Persuasive Narrative Story

The weather is perfect for racing: not too hot, not too humid, not too windy. I dash down the twisted trails in the woods, trying not to stumble on the gnarled roots protruding from the dirt. My spikes puncture the soft earth with every stride, and my legs repeatedly pound on the ground, soreness surging through them. As sweat trickles down my face and dirt smears across my aching calves, I ascend a steep hill, trying to bring forth the strength I have accumulated throughout endless hours of practice. Now that I am nearing the final two hundred meters, I must force my body to begin sprinting. Breathing heavily, I dart for the imminent finish line, trying to beat the uninterrupted tick of the timer. Even though the crowd surrounds all around me, I can barely hear their animated cheers, because all I can focus on is crossing the line before the girl next to me. I can feel adrenaline surging through my body, and I widen my stride to cap off the remaining distance. When I glance at my Garmin watch, a new personal best time flashes across the screen. I realize that all of the gruelling work I have put in is worth the final result: happiness. (Snapshot Lead)

“Hey guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Qtd. In Krakauer 69). After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned everything, gave his entire savings account to charity, and then hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wild. In the novel, Into the Wild, Was McCandless justified in shunning society? McCandless was justified in shunning society because he simply wanted to find himself and be independent without any distractions from his friends or family.

For instance, Hugo Tale-Yax is but one example of a life that could have been saved if one person had called the police.

Being an athletes is one of the best-paid jobs on Earth. Being that they are paid so much the cost for the consumer is very high. The prices of tickets and sports memorabilia have been steadily rising over the years. The average ticket prices for the NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL all rose 5% to 10% this year, according to Jon Greenberg, executive editor of Team Marketing Report. (Mihoces).

The cost of college tuition is continually on the rise and has placed many burdens on high school students as well as their families. Some of the burdens that are placed are a result of parents putting pressure on their children to earn scholarships. Some of the burden is a result of students putting pressure on themselves to earn scholarships. Then, there is the burden of high college debt once the student graduates. Is this pressure really helping our students or is it hurting them? The bottom line is college tuition is skyrocketing out of control and something must be done before it destroys our families and our children.

The last time I saw Charlie outside prison walls we were on the run. Charlie was on the run, not I, I just went along for the ride because he was my husband. Charlie was on parole, but he loved to drink his booze. In our state it's a violation to drink while on parole.

I stood at the gates of Magcon.... so many people were screaming like dying seals.

I kept hearing what sounded like moans but this was not human or animal so what was it? I dared not go looking for what I might find. The next morning the noises were gone so I decided to go back to the wreckage. I amazingly find a lighter and a rag. I look for water but don't find any, so I start to head back and I remember seeing my luggage after the crash and I know I put a bottle of water in it. I decide to hurry to get the water when I arrive at the crash I look for my bag I find it but my flight neighbor's dead body is on top of it. I push him off and I start to walk away with it when I hear breathing but it's more like panting kind of like what a dog would do but more viciously. I turn to face the direction it's coming from and to me it sounds like it's coming from my flight neighbor... but that can't be right he's dead so I put head my head on his chest and ... nothing I must've just been hallucinating. I want to keep looking but if I don't get back to my campsite before dark and whatever was here last night I don't want to run into them. So I head back. I made a little hut out of some fallen

Eating is a necessary commodity. Every living being has to eat in order to stay alive. In fact, you can only survive about 3 weeks without eating. Many animals don’t receive backlash for the food they eat because, even us, human beings understand that it’s necessary to obtain proteins. However, the Big, Bad Wolf will always be unfairly criticized for eating pigs. Even though society views the wolf as malicious, that is very far from the truth as proven in sources B, C, and H because the wolf deserves to eat food as much as the pigs do.

Why would anyone in their right mind choose to walk 500 miles across a far-away country over mountain ranges, dark forests, and barren lands, through rains, searing sun, and a white-out blizzard with nothing but hemorrhaging tendons, severe blisters, and daily aches and pains to show for it?

Is Big Brother's latest gimmick going to end up completely backfiring if it airs when we think it will sometime in the near future?

“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and the social media world is one all like its own. The ability to communicate to large amounts of people has become easier through the development of these platforms and across the internet in general. The challenge is in carrying over the values and viewpoints held in the real world. The easiest way to imagine this dilemma is envision the process of translation. Switching from one language to another is difficult by itself. However, when you add the rest of the equation, which include emotion, vision, context, and rhetoric – it becomes an even heavier task. This is in part what I have learned through community based writing and in particular the National Day on Writing project. The art of persuasion and rhetoric is an ever-evolving art within the social media world.

Do children really know what it is like to write everything by hand? With all of the technological advancements today’s children are being forced to use iPads, computers, etc. to do school work instead of using a pencil and paper. This is causing poor handwriting in the younger generations. I know that my children’s handwriting is terrible because of this and they are always asking why they have to learn to write legibly because they can just use a tablet or computer to turn things in. Bic’s advertisement to “Fight For Your Write” effectively persuades parents today to purchase their products through ethos, logos, and pathos.