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2. Key Ideas and Details: The speaker opens his speech with an anecdote. What kind of persuasive appeal is he using and what effect does it have?
3. Key Ideas and Details: What is the claim Cesar Chavez is making?
4. Key Ideas and Details: Summarize the logic of Chavez’s argument about the relationship between human health and pesticides. How has the author depended on logical reasoning and relevant evidence (logos)?
5. Key Ideas and Details: How does Cesar Chavez satisfy the call to action part of the argument he is making?
Working from the Text
6. Who is the article’s target audience? How do you know?
7. Based on the target audience, use your analysis to evaluate each element of the authors’ argument.
8. Overall, is the argument effective? Why or why not?
My Notes
INDepeNDeNT
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Read and Research
Go online to research another person who supported the same cause as the person in your independent reading narrative. How were their actions similar or different than your subject’s?
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