Mitch Albom’s “What’s the Point in Writing About Another School Shooting?” Consider the rhetorical element purpose. What do you believe was Albom’s purpose in writing this essay? Be sure to mention whether he wanted to inform, persuade, or entertain. Additionally, what was his thesis?

What object do the men think of as a trifle?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Antony refers to brutus and his co conspirators as honorable.what effect does the continued repetition of this word have on the tone of the words around it?