Explain which course material provides the most explicit and in which one you find an implicit line.

1. According to Lubrano (the rhetor), what is the danger of education for the working-class student (his thesis)? Explain how he supports this argument. What aspect is most convincing to you as an audience member?

3. Lubrano establishes several points of comparison/contrast in his work, one example being between working-class and middle/upper class students understanding the purpose of education. Explore the line of comparison contrast you find in his work regarding the relationship between ones socio-economic background impact their experiences with education both in a high school setting as well as in the move to a college environment? Practice using the transitional terms for comparing and contrasting to show clearly whether the point is one of similarity or difference.

5. The lines of comparison/contrast you find in the assigned materials this week are varied: Some are comparing and contrasting subjects explicitly, while others have more of an embedded or implicit comparison/contrast. Explain which course material provides the most explicit and in which one you find an implicit line. Which approach is most effective and why?

7. Using a variety of voices from the assigned videos this week, what is code-switching, and in what situations do the rhetors find switching necessary? What does the need to code-switch teach us about our societys expectations of its people?je

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