Deborah Brandt Summary

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In this article, Deborah Brandt, and English Professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, wrote this article to inform readers how people become literate through sponsors, which can be teachers, parents, supervisors, editors, etc. She interviewed many people from different background to see how they learned how to read and write. I think this is exhibit because she used real people to support her claim. This is valuable because this article shows how someone’s background can effected them. The limitations of this source is it didn’t talk about disability. I think the evidence is good because the author used many example from real people to proved her point. This method of investigating is effective because the used different political,

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