Source C

Roberts, Rev. Dr. Mark D. "Oprah, James Frey, and the Question of Truth" markdroberts.com.

30 January 2006.

Tone: Moralistic

Claim: James Frey's book is fraudulent and should never have been published.

Purpose: To explain his outrage at Frey's misrepresentation and the publisher's lack of fact-checking.

Important information in the title: Frey's supposedly inspirational and gut-wrenching story was prominently featured on Oprah's book club and became a best seller.

Important info in the background material: The author was published by the same publishing house as Frey, under a different imprint. He states that Frey was treated very differently than he was in terms of the scrutiny to which Frey's story was subject.

Sentence explaining author's claim and how he/she would respond to the prompt: Some things are factual and facts must be...

They do not think that truth is merely a matter of personal perception. Rather, they tend to think in more objective terms.
Source D

Amend, Bill. "Foxtrot." Comic strip. Portland Press Herald 23 Jan. 2006: B6.

Tone: Humorous

Claim: James Frey made up his book to 'make a buck.'

Purpose: Satiric

Important information in the title: N/a -- cartoon does not have a title

Important info in the background material: The comic strip author portrays a regular character cravenly writing his false memoir, like James Frey.

Sentence explaining author's claim and how he/she would respond to the prompt: Frey did not make up his work to