YOUR TURN:
What is the main concept you want to integrate into your practice line of inquiry about
Monbiot’s body of work?
Ignorance as the reason for an economy promoting systemic climate damage
What is your PRACTICE line of inquiry on Monbiot’s body of work?
_______To what extent does Montibot’s appeal to logos, ethos, and common allusions make the
reader notice and change their current ignorance concerning the environment?
What text features, elements, or patterns in the essays that you would you like to focus on?
● Rhetorical Questions
● Common firms (Starbucks), assumptions (paper cups), and misdirection/misinformation
(preservatives)
● Use of words such as “obviously”, “remarkably ignorant”,
● Use of a collective pronoun “we”
● Allusion to and critique of a shared source (David Attenborough)
What is your final Proposal for a PRACTICE thesis statement based on the above?
Through the appeal to logos through condescending diction, the allusions to common
misconceptions, and the critique of a glorified figure in society, Montibot incites the reader to
notice and act upon their ignorance as part of a consumerist society.