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Boyd / "Wikipedia as a Site of Knowledge Production":

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1. Boyd does not begin with her own assessment of Wikipedia. Instead, she starts out with its general reputation and only gradually leads up to her own judgment, stating it most fully in her ending paragraph. What are the advantages of this strategy? What might be the disadvantages? Was it a good choice for this topic? Why or why not?
2. The primary audience for Boyd's evaluation is teachers, though parents and students would also ebenfit form it. Is her evaluation effective for this audience? Why or why not? How might it change if she were targeting students instead?

Green / "The Boldness of Roxane Gay's Hunger":

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1. Green is evaluating Hunger specifically, but she discusses other books and essays written by Roxane Gay throughout the evaluation. Why do you think Green does this? One of the features of an evalaution is a knowledgeable discussion of the subject. How does Green's knowledge of Gay's other works strenghthen her assessment of Hunger?