Question and Paragraph
English 11AP: Language and Composition
Thoreau, excerpt from Walden
Questions on Rhetoric and Style
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in
Thoreau, excerpt from Walden
Questions on Rhetoric and Style
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2?
8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively does the rest of the paragraph answer it?
9. Discuss the meaning of the phrase “starved before we are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3.
10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War, pre-technological communication) with its effect today.
11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative
7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in