For your 4th Journal entry you are to write about a debatable topic that interests you and that you are familiar with, have knowledge of. Please feel free to include hyperlinks, video, photos or any other formats in your entry. Your audience will be the worldwide internet, therefore that means that anyone and everyone could come across your entry ad may know a lot or may know nothing about your topic. It is up to you to give them the background information that they need in order to understand the topic and your entrance into the conversation. Knowing that you have an audience should shape the tone and style you use as well as the language you choose; specifically you should have authoritative tone, conviction that you know what you are talking about.
Have fun, and remember to think outside the box and bring forth various perspectives about the issue, not just your own. (F.Y.I.: Next week for the entry you will be required to visit one of your peers' blogs, read and respond to their prompt)
I leave you with the advice of one of my favorite English Teachers reciting "Speak with Conviction" on Def Jam Poetry, Taylor Mali.
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