Assignment task:
Read the scholarly article in the humanities, "The Strategies of Forbidden Love: Family across Racial Boundaries in Nineteenth-Century North Carolina" by Warren E. Milteer on page 382 of the textbook An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing)
Answer the question-
Q1. What audience do you think the author is trying to reach in this text? What elements of the article lead you to this conclusion?
Q2. Briefly describe the sources of evidence (Reference style) that the author relies on to support the claims. Comment on their appropriateness in light of the text's purpose and the audience's needs.
Q3. How would you describe the article's organizational structure (Structure), and why might that organization be appropriate for the intended audience?
Q4. Take a close look at the overall language of the text (passive or active voice, title, first or third person point of view, and vocabulary level). What does the language used in the text tell you about who the authors imagine as their audience?
Q5. Based on your reading of the text, what would you identify as the purpose for writing it? Point to a specific place in the text that helped you identify the primary goal.