Read “Border Bites” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Background Evaluate Gianakos’s title and introduction. Do they provide the reader with enough background on her topic?
2. Organization Using a point-by-point organization, Gianakos presents her two subjects in the same order — first southwestern cuisine, then Mexican cuisine — for each point of comparison except in paragraph 3. Why do you think she discusses the two cuisines together in this paragraph?
3. Sources How does Gianakos’s use of sources contribute to her essay?