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1. The main idea of the article is that Mexico is slowly becoming more and more dangerous
2. I can connect with the article with other countries that i know that are going through this
3. The author’s purpose is to inform the reader with data about mexico’s murder rate
4b. The choice of audience can affect the entire topic of the article, they could have
5. The author states “There were 25,339 homicides in Mexico last year, a 23% jump from 2016
and the highest number since at least 1997…” (Gillespie) which is one of the many pieces of
6a. ”There were 25,339 homicides in Mexico last year, a 23% jump from 2016 and the
highest number since at least 1997…” (Gillespie), “In Guerrero… murders rose to 2,316 last
year, about the same as 2016…” (Gillespie), and “In Sinaloa… homicides in 2017 soared 39%
7. A possible theme for this article could be that countries without any security can become
dangerous
7a. ”There were 25,339 homicides in Mexico last year, a 23% jump from 2016 and the
highest number since at least 1997…” (Gillespie), “In Guerrero… murders rose to 2,316 last
year, about the same as 2016…” (Gillespie), and “In Sinaloa… homicides in 2017 soared 39%
8. The text helped me understand the topic by giving me an enormous amount of homicide data
in mexico.
9a. If you add in something that a reader can emotionally relate to or feel genuinely bad
10. Life in Mexico is very dangerous for a person to live in. You will be in risk of being
murdered if you decide to be a resident of a Mexican city. IN the article, the author states ”There
were 25,339 homicides in Mexico last year, a 23% jump from 2016 and the highest number since
at least 1997…” (Gillespie). He is saying that, as of 2016, Mexico’s homicide rates has reached
its highest recorded peak. In conclusion, Mexico is a deadly country because you're always in