Which of the following statements includes a rhetorical strategy? A: When Belinda was got her essay back, she was as happy as a hyena to see an A written in red.

B: An airplane noisily descended as a prepared to land on the runway.

C: The lost kitten cautiously crossed the street searching for its mother and sister.

D: The young boy ran to the bus stop, and got there just as it was driving up the street.

personal narrative

first person fiction

etc.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.