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Close Reading of argumentative nonfiction Texts (continued)
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Check your Understanding
Questioning the Text: Using the text-based questions as a model, ask questions about the author’s claim, reasons, and evidence. Begin your questions with why or how. Remember that you may not know the answer to the question, but you think the answer might be important to understanding the meaning of the passage.
Synthesizing your Understanding
Now that you have read and reread the article for independent reading, use the following questions to synthesize your understanding of the reading you have done. Think about how the subject, the purpose, the occasion and the author’s attitude interact to make McWilliams’s argument.
What is the immediate occasion? What broader social and historical factors may have motivated McWilliams to write this text?
What is the author’s purpose in writing this text? How do you believe he wants his audience to respond to the ideas in his piece?
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