Student after student raised a hand in my reading class this morning. They were working on a standard read-and-answer-the-questions assignment from a text book (Oh! I know what you're thinking! BUT we will do something cool with it tomorrow!), and the same question was stumping reader after reader:
Why does the author use the pronoun I throughout the story?
I was shocked to discover that none of them was familiar with the term pronoun, but I made a note to return to that concern later and quickly explained what a pronoun is so that they could answer the question.
One guy was even more confused by my explanation, though. Wait!" he interrupted me. "How is backslash a pronoun?"
Why does the author use the pronoun I throughout the story?
I was shocked to discover that none of them was familiar with the term pronoun, but I made a note to return to that concern later and quickly explained what a pronoun is so that they could answer the question.
One guy was even more confused by my explanation, though. Wait!" he interrupted me. "How is backslash a pronoun?"
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