1.The title of this essay is gifts. The author is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2.The method the author used is an opposing position in his introductory paragraph. For example, IT is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay, and ought to go into chancery, and be sold. I do not think this general insolvency, which involves in some sort all the population, to be the reason of the difficulty experienced at Christman and New Year, and other times, in bestowing gifts; since it is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.
3.The thesis statement in the essay was, for common gifts, necessity makes pertinences and beauty every day, and one is glad when an imperative leaves him no option, since if the man at the door have no shoes, you have not to consider whether you could procure him a paint-box.
4.The introductory paragraph in this essay was good. The author simply talks about what would be good gifts. He uses flowers and fruits for an example, "Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." I liked this one because he explains how fruits and flowers are good gifts when u have no idea what to get a person.
5.The author used a call to action to conclude the essay.
6.This essay was effective to me. The author used good details and examples to help understand what he is saying. "The best of hospitality and of generosity is also not in the will, but in fate."
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