Read/Analyze Short Essay's

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Directions: For this assignment, you will read and analyze an essay from your textbook and respond to a series of questions.  Please choose 1 ESSAY between the following two essays in each PART, 1 essay /3 questions per PART for a total of 3 essay analysis / 9 paragraphs:

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.

PART I:

1. “Bioengineering and Self-Improvement” by Arthur Caplan (pp. 693-696)
2. “Ethics, Politics, and Genetic Knowledge” by Robert P. George (pp. 697-701)

Once you have picked an essay to read from the list above, please complete the following:

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.

PART II:

1. “The Importance of Multicultural Education in Global Society” by Chris Garber (pp. 575-580)
2. “Perspectives: Improving Race Relations One Journalism Class at a Time” by Breea C. Willingham (pp. 572-574)

Once you have picked an essay to read from the list above, please complete the following:

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.

PART III:

1.  “Two Languages Are Better Than One” by Wayne P. Thomas and Virginia P. Collier (pp. 546-551)
2. “Speaking a Public Language” by Richard Rodriguez (pp. 552-558)

Once you have picked an essay to read from the list above, please complete the following:

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.