Reflect more generally on evaluative essays, a genre of writing important in education and in society. Consider some of the following questions: How confident do you feel about asserting a judgment...

Reflect more generally on evaluative essays, a genre of writing important in education and in society. Consider some of the following questions: How confident do you feel about asserting a judgment and supporting it? How comfortable are you playing the role of judge and jury on the subject? How do your personal preferences and values influence your judgment? How might your gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, age, or social class influence your ideas about the subject? What contribution might evaluative essays make to our society that other genres cannot make?