Comparing Persuasiveness.
December 7, 2008
I believe that “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is the most persuasive. This is because, at the beginning of it, there is a story. The story makes you think, and makes you want to read more and figure out what point the author is trying to make. A story at the beginning also helps to draw the reader in, and to make them interested enough to continue. The other two essays started off in sort of a boring way. They start off with facts. This is fine, but if I were to come across all three of these essays in everyday life, the first two would not hold my attention long enough for me to care what the point was.
I think what I have learned from comparing these essays is that I need to focus more on how my essays start off. I have a hard time thinking of interesting ways to draw people in at the beginning of my essays. Another thing that I have learned is that there should be a good balance of facts AND story telling or fun facts. I tend to go one way or the other in my writing and could improve in this area as well.
