Envirtonmentalists v People First - Discussion

Question 1

compare/contrast

Answer 1

• both pieces were written by the same author so we have a “persona” as the “speaker” on our SOAPSTone
• the prompt alerts us to the fact that the pieces are satires, which means the author will most likely use language that is humorous and/or ironic
• note the paranoid tone of each piece

Question 2

two good ways to organize a compare/contrast essay

Answer 2

• block method (layer cake)

- point by point method (marble cake)

Question 3

block method 1

Answer 3

• introduction
• device i from piece i
• device ii from piece i
• device i from piece ii
• device ii from piece ii
• conclusion

Question 4

block method 2

Answer 4

• introduction
• device i from piece i
• device i from piece ii
• device ii from piece i
• device ii from piece ii
• conclusion

Question 5

point-by-point

Answer 5

• introduction
• analyze rhetorical device i from both piece i and ii
• analyze rhetorical device ii from both piece i and ii
• conclusion

Question 6

part ii

Answer 6

• environmentalists exaggerate “property rights go down;” people first “economic growth… ultimate”
• environmentalists call names of “brown lashers”. people first critics use names like “wackos”
• environmentalists exaggerate claims “economic growth is the best idea”
• environmentalists name call “extremists”

Question 7

part v

Answer 7

• the people first critics distortedly claim “their aim is to expand the Federal Government”

Question 8

part iii

Answer 8

• environmentalists distort with a “hidden agenda”

- people first critics use name calling like “wackos”

Question 9

part iv

Answer 9

• Wilson conveys that both groups have unproductive discourse
• people first critics name call “sagebrush rebels”

Question 10

part vi

Answer 10

• the discourse is marked by exaggeration and parallel structure to prove the satiric message