English Check Your Understanding

Directions: For this assignment, you will read and analyze an essay from your textbook and respond to a series of questions.  Please choose between the following two essays:

1. “The Great Debate: Should We Censor the Internet?” by Caspar Hewett (pp. 604-611)

1. Summarize the author’s essay and the author’s main argument.
2. What support does the author provide to defend his/her argument?
3. In your opinion, does the author present a strong argument?  Please explain why or why not.

As with any writing assignment, you must provide strong responses to each question.  One sentence does not constitute a strong response.  Also, you should supply examples from the essay to help support your responses.