What is the main point of the reading

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Problem

MENAND, LOUIS. "Generation Overload." New Yorker, vol. 97, no. 33, Oct. 2021, pp. 63-67.

Reflection Questions

I. List the title and author of the text.

II. What is the main point of this reading? Make a statement in your own words (paraphrase the author's words). Now identify a sentence that could be the thesis and add it here as a direct quote.

III. Discuss (evaluate) ways the author developed his/her main point throughout the text. Use supporting quotes from the text to show examples of your evaluation of the author's effectiveness.

IV. Does the text fit into a specific genre/style (reference the list of rhetorical styles on the Excelsior site)? Why or why not? What writing styles can you identify in this text? Give examples from the text (quotes) to support your answer.

V. Find places in the text where source material has been used and examine the way the author has chosen to use that support. How does the source material support the author's perspective or main point? Give specific examples from the text of how a quote or paraphrase worked in the overall text to support an idea from the author.

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