Welcome to Monday! Today we are going to go through our last schedule and talk abut your last essay assignment (yeah for you guys!).
Our last essay will deal with argumentation and persauasive writing. Of course, you encounter persuasive writing everyday. Whether it's the radio announcer telling you why you should keep listening to his station, a magazine article on your favorite rock star, or even the President of the United States giving the State of the Union address, persuasive writing plays an important part in your everyday life.
With persuasive writing, the goal is to try and convince people to agree with you. So in class we will talk about what makes for a good argument in a college essay (how do you convince folks to agree with you?). One way of talking about arguments is to approach this topic via the visual -- in other words, visual arguments can be a great place to talk about how argument can be put together on a piece of paper!
Here is a youtube video which illustrates a visual argument: Click here! This video uses sarcasm to create a "mockumentary" argument.
Click here for info on making sure you have a valid thesis statement!
Click here for information on using support/ evidence!
