REFER TO THIS ARTICLE: http://www.economist.com/node/17722932

1. Author and title: Identify the full name of the author and the title of the work.

2. Genre: What type of writing is it (op-ed, newspaper article, magazine article, speech, book Excerpt, other)? What's it for?

3. Author's purpose: Is the author's purpose to enlighten, inspire, inform, persuade, argue, report,describe, or something else (or some combination)? What does the author want the reader tothink, do, feel, or know?

4. Audience: What specific audience is this text aimed at (environmental scientists, college studentslooking for a job, etc.)? What does the writer assume that the reader will already know or feel?What does the writer do that makes it clear he/ she is addressing this specific audience? Is thereanything about the wording or tone that gives you a clue (is it conversational, academic,professional, emotional, or other)? Describe one or two examples.

5. Logic/evidence: What kind of evidence does the writer use: reasoning, examples from commonknowledge or observation, examples from well-known texts or authors, ideas from experts,historical examples, facts, studies, or other?

6. Overall: Beyond what you've already explained above, what makes this reading different fromsome of the other readings we've done so far in this class? What characteristics stand out to you?