Rhetorical question

fifty question long, paper-and- pencil tests that asked “forced-choice questions” (Tileston, 2004). Those tests played an important role in my learning, and still play a role in the learning of students today. Tests with forced-choice questions should be used to test “declarative knowledge, such as facts, dates, formulas, and general information on a topic” (Tileston, 2004). When teachers need…

English 111 at Rockingham Community College has been one of the biggest challenges. I’ve learned how to write really detailed paragraphs, excellent outlines, research writing and rhetorical analysis papers. However, I am still challenged with writing argumentative research papers, procrastination, rereading my papers and expressing myself and my writing with a professor who is so accomplished. While I had excellent attendance and was very focused in class, I struggled with some of the…

George Santayana, in his essay “Intellectual Ambition,” asserts that humans must work to eliminate bias created by the use of imagination over the use of their senses and understanding in their perceptions of reality; he states that the faculty of understanding is often dulled by that of imagination, which often wastes initially “good” ideas by turning them into unrealistic dreams. Santayana supports his claims by describing the role of the sense of sight in the human mind, then the thought…

Basic Worksheet Questions: These questions/tasks are to be completed prior to class for each scheduled reading marked with an asterisk (*). When quoting or paraphrasing directly from the article, be sure to include the paragraph citation for easy reference during class discussion. 1.Quote a sentence (or two) from the article that best indicates the author’s main argument. In Adrian Mack’s and Miranda Nelson’s article, “Vancouver Hockey Riot Is a Symptom of a Larger Problem” the authors…

Yet again, Henry uses rhetorical questions to be inclusive and bring the audience to his conclusion. He asks, “but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?” Henry displays a sense of urgency in starting to fight for independence from Britain. Henry continues…

Choosing a career is not always based on what someone is greatly passionate about. It can be about the pay rate, the hours or even the environment. Gordon Marino author of "A Life Beyond Do What You Love", published in 2014 in the New York Times, believes that people should not only do what they love but perform something that can benefit society or their families. Mariano is a professor of philosophy, a student advisor and a community volunteer. He began to realize that when advising students,…

reader question who creates good and bad. How can god make something so nice and delicate and on the other hand something so fearful at the same time, and why did the creator create two opposite things? The author compares himself and the lamb being created by the same power. The characters include a child and the lamb. The lamb is one of the least of God 's creations, feared by none, and, all too frequently, an unprotecting sacrifice. “Gave…

which has been explained before. When Juliet is say the quote “ Romeo, O Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” she is looking up and down while the word are coming out of her mouth. This shows that Juliet is thinking and trying to find the answer to her question so much that she is looking everywhere even high and low. The effect that this has on the viewers is that it makes us feel like she is sad and depressed because she is looking up and down because when you are sad you can’t look start because…

3:1-8 (New Revised Standard Version), there is a divine message given by the prophet Amos to the people of Israel. This particular piece is bizarre, and on its surface fairly elusive, for it uses a dark tone and violent images and asks rhetorical and puzzling questions to its audience. Within this exercise, my aim is to address the imagery of this text, and attempt to decode the depiction that Amos gives to the Israelites. I will also deal with the structure of this passage, and the meaning or…

According to Shakespeare, "Words are easy like the wind", that is unless you're reading Shakespeare then you would think you are standing in the eye of a hurricane. To most scholars Shakespeare's writing may be perplexing; Michael Mack has allowed us to see the beauty after the storm, that is the beauty after reading Shakespeare. Michael Mack was a English college professor, but as a Shakespeare scholar, he was hardly objective; on September of 2008 he met before a class of college freshmen to…