Rhetorical Analysis of Jill Lepore's Essay on the Apollo Moon Landing
Question 1
The year 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, and several books were published evaluating the impact of that iconic event. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor, staff writer at The New Yorker, and author of many books, reviewed a number of the books released in that anniversary year in an essay in the New York Times (June 14, 2019) titled “Fifty Years Ago We Landed on the Moon. Why Should We Care Now?” Read the passages carefully. Then write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Lepore uses to achieve the purpose of engaging her audience and unifying the introduction and conclusion.
Fifty Years Ago We Landed on the Moon. Why Should We Care Now?
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