- Watch and read J.K. Rowling’s Harvard 2008 commencement speech.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/06/text-of-j-k-rowling-speech/
Write a response that addresses the following:
- How does Rowling gain her audience’s trust?
- What is her argument?
- How does she cite her own authority?
- What other techniques of persuasion does she use?
- Is her argument effective? Why or why not?
