Over the past couple of weeks my students have been writing about newspaper articles and literature in their blog posts, but this week I decided to give them a chance to write about something else. We have been discussing the various techniques of persuasive speeches by looking at famous orators like Jonathan Edwards, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin. To change up the blogs I had each student write about their favorite ice cream flavor while emulating several of the rhetorical devices that we have seen in action this week.
So far, I have seen students compare their ice cream flavors to God, Heaven, and a Leonardo da Vinci painting. Popular flavors for discussion include the generic flavors of chocolate and vanilla, but on a more interesting level there is coffee, rocky road, gelato, cookie dough, and avocado ice cream. After reading the blogs, looking at the pictures, watching the videos, and day dreaming a little bit, I feel the need to go to the freezer and look for some ice cream...too bad I do not have any at home and am too lazy to drive to the store at this late hour.
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