The following passage is an excerpt from desert solitaire, published in 1968 by American writer Edward Abbey, a former ranger in what is now Arches national Park in Utah. In the book, Abbey Opposes the forces of modern development, arguing for the importance of preserving a portion of the south western United States landscape as wilderness. Read the passage carefully. Then, write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Abbey makes to develop a particular vision of how human beings my coexist with the natural world.
In your response you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a thesis of the analyzes the writers rhetorical choices. Select and use evidence to develop and support your line of reasoning. Explain the relationship between the evidence and your thesis. Demonstrate an understanding of the rhetorical situation. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.
Rain and puddles bring out other Amphibia, even in the desert. It’s a strange, stirring, but not uncommon thing to come on a pool at night, after an evening of thunder and lightning and a bit of rainfall, and see the frogs clenching to the edge of their impermanent pond, bodies immersed in water but heads out, all croaking away in tricky counterpoint. They are wind bags: with each croak the pouch under the frog chin smells like a bubble, then collapses.
