The author purpose was clearly stated and you successfully provided enough background information on why the author wrote this piece. The end of the third sentence of the introduction is a bit confusing; it might be a grammar problem or word choice, and the sentence is too long. You should revise it.
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In addition to that, it does not contain a specific audience and a written statement of your position on whether MacNeil approach is effective or not.
Your paragraph topic sentences should be a clear summary of the main idea of the paragraph that indicates to the readers what they should expect from that paragraph. It should present the rhetorical choice the author used. When you introduce unnecessary information on the topic sentence, it makes the reader confused and unaware of what expect from the paragraph. For example in your first body paragraph you could have just said that in his article, MacNeil refers to the historical environments in order to build up his credibility in the context for the dialect pride.
In addition to that, check if the rhetorical choices you are using are related to what MacNeil conveys in his article.
Due to the excessive wordiness and lack of connection between ideas, it is difficult to understand how the rhetorical strategy works and how it helps the author accomplish his purpose. Therefore, I found your analysis of rhetorical choice