"Aria: Memoir to a Bilingual Childhood" - Discussion

Question 1

SOAPSTONE

Answer 1

• S: Rodriguez, bilingual, anti-bilingual education
• O: years of monolingual education/advent of bilingual education
• A: pro bilingual educators
• P: argue that language itself isn’t what makes people close
• S: use of italics, imagery, anecdotes
• TONE: confident, authoritative

Question 2

focus: authority, structure can strengthen arguments

Answer 2

• tips for strengthening your argumentative essays:
• • structure is sometimes an effective tool in making your arguments
• • using or setting yourself as an authority (ethos) can strengthen your arguments
• • versatility - be prepared to switch tools, style, tone to fit your audience and the occasion as your write and present your arguments

Question 3

step 1

Answer 3

Rodriguez

Question 4

step 2

Answer 4

accentuates

Question 5

step 3

Answer 5

his stance that learning the language needed for success in life should be embraced

Question 6

step 4

Answer 6

by identifying counterarguments and dismantling them

Question 7

note

Answer 7

• that human experience transcends language
• figurative language
• integrates
• parallel structure