You will read, analyze, and synthesize Max King’s essay on Freedom of or from Speech.

 Axelrod & Cooper, The Concise St. Martin’s Guide to Writing 9^th Edition, ISBN: 1319245064

Use your textbook, The Concise St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, p. 142 and answer the following questions about Max King’s essay on Freedom of or from Speech.

King starts the essay with an epigraph. An epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of the document. The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work, as a summary, or as a counter-example.  The following are examples of famous epigraphs that are used in literature:

Example #1 – Tom Clancy – The Sum of All Fears

Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airmen, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together – what do you get? The sum of their fears.

Example #2 – The source of this epigraph is controversial – some people gave Edmund Burke – the 18^th century Irish philosopher and statesman credit for this epigraph, but factfinder is not in agreement on the source. But this is still a great quote that is used as an epigraph in literature and speeches.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Answer the following questions about King’s essay [the questions are in the margin of the essay. You do not have to answer all of them, just the ones listed below]

1. Think about the epigraph King uses to begin his essay. Why do you think he quotes the First Amendment?
2. Notice the two headings. What is their purpose?
3. In paragraph #1, how well does the highlighted description arouse readers’ interest?
4. In paragraph #1, why do you think King cites sources here?
5. Look at paragraph #2. Why is it useful to know what others said?
6. At the top of page 143, why do you think King describes these authors?
7. Why end the introduction with a claim?
8. How well do the headings explain the disagreement?
9. How do the verbs and partiality?
10. Why include this historical rep?
11. How do these transitions help readers?
12. On page 145, there was a child in the essay “slippery slope”. What does this term mean?
13. There is a quote on page 145. Why does King indent this quotation?
14. What does King do to appear fair and impartial despite this use of the first-person (I) here?
15. What makes the conclusion effective or ineffective?
16. What do you learn about citing sources from the examples on page 146?