What is the author’s purpose? How does this writer use literary techniques, rhetorical methods, and/or arrangement to highlight his or her themes and persuasively present his or her argument?
Critical Analysis of the article “What Bullets do to Bodies” by Jason Fagone
What to Do
Write a critical analysis of one of the pieces listed below:
- “Hecho en América,” Jeanne Marie Laskas, http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201110/illegal-immigration-issue-blueberry-fruit-farmers-gq-october-2011?printable=true (Links to an external site.)
- “The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush,“ Donovan Webster, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/The-Devastating-Costs-of-the-Amazon-Gold-Rush.html?c=y&story=fullstory (Links to an external site.)
- “What Bullets Do to Bodies” Jason Fagone, http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/gun-violence/ (Links to an external site.)
- “Buy the Right Thing,” Amanda Hess, http://www.good.is/post/buy-the-right-thing (Links to an external site.)
- “Eden: A Gated Community,” William Langewiesche, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/1999/06/eden-a-gated-community/304919/ (Links to an external site.)
In your writing your critical analysis, address these questions:
What is the author’s purpose? How does this writer use literary techniques, rhetorical methods, and/or arrangement to highlight his or her themes and persuasively present his or her argument? Also, in what ways can you either extend the argument(s) found in the text or undercut/limit them?
Details:
- 1000 words in correct MLA format. (Times New Roman 12pt font, 1” margins, double-spaced, indented paragraphs).
- Failure to meet these format requiremtent will result in a deduction of 10 points.
- You can revise and resubmit your essay up until the due date.
Subject: English
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