Nestruck effectively employs humour in his essay “The importance of email punctuation”. His essay shows how each type of punctuation can carry a connotation of either seriousness or cordiality. Unfortunately for Nestruck, it is the former that has caught his attention while reading an email sent to him from a coworker whom he has feelings for. Using hyperbole and metaphors such as “And as she recedes into the distance, I will be left standing there like an ellipsis. Two little bulletholes through my heart” Nestruck creates an overly dramatic and thus comical situation. Another good example of his hyperbole and metaphors is “”My, how I savoured those exclamation points, each one echoing throughout his entire body.” Of course, the exclamation
