Activity: Slate 9/11 Memorial Article

http://www.slate.com/id/2302983/

Work together in groups of 4 or 5 to answer the following questions about this article: 

• What is the article's main claim? 
• What are the author's most important reasons presented in support of that claim? Identify at least 3. 
• Does the author offer any qualifications of his claim? 
• Can you identify any assumptions (stated or unstated) that a reader might disagree with? 
• Is the author's argument convincing? Why or why not? 

Write your answers collaboratively in a Google Doc and share it with my gmail address. Once you have completed the assignment, have one member of your group submit it via the "Turn in Assignments" link under Course Documents.