What kind of ability would this be? Savant like writing ability yet lack of abstract and episodic memory

[Genecks]

Last year around this time, I believe I came across an individual who has a talent for writing. The individual displayed an exceptional ability for rhetoric and argumentation. However, the person lacks the ability to think abstractly. The person also was held back in school a couple of years. Also, I believe the individual lacked the ability to develop and keep memorized episodic memories. Nonetheless, the individual has amazing rhetorical skills.

 

Is this kind of a variant of hyperlexia?

 

It seems obscure in that the person is not too bright in other areas, but the individuals appear as though she would make quite a great English major. I think the individual has abstract thinking ability in terms of writing.

Edited November 26, 2013 by Genecks