Example of Persuasive Essay from One of Our Own

by Rylaan

         My task is to convince you that you need to be able to feel emotions.  My view of this is that you need to be able to feel emotions to be able to do something great in life, and something bad.  To be able to feel emotions is a big part of our community.  We feel emotions every second of every day.

          First, we must feel emotion so we can feel love.  Have you ever felt loved in your life?  Because people before us have felt love every day from the second they were born, they love it.

        In, we must feel emotions to be able to feel proud.  Have you ever done something great that you thought was neat, if someone else saw you do it they couldn't tell you because it would make you feel proud.  Feeling proud is an important thing to feel because it builds self confidence and will help you do better in all that you do because you want to be able to feel that emotion.. If you could.

        Lastly another emotion we must feel is happiness.  We must feel happiness because without happiness the whole world would be sad.  If the whole world was sad then it would be dark and gloomy, have you ever seen a happy child, or one that just brightens your day from a bad mood to a good one?  The child possessed happiness and passed it on to you.  If you could pass that on to others then they would pass it one to others and then the whole city would be happy and would be having fun all together.  If the whole world could do that then we would not have wars or anything bad like that.


        You may bring up that why would you want to feel the bad emotions?  I would answer with "If there was no bad emotions could there be good emotions, and if there could it wouldn't it  just make the happy emotions even happier."


        Therefore, I think that you need to stop controlling your people's emotions and let them feel and react to them how they would want, like in our community.  You just need to let go it is okay to feel sad once in a while but you will get over it, and be loved also which is a great feeling. If you could feel proud of something that you did you would continue to do it and then it would make a lot of people happy. It is an outstanding idea to stop controlling emotions and let them do what they wish, it would make your community much more enjoyable and happier.

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Example for Character Chart Answers

Example for Character Chart Answers
How an Author Let's Us Know Things About a Character

Novel: The Outsiders
Character: Ponyboy

What he/she thinks
Quote #1, Page Found, and Explanation

p.1 “I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman. . . but I guess my own looks aren’t so bad.”
Ponyboy wants to look “tough” like the movie star, but is okay with his own appearance. He’s pretty confident.

Quote #2, Page Found, and Explanation

p. 179 “Someone should tell their side of the story. . . It was important to me.”
Ponyboy want to let people know about what’s happening to kids like Johnny and Dally and others like them. He thinks about other people.

What he/she says
p. 129 “Can you see the sunset real good form the West Side?. . . You can see it good from the East Side, too.” Ponyboy understands that Greasers and Socs can have much in common.

p. 18 to Soda “Wait (to move out) till I get out, though, so you can keep Darry off my back.” Pony is smart, but he doesn’t understand that Darry is just trying to take care of Ponyboy like a dad would.

His/her speech patterns
(how he or she talks)

p. 18 “tuff enough”
p. 16 “You’re gonna put me to sleep.” p. 30 “Y’all want some.”
Ponyboy uses 60’s slang, “lower class” English, and has a southern accent.

p. 31 “He ain’t dangerous like Dallas. . .” p. 43 “It ain’t fair that we have all the rough breaks.”
Ponyboy uses substandard (lower class) English.

[Include also "What he/she does," and you may also include "What other characters say about him or her," and "What the author says about him or her." You may use these last two to replace any of the first four.]