We found ourselves saying this to our writing class the other day, and we think it might be profound. Or, rather, not profound. . . . What's that other thing? Oh, yes, inane:
"So, you see the introduction and the conclusion might not be the longest paragraphs in your essay, but that's OK. They're like the bread for a sandwich. You don't want the bread to be the thickest part of the sandwich, right? You want the turkey to be the biggest part of the sandwich. But you still need the bread, 'cause otherwise, you're just holding two big handfuls of turkey and you get mayonaisse all over your fingers. The point is: even if you're doing, like, a thin-wrapped pita kind of thing, you need to have the bread for your essays."
Just remember: Teacher of the year finalist.
There, there. There is absoutely nothing wrong with your beautiful sentence. At least that's the CONCUSION (see, even your spelling has caught on). That I come to! (How do you capitalise "I" for emphasis???)
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We get the snide comment about our spelling (which we have corrected). We suspect, though, that you are accusing us of writing a fragment. We did not. We did, in the first paragraph, intentionally "fragment" a sentence ("Or, rather. . .."). In the second paragraph, we used punctuation to approximate speech. Unless you're complaining about beginning a sentence with "But." Which, by the way, is completely acceptable. (There, TWO fragments for you to complain about.) (Make that three.) (FOUR!)
ReplyDeleteYou're on my short list, teach.
ReplyDeleteI ponder the distinct possibility that the Solipsist and 'Anonymous' reside in the same brain?
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, every blog post of yours I have read has provoked laughter from me. I loved this one, and only wish my professors were as verbally hilarious.
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