Based on the audience for your argument paper, decide what the best venue for your essay would be. Is it a sports magazine? The op-ed section of a national or local newspaper? A teen magazine? A website? Pick a specific publication in which you can envision your argument essay being published. Then, find an article from that specific publication that makes an argument about an issue, whether it's the effect of reality TV on teenagers, the NBA lockout, stem cell research, or the bank bailouts. Find one that is similar to the sort of argument piece you are writing. It doesn't have to be about the same exact issue, but something similar. Post a link to the article you read and then answer the following questions in 500 words or more:
1. What issue is the article about?
2. What is the author's stance on the issue?
3. How does the writer make his/her argument? How is the piece organized?
4. Did you agree with the writer? Why or why not?
5. What did you like about what the writer did in his/her piece? What would you have done differently (if nothing -- don't worry, you don't have to force an answer)?
6. How might you incorporate some of these techniques into your own piece? What might you do similarly to the author in writing your essay? Consider voice, narrative, statistical information, etc.
Due by class on Friday, November 4
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