Feb 18

Research a Pressing Issue

Pick a controversial issue from the past few years. Some suggestions:

• Black Lives Matter
• #MeToo
• Immigration
• North Korea
• Global Warming
• Gun Control
• The Second Impeachment of President Trump
• "Cancel Culture"
• China: nation and diaspora
• something else of your choosing

Find 10 articles on your issue of choice that share your political outlook. Some of your articles should be from major news publications, but others can and should come from political pressure groups or personal blogs.

Since all 10 articles share your political outlook, you're probably in broad agreement with all of them. But that doesn't mean you like them all equally. Choose your favorite OR your least favorite and write a brief 2-¶ response, as follows:

1. Use the first ¶ to introduce the author and argument to your reader.
2. Use the second ¶ to critique the article: why is it rhetorically effective or ineffective? In your analysis, consider the article's intended audience: pieces of rhetoric can only be judged effective in relation to an audience.

Post your 2-¶ response in the appropriate heading below, along with links to ALL 10 of your articles.

Note: if you chose a topic that I didn't list, feel free to create your own Topic Header by typing an appropriate title into a comment, and then pasting your HW as a response to the comment you just created. I can edit your comment to make the topic header boldface later on.