Sunday, December 2, 2007

Homework: Chapter 9: Lesson 2

Read the essay ‘Free Will or Determinism’ starting on page 165 of the textbook and discuss the following questions with your language partner or imaginary friend:

1: What was the author’s thesis statement? Did it express a strong opinion?

2: What was/were the author’s opposing opinion (s) and rebuttal (s)? Was it / were they effective?

3: What examples did the author give? Were they in short phrases or paragraphs? Were they effective? Can you find places where you would have placed more?

4: The author uses an analogy, is it effective?

5: How effective is the overall argument? Are there any points the author makes you disagree with?

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