Wonderful and fun examples. I wondered, though, about your intent on the use of "ME:" and "YOU:" before some of the examples. Were those just random choices, or did you have an objective in your pronoun choices that might teach a different rhetoric lesson? When using examples, are there cases where it's best to use first person and second person to convey certain effects? Both seem powerful compared to a generic third person. If too off-topic here, perhaps you could consider this for the content of a future piece.
A further aside, often gets lost as part of that famous parrot sketch, but I love the opening exchange:
I only use the first person when I'm quoting something I came up with in the past. The second person imagines the reader doing the work. A bit clumsy, now that I look at it.
Wonderful and fun examples. I wondered, though, about your intent on the use of "ME:" and "YOU:" before some of the examples. Were those just random choices, or did you have an objective in your pronoun choices that might teach a different rhetoric lesson? When using examples, are there cases where it's best to use first person and second person to convey certain effects? Both seem powerful compared to a generic third person. If too off-topic here, perhaps you could consider this for the content of a future piece.
A further aside, often gets lost as part of that famous parrot sketch, but I love the opening exchange:
Cleese: Miss
Palin (obviously a man): What do you mean 'Miss'?
Cleese: Oh, I'm sorry. I have a cold.
I only use the first person when I'm quoting something I came up with in the past. The second person imagines the reader doing the work. A bit clumsy, now that I look at it.