Questions for discussion: 1.What are the major techniques for Atwood to organize her essay? 2.Cite some examples that show the United States is an imperial power.Do you agree with Atwood that the United States is an empire? 3.To what extent is Atwood's easy argumentative,based on fact and reason?And to what extent is it persuasive,based on appeals to our emotions? Suggested further readings: 1.Margaret Atwood,Surfacing(1972) 2.Ronald Conrad ed.,The Act of Writing:Canadian Essays for Composition,3rd edition, Toronto:McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited,1993. 3.Alice Monro,Lives of Girls and Women (1971)Questions for discussion: 1. What are the major techniques for Atwood to organize her essay? 2. Cite some examples that show the United States is an imperial power. Do you agree with Atwood that the United States is an empire? 3. To what extent is Atwood’s easy argumentative, based on fact and reason? And to what extent is it persuasive, based on appeals to our emotions? Suggested further readings: 1. Margaret Atwood, Surfacing (1972) 2. Ronald Conrad ed., The Act of Writing: Canadian Essays for Composition, 3 rd edition, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1993. 3. Alice Monro, Lives of Girls and Women (1971)