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       Re: Outside Reading Assignment #6 - Persuasive Writing (Debate
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   DIR By: Cblock08
       Date: October 26, 2012, 5:03 am
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       During the debate that I watched on Wednesday, both groups
       effectively spoke and used pathos, logos, and ethos to convince
       me on what they believed. There were sometimes when I totally
       disagreed with how they justified their arguments but the
       strategies that were used by each party allowed me to decide.
       For each question the moderator asked, both sides argued their
       point of view. They both provided numerous statistics so the
       audience could get more of a sense of how important the topic is
       and how it has affected the country. When each side was debating
       their point, they were strong and got their point across to the
       audience quickly so it would make it easier for them to choose
       their side in the end. When a question was given to one of the
       groups, they answered the question in the last thirty seconds
       they were given. First they would bring up some other point that
       related to the question but they only somewhat answered the
       question in the last thirty seconds. Some questions asked about
       their beliefs on a topic or person.  They  would respond by
       first bring up statistics that would shine some light on the
       positive role that it plays in our society or if they disagreed,
       they would persuade the audience that it was harmful to our
       society, and it will affect us if we kept it up. Both sides were
       very good at persuading me towards a topic and their beliefs on
       it. In the beginning of the debate, each side looked at the
       audience or the moderator when they were given a question later
       they would look at the other group. I believe that his was a
       mistake. The groups were trying to convince us, the audience,
       that their beliefs were better but instead they were staring at
       the opposing side and talked to them about it. Each side had
       already made up their minds and there would be no changing that
       so by looking at the other side made the persuasion less
       effective. Each groups word choice was professional yet
       understandable. This also made the debate more effective. When
       the moderator gave the questions, some of the time the groups
       read off a paper. This
       I believe made the debate less effective for me because they
       already had planned each word that they were going to say. When
       the groups were going off what the opposing group said, they
       usually spoke what they were thinking instead of having
       everything planned out. Overall each side of the debate was
       effective at getting their point across. Some of the ideas and
       strategies that I could use in my future writing is showing the
       reader how the main idea or topic has affected people in the
       world and how it could be changed instead of plainly stating
       what I believe is affecting people and how it could possibly be
       changed. Besides this I could write like I am speaking directly
       to someone or towards a group of people instead of talking to a
       wall.
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