Critical Response Paragraph

In a critical paragraph of 300 words in length and with critical references to specific words and phrases in two quotations selected from Caitlan Flanagan’s essay, discuss the essay’s relevance to high school and first-year university students. Prepare for writing your paragraph with a critical reading of the entire essay. Make up your mind about the central concerns of the entire essay and its pivotal critical question or concern. Support your arguments with a critical analysis of the key words or phrases in the passage your have selected, and quote these words in your paragraph. Begin your paragraph with a provocative opening sentence that introduces your reader to your point of view about the subject of the essay. Then briefly state what you think the whole essay is about before closely analyzing how the language works in the quotations you have selected.