Part 1 – Persuasive Appeals
1. Find one example of a persuasive appeal in Kennedy’s essay. Quote the example and explain which type of appeal the quote represents.

Part 2 – Sentence Types
Label each of the following sentences from “The Immigrant Contribution” simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

2. This impact was felt from the bottom up, and these contributions to American institution may be the ones which most intimately affect the lives of all Americans.

3. Immigration provided the human resources.

4. Equality in America has never meant literal equality of condition or capacity; there will always be inequalities in character and ability in any society.

5. We can only speak of people whose roots in America are older or newer.