Read “Eating Chili Peppers” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Dominant Impression Express the essay’s dominant impression in your own words.
2. Comparison Explain the comparison between biting into a tabasco pepper and aiming a flame-thrower at your lips.
3. Conclusion Evaluate the essay’s conclusion. If the essay had ended with paragraph 6 instead of paragraph 7, would the conclusion have been more effective or less so? Why?
4. Audience What audience is the author addressing? What details help you determine the audience?
5. Title The title of MacClancy’s essay is very direct. Why do you think the author chose this title? If you had to create a title for this essay, what would it be?