Study questions
These study questions can help you get started with your analysis of Terina Allen's article "3 Things Amy Cooper Did In Central Park To Damage Her Reputation And Career".
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Rhetorical situation
- How is Terina Allen's professional and personal background relevant to the issues she talks about in the article?
- Which specific groups in US society does Allen target with her article?
Structure
- What is the effect of dividing the article into three numbered sections?
- How does Allen relate her specific story of Amy Cooper's behavior to more general issues of race in the US?
Style of writing
- Which formal elements does the article contain?
- What is the effect of including the occasional informal phrase such as "smack dab" (l. 34) or "doggone" (l. 57)?
