Weekly Blog: The Rhetorical Argument

 



Coming up with a topic to make an argument about wasn't too difficult of a time for me as I expected. 

Normally, I tend to be incredibly picky about these prompts that allow plenty of freedom to write on what we want to write about. It's been clear to me through years of English classes and speeches classes that my best work tends to be on topics that I'm passionate about. I'm sure that could be said for many people as well. The topics where we're allowed the freedom to do as we please. Not just being assigned something I'm not interested in and pretend to know what I'm talking about like I'm an expert. 

Ahead of this project my biggest concern is not that I'm able to present compelling information that will make someone curious and open their mind to. Hopefully,  I can manage to maintain fidelity to the prompt while presenting an argument that fascinates you and makes you think. My biggest concern is sticking to those guidelines that make a "Rhetorical Argument", well, rhetorical. If I'm being honest I still am not 100% sure what that means...😂😐

After knocking out the majority of my essay, I'm excited to present my argument and offer a stance that people may be open to sharing too. It's a topic that has fascinated me my entire life. It's one of those things that pop into my mind late at night when I attempt to keep a vacant mind when trying to sleep. If you're reading this I hope you get a chance too to read my essay and go into it with an open mind. Don't feel obliged to take my stance amidst the argument I'm presenting. My goal is to make you think for yourself. 

My topic........ 

is aliens. 

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