S.I. Hayakawa argues that English should be the sole official language of the United States. He makes his case through evidence from statistics and personal experiences about the costs of bilingualism. Hayakawa also uses everyday language and metaphors to make his essay accessible to readers. Finally, he organizes the essay around his central thesis, exploring it through four key aspects and concluding arguments to ultimately persuade readers that English is the preferable official language.

1. Outlines of Essay
Audience: general Audience
Purpose: Hayakawa’s essay is persuasive in three aspects:
evidence, words and organizations of this essay.
Introduction:
S.I.Hayakawa who plays an important role in advocating the
movement that English should be the only language in the
United States. He proves his opinions in four aspects: unity,
cost of bilingualism,political issues and bilingual education. He
wrote this essay to those people who are native Americans or
non-english speakers to show why English should be the official
language in United States. In my opinion, Hayakawa’s essay is
persuasive in three aspects: evidence, words and the
organization of the essay.
Point 1:Evidence.
Hyakawa uses statistics, personal experience and quote to
demonstrate his opinions.
example 1: the cost of bilingualism. Canada government spent
400 million per year on bilingualism.
example 2: India. India has more that ten official languages but
necessarily and finally, English is still the only official
language in India.
Point 2:Words.
Words he used are very normal in daily life. He uses metaphor
to make his essay funny and it’s easy for audience to
understand.
Point 3:Organization.
It’s a well-organized essay. Author illustrates his thesis
statement in four aspects which is clear to find out. And then,
he proves his four aspects individually.
Conclusion:
Hayakawa’s essay is a persuasive essay. He uses lots of data,
quotes and daily-used, esay-understood words and clear

2. organization to show his statement.