Week Ten Reflections:

Original:

● The purpose isn’t to solve the controversy but to show what your stand is and persuade
your readers to respect or change to yours
● Have background information so anyone will be able to understand the controversy
● Supporting evidence- syllogism, quantitative data
● Write an outline
● Thesis- can answer your question but needs to continue the debate. Your claim is your
stance
● Keep your stance consistent
● Facts > emotions (anger)
● For some of the supporting evidence, assume counterargument and find supporting
evidence acknowledging it
● Use ethos, pathos, logos
● Don’t have redundancy, unnecessary info
● Make sure you can easily distinguish your claim

It is essential to take a stance on a matter to help opposing opinions respect and understand the
other side. Taking a stand can also convince people to choose a side or help change someone’s
opinion. I am interested in issues such as global warming, USC college scandal, and the Joker.
The topic of global warming has been a prevalent issue because it is currently affecting
environments, species, and humans. Even on social media, I see posts bringing awareness like
posts about Greta Thunberg and posts of people going to climate strikes. The USC college
scandal interests me because it deals with people that are close to my age, and shows one of the
many advantages money can bring. For me, I will apply to colleges next year, and I know I will
be even more aware of the problems with college, especially the financial aspect. I recently heard
of the controversy with the new movie, The Joker. Many people showed anger because the film
glorifies and creates sympathy for his heinous actions. I am interested in this topic because it
deals with psychology since the debate is if the movie will inspire copycats. The global warming
topic will be directed to people who do not believe that global warming exists and believe that it
is one of the many government lies. The audience for the USC controversy is for people who
don't mind the lies the parents told to give an unfair advantage to their children. I would start
with pathos by discussing my stance/ opinions and my reasonings. Then I would move onto a
different main idea and have logos, which will have facts and could include visuals and
quantitative data. Repeat this part until I have established all my supporting evidence. In the
end, I would reflect.

Revised:

By taking a stance on an issue, it can help opposing opinions respect and understand the other
side. A public stance can also convince people to choose a side or help change someone’s
opinion. I am interested in issues such as global warming, the USC college scandal, and the
Joker. The topic of global warming has been a prevalent issue because it affects environments,
species, and humans. Even on social media, I see posts bringing awareness. Influencers and
activists like Greta Thunberg posts to the masses of climate strikes. The global warming topic
will be directed to people who do not believe that global warming exists and believe that it is one
of the many governments lies. The USC college scandal interests me because it deals with people
that are close to my age, and shows one of the many advantages the upper class has. For me, I
will apply to colleges next year, and I know I will be even more aware of the problems with
college, especially the financial aspect. The audience for the USC controversy is for people who
don't mind the lies the parents told to give an unfair advantage to their children. The other issue
I mentioned I am interested in is the new movie, The Joker. Many people showed anger because
the film glorifies and creates sympathy for the main character’s heinous actions. I am interested
in this topic because it deals with psychology. People are afraid this movie will inspire copycats,
meaning people recreating the actions shown in The Joker. When I write my stances, I would
start with pathos by discussing my stance/ opinions and my reasonings. Then I would move
onto a different main idea and have logos, which will have facts and could include visuals and
quantitative data. Repeat this part until I have established all my supporting evidence. In the
end, I would reflect.