Arthurian Rhetorical Tools

There were a few different rhetorical tools used in the Zambreno article. She used, for example, mutability/plasticity, open-ended closure, piecemeal, and window of opportunity. Mutability or plasticity is the ability of a text to be changed for various audiences. Open-ended closure and window of opportunity are similar, but open-ended closure leaves gaps filled in except for at the end of the story, where it is up to the audience to come up with a new ending, whereas window of opportunity is gaps within a piece of literature or time periods that leave for new interpretation and input by other people with different perspectives. Piecemeal is exactly what it sounds like in the fact that it is taking pieces of a story or of history and putting them together to make one coherent, flowing piece of literature.
It's important to have good rhetorical tools and skills because rhetoric is how we create meaning. If the tools to create meaning aren't there, then there can't be any meaning within the narrative text. It was important for Zambreno to include window of opportunity because it explained why Arthurian narratives are so diverse and so different. It helped explain and support her point effectively because it went along with what her thesis statement said. It helped her create meaning in her narrative because the rhetorical tools explained her point further. She used the tools effectively, and therefore, her text was supported withe meaning and validity.