For my final genre, I decided to do another persuasive genre. Persuasive genres are really good when trying to capture an audience and make them really think about the topics that you bring to the table. However, for this persuasive genre I took a different approach and created A Top Six Reasons Why list. This list is targeted towards younger adults at least of voting age and older. I created this genre to help the audience be informed about all of the advantages that would come out of lowering the legal drinking age in the United States. I chose to try this route of genre because these things really appeal to me. Whenever I see Top Ten Reasons lists on places such as social media, I like to read them because they are pretty fascinating, so I decided to create my own version. The ideal Top Reason Why genre
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I needed credible information to help support each reason on the list. For the first reason on my list, reduced binge drinking, I used statistics and information about binge drinking from an article in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and from the website of an organization known as the Students for Sensible Drug Policy. My second reason, decreased drinking and driving accidents, used statistics from the United States Bureau of Transportation and MADD Canada to get the rates of drinking and driving accidents in both countries. The third listed reason, definition of adulthood, is comprised of supportive information from the Students for Sensible Drug Policy organization. For my fourth reason, supervised functions, I used an article from the U.S. News Digital Weekly. In the article the author states that a lower drinking age would allow parties to be supervised like they were when she was in college. I also used the same source to support my reason for number 5, educating about alcohol responsibility. My final reason, reduced distribution of MIPs, is backed by the academic journal, insights on Law&
I needed credible information to help support each reason on the list. For the first reason on my list, reduced binge drinking, I used statistics and information about binge drinking from an article in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and from the website of an organization known as the Students for Sensible Drug Policy. My second reason, decreased drinking and driving accidents, used statistics from the United States Bureau of Transportation and MADD Canada to get the rates of drinking and driving accidents in both countries. The third listed reason, definition of adulthood, is comprised of supportive information from the Students for Sensible Drug Policy organization. For my fourth reason, supervised functions, I used an article from the U.S. News Digital Weekly. In the article the author states that a lower drinking age would allow parties to be supervised like they were when she was in college. I also used the same source to support my reason for number 5, educating about alcohol responsibility. My final reason, reduced distribution of MIPs, is backed by the academic journal, insights on Law&