Thinking Critically about Text and Visuals

Read “His Marriage and Hers: Childhood Roots” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 16.32

1. Organization Discuss the type of organization the author used (point by point, subject by subject, or mixed). Does the organization seem to affect the author’s fairness? Do you detect any bias? If so, explain.

Question 16.33

2. Language How does the use of quotation marks around the word unreasonable (para. 1) affect its connotation?

Question 16.34

3. Tone How does the real-life example in paragraph 1 affect the essay, especially its tone?

Question 16.35

4. Fact/Opinion Do you consider the essay to be primarily fact, opinion, or informed opinion? Justify your answer.

Question 16.36

5. Visual What key ideas from the essay do the photographs illustrate?

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