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Free Study Guide for Silent Spring by Rachel Carson - Book Summary


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1) Describe the kinds of and effects of the chlorinated hydrocarbons and the organic phosphates.

2) What is Carson’s main means of persuasion in Silent Spring and how sound is this rhetorical choice on her part?

3) How does Carson represent the users of chemical poisons in the book? Are they demonized as a means of setting up a weak opponent in the argument or are they responsibly represented?

4) What is Carson’s targeted audience? Is it the chemical companies, the state agencies, or the average citizens? ........

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