Which of the following are questions that the reader should ask before writing an interpretive essay?
a) what does the writer say?
b) how does he say it?
c) was what he said worthwhile?
d) all of the above.

Which of the following are questions that the reader should ask before writing an interpretive essay?

A) What does the writer say?

B) How does he say it?

C) Was what he said worthwhile?

D) All of the above.

Explanation:

The essay consists of the interpretation of a topic. The purpose of an essay is to argue real events.

In the Introduction the presentation of the topic on which the author will develop his own point of view is constituted, as well as the reasons why he considers it important to approach this topic.

The Development contains the exhibition and analysis of it, the own ideas are raised and they are sustained with information of the necessary sources: books, magazines, Internet, interviews and others.

And in the Conclusion the author expresses his own ideas on the subject, it is allowed to give some suggestions of solution, to close the ideas that were worked in the development of the topic and to propose lines of analysis for later writings.

The answer is: D) All of the above.

pulling in the reader is important

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.