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I had to translate the following English statements into ASL statements. Are my answers correct?
Rhetorical Questions are used for emphasis, unexpected answers, and ironic situations- not for common situations. The signer is asking a question of themselves that need not be answered.
Rhetorical Question Examples:
My mother lives in Arizona.
My mother, lives where? There, Arizona.
My father is sixty-eight years old.
My father, old? 68.
That man earns one million dollars!
He earns what? One million dollars.
I live in a boat.
I live where? There, boat.
Imagine, my husband got home at two in the morning!
My husband arrived time? 2 morning.
Blue is my favorite color.
Color favorite? Blue.
I work at the bank.
Me work where? There B-A-N-K.
The boy is six feet, four inches tall.
The boy, tall what? 6, 4.
I saw the beautiful flowers on your table.
Flowers beautiful, I-see where? Your table.
I was just hired because I have fifteen years of work experience.
I hired, why? I 15 years, long time ago, experience work.
I found the remote control in the bathroom.
TV remote, I find where? There, bathroom.
WH Questions ask, Who, What Where, Why, When, Which, and How?
WH Questions Examples:
Who is your piano teacher?
Your piano teacher, who?
Which school do you attend?
School you-go, which?
Where do you live?
Live where you?
How did you hurt your arm?
Your arm hurt, how?
What kind of work do you do?
Work you, which?
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Thanks for your attention and correction!
Rhetorical Questions are used for emphasis, unexpected answers, and ironic situations- not for common situations. The signer is asking a question of themselves that need not be answered.
Rhetorical Question Examples:
My mother lives in Arizona.
My mother, lives where? There, Arizona.
My father is sixty-eight years old.
My father, old? 68.
That man earns one million dollars!
He earns what? One million dollars.
I live in a boat.
I live where? There, boat.
Imagine, my husband got home at two in the morning!
My husband arrived time? 2 morning.
Blue is my favorite color.
Color favorite? Blue.
I work at the bank.
Me work where? There B-A-N-K.
The boy is six feet, four inches tall.
The boy, tall what? 6, 4.
I saw the beautiful flowers on your table.
Flowers beautiful, I-see where? Your table.
I was just hired because I have fifteen years of work experience.
I hired, why? I 15 years, long time ago, experience work.
I found the remote control in the bathroom.
TV remote, I find where? There, bathroom.
WH Questions ask, Who, What Where, Why, When, Which, and How?
WH Questions Examples:
Who is your piano teacher?
Your piano teacher, who?
Which school do you attend?
School you-go, which?
Where do you live?
Live where you?
How did you hurt your arm?
Your arm hurt, how?
What kind of work do you do?
Work you, which?
_
Thanks for your attention and correction!