Lesson #7

On your blog, respond to all of the prompts below:

• Who is the audience for your essay? What is the thesis of essay?
• Can the audience be swayed by your claim and reasons? Why or why not?
• What value do your sources have to your audience?

Read another student's blog. Indicate whose you read. Did you make any comments on that blog?

1) My audience (other than my professor) is an undecided one. I presented more facts supporting my thesis rather than listing and refuting the opposition's position on my topic.

2) I think that the audience could be swayed by my claim and reasons, assuming that they have the same underlying values as I do. If we have no common values than the argument is worthless.

3) I think my audience would value my sources because some of the appear on the news (such as CBS).

I read Katie Baldwin's blog and have been following it for a few weeks. I left a comment saying I enjoyed her writings and thought they were well done. She seems like a nice person.