Talbot Questions

1.  Her purpose was to set the setting, but in a less specific way. She tried to find an average high school with which students reading the essay can identify. Though her subject is not that school or those students, the general theme of the essay involves those to elements to large degree. At the end, she revisits specifically Sarasota HS and Kylie before and in her conclusion.
   2. This personal insertion adds to the overall appeal of ethos. If she can relate to the issue, the reader can be assured that she cares at least to some extent.
   3. The range of perspectives include that of a “cheated” student, that of a “sly” student, that of a concerned parent, and that of a teacher.
   4. If Talbot’s audience is students, then student interviews will create an area of interest and relativity for the readers. Besides that, what other sources can she really use? Unless Talbot used instead a broad and tedious list of law stuff, there aren’t many more options.
   5. Had Talbot opened her essay with this article, the focus would have shifted to how schools in recent times differ (valedictorian-wise) from those of the 1800, and how they have progressed.
   6. I think it’s a poor example given the situation. Although I don’t know much about sports, these topics hold a different, distinguishable importance.
   7. It relies on pathos in that its focus students and their stories. It led me to feel an emotional bond with these students.
   8. Her tone, quite honestly, sounded perfectly neutral to me. She observed all ends of the spectra. Today in class I’m sure you’ll prove me wrong. I think she’s an overall more sympathetic person, and seems to be with everyone. Because she uses so many quotes, it’s hard to distinguish her opinion from that of those she interviews. I think, judging by the last quote, that she liked the naming of single valedictorian.

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