Persuasive Writing
As a part of our social advocacy project we were assigned a research paper focusing on a specific area within our issue. MY issue was sexual abuse so I chose to focus on the commonality of rape, victim blaming, and the lack of government laws. I spoke out about these three issues because I felt that they were very common and that everyone could have something to say about them. We began by researching facts and statistics that surprised us and turned that into a thesis and outline. We focused a lot on our thesis since it is a main part of a research paper. We then moved on to the first draft and received critique, which we took in order to move on to the second draft. We got feedback once again from our teachers and peers which helped us move towards the final draft. Once we were happy with the outcome of our final draft, we turned it in and it is the draft we presented during Festival del Sol. In order to incorporate our essay to our zines we decided to condense our drafts so it wouldn't cramp our zines.