Charles Murray: "Are Too Many People Going to College?"

      The source used for this essay is: Charles Murray: "Are Too Many People Going to College?" This is an evaluation essay–-one in which you will both summarize and analyze. Your primary objective should not be to present your own viewpoint of the article’s topic; rather, your objective is to demonstrate, through summary and analysis, an understanding of the article’s structure, purpose, techniques and, ultimately, its persuasive effectiveness. In this essay, you will include the following: – a summary of the author’s thesis – a summary of the essay’s organizational approach or structure – a summary of the author’s key points he/she includes to support the thesis – an analysis of the effectiveness of the author’s argument, including an evaluation of strong and weak aspects of the argument - Identification and analysis of argumentative techniques, appeals, traits. For example, appeals to logic/reason (logos), appeals to emotion (pathos), appeals to credibility (ethos), author's tone/style