Which Author MOST successfully uses rhetoric to advance his or her purpse?

Use details from BOTH passages to support your answer.

Plessy V. Ferguson pgs 283-288

5. Reread the last paragraph of the reading selection. Summarize Justice Harlan's argument here and explain what kind of rhetorical strategy he uses to discredit the Louisiana railroad's statute and the claims of Justice Brown's majority opinion. Highlight details from the text that support your explanation. In what way might Harlan's position reflect changing attitudes toward American citizenship and American values?

What is the theme these two passages share?

Constructed Response Answer Based off of Paired Texts

The speaker in the poem A Poison Tree and the husband & wife in The Roof of Leaves express similar life lessons.

- What is the theme these two passages share? Write your response in the center of the Venn Diagram in a complete sentence.

- Even though both passages share a similar theme, explain how each text handles this theme differently. Write your response on each side of the Venn Diagram. Be sure to make 2 claims and support each claim with textual evidence.