Reading Like a Writer: "A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf" by John Muir.

Question: How does the writer structure the essay and to what effect?

The writer starts with a small terrifying story of his experience with the alligator. Using fierce and cruel at the beginning of the story has the effect to give the reader bad ideas about the alligators and other creatures.

The writer used some questions such as “Why do so many minerals poison him? Why does water drown its lord? Why is the lord of creation subjected to the same laws of life as his subject?” and so on. This assesses higher order or critical thinking. It also can evaluate student thinking and give them more concepts.