Summary Of The Decline Of Reading In America By Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia builds an argument to persuade his audience that the decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society through the use of concrete evidence, diction, and reasoning. Gioia effectively builds his argument that a decrease in reading has detrimental effects on the youth, as well as society as a whole. He builds his argument by implementing research and mentioning that the decline of “reading has consequences that go beyond literature” (par. 5). Gioia includes research from the National Conference of State Legislatures that states “young people do not understand the ideals of citizenship” and thus the deterioration of reading is “taking its toll in the civic sphere” (par. 8). By implementing this research into his