Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Driving to the Funeral

1. What logos does Quindlen use? What facts, stats, quotes from authorities, and logical cause/effect statements does she use? Quote at least 2.

"Car crashes are the No. 1 cause of death among 15- to 20-year-olds in this country."

"Between July 2004 and November 2006, only 12 provisional drivers were ticketed for carrying too many passengers. Good law, bad enforcement."

2. What pathos does Quindlen use? What appeals to emotion, metaphors, rhetorical figures, and parallel sentence structures does she use? Quote at least 2.

"Perhaps the only ones who wouldn’t make a fuss are those parents who have accepted diplomas at graduation because their children were no longer alive to do so themselves, whose children traded freedom and mobility for their lives."

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