Article Analysis Questions

Monday, October 9, 2017

Read the article and annotate using soapstone, looking for the rhetorical appeals, and looking for the modes of discourse.

  1. According to the author what are the reasons high schools are not meeting students’ needs?
  2. According to the article, why should high school students be treated like college students?
  3. How does the author begin his argument (strategies)?
  4. What are the strongest persuasive strategies used in the article (focus your attention on the middle of the article)?
  5. How does the writer conclude? Identify the most significant strategy or strategies and give examples.
  6. Choose a strategy you identified along with the example and explain its effect on the argument.

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