The author Dante writes from a future point of view. He gives clues to what will happen to his
character self. What happens to Dante
the Character is prophecy while to Dante the Author it is history. You can say that the author version is wiser
and more mature than the character version.
"It was <span>so hot, it felt like an oven outside" is the only sentence that uses figurative language, since of course it is not literally true that it felt like an oven outside--that's an exaggeration.</span>
<span>To establish ethos by using documents that are respected by her opponents. </span>