Persuasive Essay: Opinion Statement Brainstorm

1. photography
2. art
3. music
4. piercings
5. pets

Which of these opinion statements should I select for my essay? Why?

Paragraph to Persuade You to Read My Poem

The name of our poem is "Woman Work" by Maya Angelou. People should read this poem because it talks about things you can relate to. For example she talks about doing chores and how she loves to do it. I can relate to this beaucause I also do chores, but I dont like to do them. Some people might not want to read it because they think its boring and not a lot of people would want to read a poem about doing chores. In my opinion I think they should because its nice to learn about other things. The best part of this poem is the way she compares things like, "I've got the children to tend, the clothes to mend, the floor to mop, the the food to shop..."

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Persuasive Project Topic Request

After reviewing the Voxopop discussion, I would like to persuade people to go to teen topic, go to group, or UROCK. You may listen to my class’s discussion here

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/7fef373c-8556-4bbc-916e-f19ad77546b4

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/466718d5-4e64-4c3c-bfec-d9cc0c7c5b4f

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/5be9c025-1960-4a7a-b7e3-a19c90d4eee7

First Persuasive Paragraph

Prompt A: Freshmen should/should not be allowed to go on self pass.

I feel that freshmen students should not be allowed to go on self-pass. Why? Our freshman class is very immature. If one of our students were to go on self pass, they are more tempted to do something stupid. Our freshmans have done silly things in the past and some still do it. They are still kids, and they are still learning to be more responsilbe. I think that self passes should only be given out to the people who have good grades, stay out of DRAMA, and trouble.