My Controversial Topics

Controversial topics must be written in a way that makes it easy for an audience to see what you are arguing. Having the ability to effectively incorporate sources in argumentative writing is a critical factor in being successful throughout the essay. Over time, my essays improved in regards to that matter-- I acquired a new skill that allowed me to weave quotes from my sources into my writing. My quotes blended in with the sentence more than they were stated as “the author states,”, or, “the text states.” Previously, I had always used the same word such as states, exemplifies, or shows, but recently I have used different introductory words for quotes-- and that is more efficient than repetitive words. Also, it is important to offer an opposing …show more content…
Going back and reading your essay line by line can be proven to be tiring, but it is absolutely necessary. One lesson I remember in detail is writing nonstop for a few minutes. Getting all of your thoughts down as they occur in your head is crucial-- worry about forming the sentences and paragraphs later. The rants the class completed about our own room for debate topics were very unprofessional, with major run-on sentences, grammar errors, and all of the like. However, in my own rant, I did see a comparable number of ideas that I had not seen in the original author 's’ pieces in the actual Room For Debate …show more content…
I was always taught in younger years to stick to the format provided-- Attention grabber, introduction, thesis, three body paragraphs, followed by a short conclusion. However, I am beginning to see that there are other, more successful ways of writing. For example, in our Rereading America books, the essays were never formatted to be identical. The book integrates pictures, excerpts, credibility, and much more. I see that I can mold my own writing to be whatever I want it to be, as long as it works. Furthermore, my class has been told that some of us were afraid of having ideas for the reason that we are not credible enough. I think this irrational fear does seem to apply to me. I look forward to gaining confidence as a writer by forming more ideas on my own rather than taking another author’s and supporting their’s. I did happen to do this exact thing in my Room for Debate essay-- I considered all of the debater’s opinions and formed a three-step process for assisting the mentally ill. Now, I understand that at my age and education level, this process won’t be considered in any way and will most likely not have an effect whatsoever due to my lack of knowledge, however I do feel proud that I actually can be