Chapter 2 (Carol Jago)

During my A.P. Literature class I remember doing the essay reading mentioned by Jago here. While I feel this is a great idea in some respects, I think there can be some legitimate concerns here. I've certainly read some essays that make for great example essays on formation and organization. However, I've also read some essays, by accomplished writers, who do not get to the point they are trying to make until nearly the last paragraph. So, as an instructor, I think its important to decide where the direction of the class is going to go in that respect before assigning essays as examples of good writing. If as a teacher one is trying to be more open-minded, they should consider giving examples from both ends in order to show the dichotomy in writing styles and show that even sometimes people who aren't good writers, but make good points can be published. This would be good to address especially with regard to persuasive writing as the organization and presentation is very critical to argumentative papers.