Write an essay in which you analyze “In Defense of the Art-Targeting Climate Activists,” OR “Trial by Fire” in terms of thesis/purpose, methods, persona, and audience.

Write an essay in which you analyze “In Defense of the Art-Targeting Climate Activists,” OR “Trial by Fire” in terms of thesis/purpose, methods,  persona, and audience.  Explain if / how the author successfully persuades the reader with these strategies. 

The essay should be MLA formatted according to the guidelines in Rules for Writers. When using your assigned text, the essay should include in-text citations and a Works Cited page.

Permitted materials: Previous Canvas assignments, the assigned texts, and a dictionary and/or thesaurus.

Outside/internet research/paraphrasing tools/AI/prewritten papers are not permitted and would result in a zero. 

• You will be evaluated according to the Pierce English 101 rubric found in the Rubrics module.

Here is how to structure your essay:

• Paragraph 1: Intro & Thesis/Purpose

Provide context: introduce the topic / issues and relevant information about the text.

• Explain the author’s main argument/thesis in a clear sentence.

Analyze and explain the author’s purpose.

• Provide your own thesis statement about the effectiveness (or shortcomings) of the text.

Paragraph 2: Methods

Controlling idea / topic sentence that provides support for your thesis and makes a general point about the author’s methods.

Provide 2 examples from the text and explain their significance.

Paragraph 3: Persona

Controlling idea / topic sentence that provides support for your thesis and makes a general point about the author’s persona.

• Provide 2 examples from the text and explain their significance.

Paragraph 4: Audience 

• Controlling idea / topic sentence that provides support for your thesis and makes a general point about how the author perceives and/or addresses the intended audience and/or the strategies he uses to connect to it.

Provide evidence (2 examples) from the text and explain its significance.

• Paragraph 5: Brief Conclusion

Write a concluding statement that sums up, makes sense of, and/or expands upon the ideas in your essay.

• Reword your thesis statement.

Reword your topic sentences and bring them together.