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  1. Describe the tone of Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarks. How does the tone show awareness and consideration of her audience?

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    Exploring the Text: - Describe the tone of Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarks. How does the tone show awareness and consideration of her audience?
  2. How does Roosevelt establish credibility beyond the fact that she is First Lady of the United States?

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    Exploring the Text: - How does Roosevelt establish credibility beyond the fact that she is First Lady of the United States?
  3. What assumptions does Roosevelt make about her audience? Find sentences in the speech in which those assumptions are most obvious.

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    Exploring the Text: - What assumptions does Roosevelt make about her audience? Find sentences in the speech in which those assumptions are most obvious.
  4. What kind of evidence does Roosevelt provide to support her claim that the country needs more libraries? Classify them as claims of fact, value, and policy. Does one type dominate?

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    Exploring the Text: - What kind of evidence does Roosevelt provide to support her claim that the country needs more libraries? Classify them as claims of fact, value, and policy. Does one type dominate?
  5. What do you think of Roosevelt’s argument that rural areas need more libraries and that libraries need to stock multiple copies of popular books? Do those arguments stand up today?

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    Exploring the Text: - What do you think of Roosevelt’s argument that rural areas need more libraries and that libraries need to stock multiple copies of popular books? Do those arguments stand up today?
  6. In this digital age, what do you think is the primary answer to the question of what libraries mean to the nation?

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    Exploring the Text: - In this digital age, what do you think is the primary answer to the question of what libraries mean to the nation?