Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay about Civic Education
Question 2 • TX-English III
Read the excerpt from a student’s rhetorical analysis essay.Barone and Ware provide a variety of quantitative evidence that suggests that a career ladder for teachers improves teacher retention. For example, they cite exit interviews with teachers leaving the profession. Over 80% of respondents cite that having few opportunities for advancement was a reason to leave the profession.
Answer
A
A career ladder is a system where people can advance to higher levels of responsibility and compensation.
B
Data collected from exiting teachers provide support for the implementation of new pathways in teaching careers, like a career ladder, to retain teachers.
C
The authors studied several reasons that people left the teaching profession, including the lack of opportunities for advancement.
D
The author makes a connection to the audience by writing about the importance of retaining talented teachers through implementing career ladders.
Explanation
The excerpt connects evidence from exit interviews to the claim that career ladders can improve teacher retention: more than 80% of departing teachers said limited advancement opportunities contributed to their decision to leave. Choice B best explains that this data supports creating new teaching-career pathways to retain teachers. Choice C only restates what the authors studied and does not explain how the evidence supports the claim.
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