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Check your Understanding
Now that you have read closely and worked to understand challenging portions
of this passage, choose a sentence that you think is important to understanding Peirce’s point of view. Explain in your own words what the sentence means and why it is important to understanding the passage.
Synthesizing your Understanding
Now that you have read the passage three times and studied its vocabulary and sentences, synthesize your understanding by thinking about how the subject, the purpose, the occasion and the author’s attitude interact to make Peirce’s argument.
What is the immediate occasion for the editorial? Why is this occasion important to his argument?
What is the topic or subject of Peirce’s editorial?
What is Peirce’s purpose in writing his editorial? How do you believe he wants his audience to respond to the ideas in his piece?
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