In an excerpt of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Lines 289-319), the author’s rhetorical purpose is to be entertained. The author’s intentions are for you to be entertained by the suspense of whether the Green Knight would cut Sir Gawain’s neck or if he would spare his life. This is portrayed by the different patterns and word choices that the author uses during this situation in the poem. One rhetorical pattern in the poem that I noticed was the use of alliteration. An example of this in the poem is, “And that blinding bit bites in at the knight’s bare neck” (Line 250). The author strategically uses this alliteration instead of just simply saying that the sword hit his neck. Another rhetorical pattern that the author effectively used