Quick Write
What are some problems that would benefit from us researching and writing about them?
Research Argument Topics
These are very general topics to consider. For our project, we will be arguing solutions to problems. The problems can be from the list below.
- Legalize Drugs
- Rap Lyrics promote sexism
- Gun Laws
- Universal Health Care
- Planned Parenthood
- Death Penalty
- Miss Information
- Protesting
- Freedom of Speech
- Gas taxes
- Border Wall
- Make drugs illegal
- Marijuana Laws
- Trump
- Same-sex marriage
- Trans Bathrooms
- Free College
- Trains vs Autos
- Animal Testing
- Participation Trophies
- Prostitution should be legal
- Homework is good or bad?
- Try minors as adults
- Driving age raised
- Drinking age lowered
- Paternity Leave
Logos
Famous Arguments
Martin Luther King’s I have a Dream Speech
Is his speech successful?
How does he build Ethos?
Where does he use Pathos?
Identify uses of Logos.
The Danger of a Single Story
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells a story about how she found her authentic voice and warns against a single story.
Where did she use Ethos, Logos, and Pathos? How persuasive is she?
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