Practice AP Language Essay Prompt
Wilson's purpose in his two passages, "the people first critic stereotypes the environmentalist", and "the environmentalist stereotypes the people first critics", is to illustrate and show the immaturity displayed in the way the environmentalists gives their debates in regards to the others opinions and positions. The first thing he does in each of the passages is he gives their opinions of each other in a way that is very informal and stereotypical. And throughout these two writings, he continues to argue that the environmentalists are really more concerned with each other and they are with the natural environment that they "play" to save and preserve.
The rhetorical strategy known as assertion is the starting point of an argument that can be supported with specific details. This is the strategy that Wilson used in his passages to satirize the language of two groups that hold opposing attitudes about environmentalism. In his writing, he questions the true motives of conservationists by pointing out that as they pass more laws and regulations on pollution and the endangered species of nature, they seem to be more for their own interests, instead of those of the environment. From this, Wilson draws the conclusion that by constantly passing new laws and regulations regarding the environment, conservationists are hiding their selfish interests by using their actions as a cover-up.
Wilson's emphasis on the false motives of conservationists leads the readers of his two passages to questioning the conservationists themselves. This causes them to speculate at the possibility that they have been deceived for so long and have been withheld from the truth. The thought that they may have been deceived leads them to feelings of ignorance and opens them up to the possibilities of Wilson's occasions on the conservationists. Through this sort of