Rhetorical Analysis and Quotables-Nyazia B.

Part 4 Rhetorical Analysis

The author is Wendy Berliner. She is an author and a journalist. Berliner often writes books about developing the learning of children and appears objective towards it. Throughout her article”Schools are killing curiosity’: why we need to stop telling children to shut up and learn”Berliner uses this article to inform her target audience which is educators and even the general public on how discouraging students curiosity truly affects them. Her purpose for writing this article was to spread awareness towards encouraging kids curiosity. The tone Berliner uses throughout the article is objective. Berliner purely uses information and research to prove how kids act when their curiosity isn’t killed and she uses logos by doing this. For example she used the information she got from the University of Michigan CS Mott Children’s Hospital and the Center for Human Growth and Development , Dr Prachi Shah and from Susan Engel to show the outcome of students who are being taught to just listen versus ones who’s curiosity is encouraged. She uses pathos by including an anecdote and ethos by referencing her book. It helps answer my question because it shows why it’s better for children’s education when educators encourage it. 

Part 5 Notable Quotables

“we should be encouraging questions, because curious children do better.”(Berliner 2)

“Children, full of questions about things that interest them, are learning not to ask them at school. Against a background of tests and targets, unscripted queries go mainly unanswered and learning opportunities are lost.” (Berliner 2)

“In one lesson she observed, a ninth grader raised her hand to ask if there were any places in the world where no one made art. The teacher stopped her mid-sentence with, “Zoe, no questions now, please; it’s time for learning.”(Berliner 4)

“Children should be prompted and encouraged to ask questions even though that can be challenging for the teacher,” he says.(Berliner 6)