1. Examples Evaluate the three main examples Ruggia provides. How well do they illustrate his thesis? What other examples could he have used?

2. Sources Ruggia used four sources in writing the essay. What kinds of sources are they? How does his use of these sources strengthen his essay?

3. Evidence Ruggia uses celebrities and statistics as evidence to support each of the topic sentences about his three main examples. What other types of evidence could he have used?