What it does/ what it says

Please choose one paragraph within the article uploaded, and answer the following questions:

?What it says:

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

What details does the author use to reinforce the main idea?

Is there anything you didn’t understand in this paragraph? If so, what?

What it does:

What role does this paragraph play in the overall paper?

How does this paragraph further or weaken our understanding of the author’s claim?

What do you notice about the author’s language, or tone, in this paragraph?