Evaluate and analyze the article "When Do Adult Entering Education Begin to Identify Themselves as
Students? " The Threshold-Of-Induction Model” by Erik Blair, Tony Cline $Jill Wallis.
These are important skills for academic success because they demonstrate that 1) you understand what you read and 2)that you know how writers make deliberate rhetorical choices to reach their audience/s.
Procedure: Read and annotate the article, highlighting main points and rhetorical strategies (use of examples, credible sources, supporting evidence for assertions, arrangement of main points, etc.)
The essay will analyze the article based on the questions below. Use the questions as a guide only. The main point of the essay will be the extent to which you agree or disagree with the author’s main points and why.
What do you know about the source/author of this article? (You may want to Google the author to find out more about him/her.)
What is the author’s purpose?
Why is the issue important?
Who is the intended audience? (Who likely reads the periodical from which the article came?)
Note the language of the article. Does any of it seem biased? Why?
What are the connotations of the language?
What is the writer’s tone? How do you know?
Does the writer seem to make any assumptions about his readers and/or about his culture?
Was any part of the article obscure to you?
Overall, what is your impression of the article’s rhetorical effectiveness?