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How facebook is making friending obsolete by Julia Angwin then Analyzing a Text consider these question when you analyze a text.

1. Who is the writer's audience? Is the writer targeting general readers or particular group?

2. Who is the writer? Is the writer an expert or a person with limited knowledge of the subject? Does the writer try to identify with readers, or does he or she remain aloof?

3. What are the key characteristics of the text? How is the text organized? what strategies does the writer use to make his or her point? what kind of language does the writer use? what types of evidence does the writer use? How effective is this evidence? How effective is the overall presentation or argument?

4. What is the context for the text? What are the historical, political, economic, or social forces that shaped the text?

5 What motivated the writer? what events led the writer to compose the text? In the case of an argument, what issue or issues caused the writer to begin thinking about the topic ? Does the writer hold a set of values or beliefs that motivated him or her?