As it is observable in the title of the blog, the topic I want to make an issue about in WP1 is the "gun control". As an international student in America–I think I have mentioned this in PB1A–I didn't really know about the seriousness of the casual gun use here. But not so long, I heard tragic words from my acquaintances about the death of one of my loving people. Connecting to my experience on the topic, I chose to decide my argument as advocating the gun control, meaning wanting more gun control, stricter regulations, and prohibition of the gun in general.
There were some moves that the writers used in their text to convey the readers. They were
- Appeal to pathos by providing actual experiences regarding the gunfire
- Logically refute against the Second Amendment
- Make specific suggestions for solving the problem
For the last part of the prompt, I will have to choose the third letter that I proposed in the last assignment. The letter was posted on "The Salem News" by the writer Seth Mascolo. He started out his story by talking about a recent gun accident that happened in Thousand Oaks, California. Out of all the letters, his letter was more logical and easier to understand. Although the conventions and the genre of all three letters were almost the same to each, how Mascolo unraveled his arguments and suggestions was very impressive and more accessible for the readers.
