The essay made by Katherine Spriggs was made to persuade Americans in buying local foods. She sticks to her opinion and does her research of the many ways buying local can help America and the environment.
Some of the characteristic features she used:
- "Explicit Position"- she fully explained herself about the importance of local buying.
- "A response to what others have said or done"- Katherine uses this characteristic feature in her writing as shown on p 96 and 97 when she says, "Some argue that buying local can actually have a negative environment effects" such as, "it would be more wasteful to try to grow pineapples in the Northeast than to have them shipped from the Caribbeans." She responds back by agreeing with the person and than says that if we were to buy local we would have to buy as mush as we can of it.
- "Appropriate background information" - She uses multiple good resources such as "Global Warming Statistics, CNN article, and farmer experiences.
- "A clear indication of why the topic matters" - on pg 92 she gives the main reason why we should buy local. Some of the the things she mentioned were how agriculture effects global warming. Adding to this she says that "scientists estimate that in the year 2030, there will be no glaciers left in Glacier National Park" used this strategy to alert us.
- "Good reasons and evidence" - the good reasons are products being shipped long distance which becomes to be costly.
- "Attention to more than one point of view"- she uses the example of hiring immigrant labor, food transportation, farming, environment and more.
- "Authoritative tone"- Katherine spoke in a well formal tone. She seemed to be familiar with farming and how product shipping interacts with global warming.
- "An appeal to readers' values" - At the end of her essay there were some concerns I had about local buying which she mentioned, these were how the third world will be affected? Pricing of food? Any changes in personal lifestyle?
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