Write a research paper on Close Reading of Articles 20 and 22 of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.Double-check and triple check that the quotes you include are reproduced exactly as they appear in the Article. (Page number references for quotations are not necessary this time.)
In INTRODUCTORY SHORT PARAGRAPH, briefly explain what this article covers.
Chose FOUR (4) OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES—look for textual “ore” that you can “mine” for interpretive richness. In other words, pick the passages that you can say the most about.
Provide a CLOSE READING (explicate) of the passages. Write at least one paragraph on each. Provide the “direct quotation,” followed by close textual analysis.
SHOW (provide quote), then TELL (provide analysis)
LOOK FOR euphemisms, justifications, erasures, denials, false equivalences, and other details embedded in the language. As you write your analysis, quote fragments of the long quote in order to make clear what you are talking about. Quote the phrase and explain how it says one thing, but implies or reveals something more.
THINK ABOUT the assumptions being made and the implications (or the logical conclusions) of what is stated.
ANALYZE the language (diction), the tone (for example, the irony, intended or not, the self-righteousness, the sanctimony, etc.), and other relevant rhetorical details.
ASK if it is a detail that would appear to have been negotiated for inclusion by Mexico.
In CONCLUDING SHORT PARAGRAPH, summarize what a deeper analysis of the language in these four passages reveals about the intended uses of this document on the part of the U.S.
