1. To me it's obvious that this is a topic that matters to her a lot because she has so many personal connections to it. She has also convinced me that it matters. She did this through the use of her rationalizing and her facts and statements. Something that also plays into me being convinced is my education in Environmental Science so I know that what she's saying has ground to it.
2. Spriggs acknowledges the counterargument of buying locally can effect both the environment and economy negatively. She responds to the environmental effect by stating that it would be a waste to try to grow every kind of food locally but she then says that "buying local should instead focus on buying as much as possible from nearby farmers". She responds to the economic factor by saying that it would probably effect the global economy but improve local ones.
3. Paragraph eight and nine are good examples of the essay being effective. In these parts the essay uses an explicit position, good reasons and evidence, attention to more than one point of view and a response to what others have said or done.
4. The first photo helps support her argument because it gives an example of an easy way to buy local. The second and third photos provide significant contrast. The second photo shows a small poly-culture farm which seems nice and quaint and sustainable while the second photo shows an industrial mono-culture farm which, from the angle it's taken, seems unsustainable and very bland and not inviting. The fourth photo gives us an idea of how many trucks are on the roads when traveling because it shows just one car and three massive semi trucks and one box truck. Giving the impression that it could be too much.
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