Diana Gioia’s persuasive article on why literature matters, brings to light and shows the importance of reading. Gioia uses factual evidence and diction paired with sentence structure to help persuade his audience of the importance of literature.
Gioia’s use of factual evidence throughout his article helps the reader understand that literature is important. Gioia states that according to a survey done in 2002, “arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms.” His choice of placement for this fact provides a form of credibility and proof of his statements in the previous paragraph. This structure of placing the facts after his statements provides a form of emphasis on the subject throughout the entirety of the