Read the following paragraph and answer the questions after the paragraph.
We learned that any female over the age of twelve can expect to be criminally assaulted some time in her life, that women aged thirty have a fifty-fifty chance of being raped, robbed, or attacked, and that many police officials say flatly that they cannot protect citizens from crime. During the same period, the number of women considering gun ownership quadrupled to nearly two million. Manufacturers began showing light-weight weapons with small grips and purses with built-in holsters. A new magazine is called Guns and Women, and more than 8,000 copies of the video A Woman’s Guide to Firearms were sold by 1988. Experts say female gun buyers are not limited to any particular age group, profession, social class, or area of the country and most are buying guns to protect themselves. Shooting instructors say women view guns with more caution than do men and may make better shots.
—Linda Hasselstrom
1. What is Hasselstrom analyzing in this paragraph? Does the topic sentence capture this focus? Explain your answer.
2. What causes and effects does the author cite? How do they relate to the topic sentence?
3. Do you feel that Hasselstrom gets to the real causes and effects concerning the paragraph’s topic? Explain your answer.
4. How does Hasselstrom organize the details in this paragraph: chronologically or from one extreme to another?
1. Hasselstrom analyzes the increase in the demand for handguns among women. Its topic sentence cites the risks women face throughout their lives.
2. Causes
Effects
high risks to women (assault, rape, robbery, attack)
increased interest in guns among women
increased interest in guns among women
manufacturers show lightweight guns
increased interest in guns among women
manufacturers show purses with holsters
women feel vulnerable
new magazine developed (Guns and Women)
women feel vulnerable
new video became popular (A Women’s Guide to Firearms)
These causes and effects demonstrate how a market developed for guns for women.
3. Answers will vary.
4. Chronologically
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