Reading Response 3

Select and read any one work of your choice from American Earth to complete this response. Your goal is to answer two questions:

1. How is this work composed rhetorically? You might consider issues such as:
   • What does this work assert about its topic, and how does it make that argument? 
   • What in the work reveals information about the intended audience's ethics and expectations?
   • To what situation or exigence is the work responding?
   • What strategies does the work use to further its purpose?
2. How does something from this week's assigned readings inform your understanding of the work from American Earth you have selected?

Keep the guidelines articulated in the Reading Responses Overview in mind as you complete this assignment.