Read pages 35-46 in the Harbrace Guide to Writing. Skip the following essays within that section: "An Action Plan for Higher Education," by Margaret Spellings (pages 37 to the top of 40); "Resolution Regarding the Rodney King Verdict," a Senate hearing from San Francisco State University (bottom of page 44 and the top of page 45); and "The Truth that Never Hurts," by Barbara Smith (half of page 46).
You will be required to read, "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift (provided in the following post from Project Gutenberg). If you'd like a copy of the essay to print--whether reading from a computer screen strains your eyes, or you just have to have a hard copy of the piece--click here.
Please be ready to identify and discuss rhetorical elements found in the essay for Wednesday's class. Remember, there's no class on Monday, September 1st.
