Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Who Doesn't Love a Little Rhetoric?
But why can't we start every single persuasive essay with a rhetorical question, Mrs. Rau? Because - Hasn't everyone dreamed about going to Mars? is not a rhetorical question!! I can honestly say that no, I have never dreamed about going to Mars. I was under the assumption that rhetorical questions were supposed to have an obvious answer and no wiggle room. (We won't even talk about the generalization in that question - an entirely different blog post) More to come on this later - when I have had time to calm myself and dislodge the pen jammed into my eye socket. This is what happens when kids write - BEWARE!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Shall I compare their question to a steaming pile of something? Is it necessary to fight the urge to gouge out our eyes when such thing come forth from the bowels of young minds? Should our hearts be purified by the offal found in the sweet choral voices of defecating folly? How should the pen move us when the sword is just so much fun?
ReplyDeleteA pen fits so much better into my eye though! :)
ReplyDelete