QOTD

[redbird]

Useful advice from agrumer:

I'm a fan of rhetoric. I'm not saying that everybody needs to talk like Vulcans. But your rhetoric should mean something. If you tell your reader/listener to ask themselves something, you should actually want them to ask it of themselves. *

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yes, and so many times they really, really don't want me to ask it of myself, because my assumptions are at such right angles with theirs.

This is also why I wish people would avoid the rhetorical phrase, "Now, you're probably thinking x." Because I am rarely thinking x. This is not like that "trick" where you can pop out with, "But emus don't live in Denmark!" and amaze your audience.