CONTRASTING ELEMENTS

On official business it was she, not my father, one would usually hear on the phone or in stores.

—RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”

INTERJECTIONS

My God, who wouldn’t want a wife?

—JUDY BRADY, “I Want a Wife”

DIRECT ADDRESS

Remember, sir, that you are under oath.

TAG QUESTIONS

The governor did not veto the unemployment bill, did she?