A Student's Argumentative Essay
Observing other drivers will reveal many talking on cell phones like never before. This means they are not engaged in good driving. Their driving is distracted as they look for a ringing phone and are unfocused on driving as they carry on conversations. Although some drivers might argue that using cell phones while driving is their personal right, drivers should be banned from using cell phones while driving because cell phone conversations cause drivers to lose focus and ringing phones are a distraction which may result in an accident.
Despite that drivers claim it is their personal right to talk on their cell phone while driving, it isn't their right to harm others. Drivers that talk on their phone are a hazard to other drivers on the road and their passengers. Often the passengers are children sitting in the back seat and they have rights too. A car becomes a dangerous weapon when it's being driven by a distracted driver. Drivers must focus and not be distracted.
Cell phones should be banned from drivers while the vehicle is moving because they cause drivers to lose focus. Like it or not, good driving takes concentration and focus. Conversation requires listening and talking. If you are listening to someone you might miss seeing a danger on the road ahead. If you are talking you might have a slower reaction time to the obstacles on the road. A good driver is engaged in the driving process. The driving process requires concentration. Cell phones take away from that concentration. In addition, drivers are distracted when the phone rings. Often they remove one of their hands from the steering wheel to scramble for the phone in their pocket, purse, backpack, cup holder, or dashboard. Once they find their phone and have at least one hand on the wheel they start looking at the screen to see who called. Their eyes are not on the road. The number one cause of accidents is distraction.
By appealing to drivers that believe their personal right is being stomped on by the government, many proposed laws against cell phone use while driving have failed. Drivers need to recognize their personal freedom only goes so far and that distracted drivers may lose the focus on their driving and cause accidents that kill others.
In Class
Writing the Narrative Essay
Assignment 15.1
Discuss pp 333-347 and take notes...and then submit as
Assignment 15.1
Please read the essays to help you better understand
how narrative essays are written
(1 hour)
Submit Assignment 15.1 (20 points)
Assignment 15.2
Look at page 337 and pick a topic from the list, write a thesis
statement and essay map, as well as an outline.
Before writing, look at the six "topic proposal for your essay'
ideas when choosing if you really want this topic.
When writing your outline, I want 3 main points with at least
2 subpoints to support each of the three main points.
The outline should look like this.
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b. fjsldkfjslkdfjasl
c. fkdlfjalkdjf
II. falkdjfkaldjfaklsdfj
a. akdlfjlkfjaksdl
b. aflkdfjakdlfja
c. alkfjksdlafdks
III. adlkfjkdlfjad
a. alkdfjaksdlfj
b. adljkfakdlj
c. aflkdjfasklfjf
(2 hours)
Submit Assignment 15.2 (20 points)
Assignment 15.3
Once your outline, thesis and essay map are returned to you, begin writing your "narrative essay". The essay needs to have an intro paragraph, then as many "main body" paragraphs as you have outline points (in the example above, there would be 3 main body paragraphs, then close with one concluding paragraph.
(3 hours)
Submit Assignment 15.3 (100 points)
Unit #15
Intro to Expository Writing
