In this simple Discussion Board Activity, I would like you to discuss the short work from The Brief Bedford Reader you plan to write about in Essay #3

In this simple Discussion Board Activity, I would like you to discuss the short work from The Brief Bedford Reader you plan to write about in Essay #3. Please respond to the following prompts:

1. What is the title of the short work and who is the author?
2. Why have you selected this short work? Why does the subject matter interest you? What do you like about it?
3. What is the thesis (or main idea) of the selected short work? If the thesis is stated, please rewrite it. If it is implied, please paraphrase it.
4. Identify one or two special strategies you recognize the author is using to bolster or achieve his or her purpose. These are strategies that will help the author convince the reader to agree with his or her claims.