Lecture 9 Quiz

Although this essay seems to be about an old junky minivan, I think it has a deeper meaning. Patteson not only describes his passion for his minivan but he also talks about how thick headed he is and uses his story to make this point while entertaining to the reader. He also makes the point that he loves cars. If we were looking for a group to identify Patteson we could certainly put him in the old car lover category; therefore, I think this could definitely be considered an identity essay.

Patteson also does do a good job of incorporating his sources. They flow together well with the paper, have a good introduction and follow up, and are also relevant. However, he does not introduce them as well or build ethos well with them. He fails to give any additional information about his sources besides for the author and page number for most sources. He also introduces things inverted when he talks about the Federal Highway Act of 1965. He states the fact, then the title of the article, then the source where it came from. I also noticed that he used Langer a few times but never took the time to properly introduce that source.