Form B 2009 Question 2.
The passage below is from “The Indispensable Opposition,” an article by Walter Lippmann; it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 1939. Read the passage carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies Lippmann uses to develop his argument.
Form B 2009 Question 2
To answer this questions I would have addressed the specific diction chosen by Lippmann and connected the relevance of a words in the beginning, middle and end. I would also talk about the Voltaire quotations used and the purpose is serves for Lippmann's argument. Also I would analyze how we do not value our own freedom with the examples Lippmann shared and how that only leads of us valuing the freedom of others even less.
The responses, at least the first one, did a great job of connecting the thoughts through out the entire passage and the entire message. The first response also recognized the subtle call of action that Lippmann included in a couple of different places in his essay. The second response picked out things that mattered but failed to analyze them properly if at all. The third response merely summarized the prompt.
I probably would have done a good job at finding the evidence and then analyzing it, but I would most likely have missed the call to action. Also I probably would not have connected the beginning and end as well as I would have hoped to in my original thoughts of the prompt. I think my answer would have been sufficient for about a 6 or 7.
