Original Text Metacognition
Title: A Humble Request
Topic: The voting age in Canada. This topic is relevant to the audience because we the youth should be given the right to vote. This essay will state why the youth should be given the right to vote and provides a call to action to inform the audience of what they can do.
Tone: The tone of this essay is persuasive and concerned. The essay expresses concern for the inability of the youth to vote. It does this by saying things such as the youth are facing many issues that they currently cannot do anything about. It also attempts to persuade the audience that the youth should be allowed to vote. An example of this is through the use of the method of development, compare, in the first body
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Explain how several of these specific devices enhance the effectiveness of the speech.
Irony: The use of irony helped make my essay more intriguing. In addition, it makes the reader stop and think about what I am saying.
Simile: The use of a simile helps users visualize the struggles that women faced and how they had to live and suffer from those struggles as they could not bring upon change. It also helps the reader compare their struggles with the youth’s struggles and convinces the reader that the youth should be allowed to
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It helps emphasize the idea that teenagers are very responsible. It attempts to persuade the audience by instilling in their minds that if the youth are granted all of these responsibilities that are equal, if not more, in responsibility, then why shouldn’t they be granted the responsibility of voting.
Now, list the rhetorical criteria that your group constructed. For each of the criteria explain how you addressed it, or why you omitted it, in the creation of your original text
Invention: I believe that my arguments were well developed and refined. I employed a lot of facts and statistics to support my arguments and persuade people. Also, I have appealed to the audience emotions by making them feel sad about the youth constantly being affected by various issues throughout their lives. Finally, through rigorous editing, I ensured that my final copy was well prepared.
Arrangement: I believe that I organized and arranged my arguments very well to ensure maximum effectiveness. I planned the order of my points so that I ensure that the reader ends off reading the essay with the strongest point. I used various transition words to ensure that my essay flowed well, and I ensured that my message was clear and memorable to the reader. I achieved this through the repetition of the
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At 1eighteen many youth leave their homes and live on their own. With the stress of the new experience of independence it can be hard to see the importance of voting. But by setting the voting age to sixteen, when youth are in a familiar environment and are concerned about local issues, we will increase the chance of them voting. It is much easier to make a vote when you live in comfortable surroundings like family and community. Plus letting youth vote will help parents vote too.