Convincing your teacher to give you an extension on an assignment is an example of what?

Rhetoric, if you are on apex, I hope that this is helpful.

The word Rhetoric means using the art of using language persuasively, and in order to convince someone you have to persuade them to do it, hence using language persuasively.

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.