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Reading Questions Week 7 1. For whom do you think the article “The Bull Rider” was written? What kinds of people might be interested in it? An audience of feminists, pro- women, women in general 2. Section 1 ends by saying that “…she [Maggie Parker] would have to contend with a lot more than the bulls. What are some of the challenges the article suggests she had to face? Is the article making an argument about the world outside of rodeo? What is that argument? The challenges suggested are that there are people who doubt her abilities people that don’t believe in her, and people who want to see her fail. The piece is making the argument that when a minority tries to fight against the majority, the challenges can be severe and quite literally deathdefying. 3. The article, of course, relies on the authority of Maggie’s experience. Describe at least one other kind of authority (for example a person it refers to) used in the article.Polly Reich, Gary Leffew, Britt Nantz 4. What are some of the uses of logical persuasion in the article (proof, such as statistics) or reasoning)? Women are “supposed to’ In many different cultures, the parent that raises the kids and helps them daily while the father goes to work and supports his family that way. The logical appeal is all the others asking her why she would want to put her kids through that or her family 5. What are some of the emotional appeals the article uses? What are some of the ways the article wants its readers to feel? Motivation, sadness a her injury and life- story, joy at having a second chance, in a way, to ride again...