Question

Unit 4 Lesson 2 Graphic Organizer
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Step 1: Read the prompt below.
Essay Prompt: The two passages below, both written by noted contemporary scientist Edward O. Wilson, appear in Wilson’s book The Future of Life (2002). In the passages, Wilson satirizes the language of two groups that hold opposing attitudes about environmentalism. Read each passage carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze how Wilson’s satire illustrates the unproductive nature of such discussions.

Step 2: Read the two passages:

Step 3: Consider rhetorical situation.
Look at the introductory information. What do you notice about who wrote each passage and why it was written?



Step 4: Make note of similarities and differences between the two passages.
Think LANGUAGE and ARGUMENTS
Passage 1
Passage 2

























Step 5: Make note of any elements of satire: do the similarities/differences between the passages create any of these elements?
Hyperbole
Incongruity
Reversal
Parody


Step 6: Draft your outline to set up the structure of your essay
Include the essential parts of your essay in the outline below. This is just to help you organize your thoughts for the final draft.
Introductory paragraph - Use the rhetorical precis to help you formulate your introduction. See the full format here
Name of author, , category and title of
work, date in parentheses ; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “assert,” “argue,” “suggest,”
“imply,” “claim”); and a THAT clause containing the major assertion (thesis
statement or “promise” sentence) of the work.




Explain how the author is using language to make meaning


A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to”
phrase.
…in order to …
A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship of the
author establishes with the audience.


Put the [colorful] pieces together and write your introduction here. It should be 3-4 complete sentences. →




↓Structure your essay below↓
Plan to establish your line of reasoning to defend your claim/assertion of how his satire shows the unproductive nature of these discussions (Strategies 1, 2, 3)
Provide 3 reasons that DEFEND your claim

Strategy 1:

Strategy 2:

Strategy 3:
Strategy 1
(topic sentence)


(TEXT) Evidence A


Explanation


(TEXT) Evidence B


Explanation


Strategy 2
(topic sentence)


(TEXT) Evidence A


Explanation


(TEXT) Evidence B


Explanation



Strategy 3
(topic sentence)


(TEXT) Evidence A


Explanation


(TEXT) Evidence B



Explanation



Closing Sentence