96 Final Exam: The Legacy of Luna
What is the most powerful or effective strategy Julia Butterfly Hill uses to communicate with her readers and get across her message in Luna? In your paper , describe the message she wants to send. Describe the strategy she uses (with quotes and examples). Discuss how well the strategy works on you. If her ultimate goal is to change the way her readers act as well as how we think, is she successful? Finally, in your conclusion, discuss the possible use of her strategy in the context of climate change. Can you imagine someone else using the same activist strategy to draw attention to global warming and affect readers’ actions in relation to global warming? What would that look like? Might it be successful?

The essay should be relatively free from errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice, and proofreading.

The introduction should give us a little background on Julia Butterfly Hill and the book.  The thesis can be more than one sentence if need be.  It must do the following: 
a)	Describe Hill’s purpose in the book.
b)	Describe one key strategy or approach to moving and persuading the reader which she uses to achieve that purpose. 
c)	Choose a strategy which is essential in many places in the book.
d)	Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy in persuading the reader. 

The essay should include at least two body paragraphs. Each paragraph needs a topic sentence and unified focus. The essay should correctly represent Hill’s ideas and story without misunderstanding and analyze major examples of the strategy at work in the book.

Each body paragraph should have sufficient quotations, paraphrases, or specific examples to prove its point.  Usually you will need at least two to convince us that your topic sentence is true in general. The essay should correctly introduce quotations and paraphrases with signal phrases and make the relevance of each quotation or paraphrase clear without unnecessary repetition.  It should use MLA in-text citation format for all quotations and paraphrases.

The conclusion should consist of one or two paragraphs.  It should give an overall evaluation of the strategy you discussed, but it should also discuss the possible use of the strategy in relation to climate change.  Use your imagination and the background knowledge you’ve gained in this class. How might Hill strategy possibly be employed now in a different context by climate change activists? What lessons could climate change activists learn from the success or failure of the strategy?  What do you recommend?

The essay should have correct MLA format and be free from plagiarism (any instance of four words in a row that are the same as in a source). The stapled packet should include this assignment sheet, the outline, and any other notes used on the exam. No Works Cited is necessary.