Rose (sic) are red, violets are blue, Common Core Standards will ensure kids can explain the literary device at work here
- The Common Core standards aren't particularly strong in this area, e.g., the phrase "literary device" does not even appear.
- In particular I don't think this is an area where existing standards are weak.
- Exactly what literary device is being used here anyhow?
If you'd been through what we've been through the past few years in Providence, you wouldn't have much of a sense of humor about this shit either.