I. Introduction A. Introduce essay and plan to analyze B. State whether the essay was effective as a persuasive argument
II. Claim A. Identify claim – Fact claim type B. Identify what type of claim it is – The claim that the article is trying to make is that as a society we are not interested in helping our fellow man that is less fortunate than us but there just so happens to be ample evidence to the contrary.
C. Explain how the claim contributes to success or failure of essay –Keyssar has based facts that show that poverty is real and being a historian he is able to state historical facts. While a tragic occurrence happened in Mississippi there were reports and statics were done and it proved that the lower part of Mississippi had one of the highest poverty rates, and this is where Katrina had it, leaving the poor at a total disadvantage of being able to get out in time. He had stated the basically the higher class had the means to get out in time, the poor
(which many of them did not have vehicles) to get out. He also, went back into history and stated facts about the great depression how some laws have been implemented to help the people that are poor and living in poverty. He stated dates and facts about when the first 3 depressions took place in the 20th century such dates are: 1907-1908, 1913-1914, and 1920-1922. The he went into talking about the great depression. By just stating some of the information that is listed above it lets the readers know that living in poverty has always been in existence.
III. Qualifiers
A. Identify any qualifiers to the claim. Alexander Keyssar has used many different types of Qualifiers. He stated “Nowhere is that more evident –or more relevant;regarding the panics and depressions that have been a feature in the American economic life for over two centuries”.
He used “Many” when he was speaking about the one of the most severe depressions in the 19th century. When