The goal of this essay is for you to use your critical thinking skills to establish your own thesis and support it with logical evidence and analysis. This will require that you choose strong specific quotes and examples from the text and explain your analytical connections to readers.
The purpose of this assignment is three-fold: 1) As always, to work on our writing and critical reading skills; 2) To gain an understanding of the rhetorical concepts that we will use throughout the semester;
1. How does this chapter attempt to persuade its audience? What is its overall rhetorical strategy? Ask yourself: What is the point of this chapter? How does Lewis make it? Is it persuasive for you? Most simply, what is Lewis doing and how does she do it?
2. What is admirable or commendable in the text that you could imitate in your own academic writing? How might you use it in a later paper for either this class or another course that you are taking or are planning to take? Or, if you find the rhetorical strategies in the chapter problematic, what is problematic about them? How might Lewis improve her rhetorical strategies to address her audience?
