In the student essay, United Uniforms, the writer tries to persuade their audience to support the introduction of standardized uniforms for public schools in the United States. The audience for the paper is the American education system and the parents of students. We are given stories of students who took their own lives due to conflicts at school; this is important because schools are often searching for ways to avoid the preventable loss of their students. The paper also explicitly states that parents should support a national uniform policy, directing its attention to this portion of the audience. The writer provided a well-rounded explanation of why uniforms should be supported and why they are important. We are given several reasons for
