White Trash Primer

After you have read "White Trash Primer" (WTP in the Module), please answer the
"Making Arguments" question found at the end of the essay (last page of the pdf) with a
thoughtful, well-developed 2-3 paragraph response. About 1 page to answers 3
question
Read White Trash Primer by Lacy M.Johnson (2009)
Question:
OR ANALYSIS

1. What significance does the title have? What does Johnson mean by "white trash"?
   What is a "primer"?
2. How would you characterize the style of the prose with which Johnson writes
   "White Trash Primer"?
3. What point of view is this essay written in? What effect does it have on you as you read?
   MAKING ARGUMENTS
   Reflect on how you relate to the use of the word you in "White Trash Primer." How does it
   make you feel? Do you feel included by it or excluded by it? Why? Argue for or against
   Johnson's use of the second-person ("you") point of view. Cite specific moments when you
   feel that it is effective or ineffective, and explain why. If you are arguing against it, try to
   include an argument for an alternative that attempts to explain why it would have been
   better.

Johnson's essay closes on an emotional note. Going back through the essay, note the
different tones she creates, and reflect on how she prepares her readers for the feeling
evoked by the end of the essay