Critical Reading assignment

You will read two articles – “Al, Your Brain, and Reliable information in The Bahamas: Garbage In, Garbage Out!” by Raymond Oenbring, pg. 45 (Writer’s Guide) and “The Country that Stopped Reading” by David Toscana (See this article attached).

Please copy and paste, and answer all questions accordingly.

1. Compare the author’s purpose. (2)
2. Compare the authors’ tone in the two articles. (2)
3. Compare the authors’ audiences? (2)
4. Compare their view on education. (2)
5. Identify which article was more engaging and discuss three rhetorical strategies that enhanced that engagement. Be sure to maintain a comparative stance and use support from text. (6)

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Discuss the article that was less effective and identify the elements (or even fallacies) that made it less impactful. Be sure to show support.