mind of what a typical female villain should look like. In addition, he uses irony when stating, “Everyone is afraid of her; that’s why she’s popular.” One would think that when people are afraid of someone, they would not think of them as popular, making this ironic.