"Me Talk Pretty One Day" - Discussion

Question 1

SOAPSTONE

Answer 1

• S: Sedaris, France, learning a new language, sarcastic, adventerous
• O: 41, away from home, school setting, reflection
• A: people facing challenges/obstacles
• P: overcoming difficult challenges
• S: hyperbole-humor, misuse of french
• TONE: humorous, self-deprecating
• Sedaris hyperbolizes his his experience learning French in order to make humorous his somewhat traumatic experience (classroom environment)
• data: examples of hyperbole

Question 2

step 1.

Answer 2

Sedaris

Question 3

step 2

Answer 3

illustrates

Question 4

step 3

Answer 4

his difficulty with the french language

Question 5

step 4

Answer 5

by substituting “nonsense” words for french

Question 6

step 5

Answer 6

which simultaneously accentuates his humorous tone

Question 7

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 2 of creating a CLAIM
david sedaris ____ (though we were forbidden to speak anything…)

Answer 7

exaggerates

Question 8

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 2 of creating a CLAIM 
sedaris \_\_\_\_\_ (over time it became...)

Answer 8

reveals

Question 9

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 2 of creating a CLAIM 
sedaris \_\_\_\_\_ (at the age of forty-one...)

Answer 9

incorporates

Question 10

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 3 of creating a CLAIM
the author utilizes ____

Answer 10

irony

Question 11

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 4 of creating a CLAIM
the author utilizes dramatic language ______ (at the age of forty-one…)

Answer 11

to appear humble to his readers who could consider language immersion pretentious

Question 12

find a powerful rhetorical verb to complete step 2 of creating a CLAIM
the author ________

Answer 12

utilizes

Question 13

claim: the author utilizes irony to convince his readers that his language acquisition experience was painfully effective. after you create the claim based on the excerpt, what do you do next?

Answer 13

you find textual evidence