Essay 1: Argument - Glocal Issue You are Concerned About
Assignment:
Everyday people have, for eternity, expended great effort in the struggle to define and solve problems. During that struggle, everyday people figure out ways to communicate, to argue a claim, or to persuade an audience. They create change through action. But before the proper course of active change can be determined, they must identify a great many details about an issue that matters to an individual, or an issue that emerges to interrupt the pursuit of happiness of an individual. One important fact about most issues is that they are not usually isolated incidents. Quite often a single event or issue not only has a local impact, but also carries repercussions across the oceans around the world. These kinds of issues are sometimes referred to by using a portmanteau: ‘glocal', which is a combo of GLObal + LOCAL.
Write an essay in which you (1) unpack and define a glocal issue that is important for you, (2) demonstrate your mastery of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, critical thinking, and reasoning as you (3) explore how your glocal issue is both an issue on the local level as well as an issue on a global scale, and, lastly, (4) detail what your role in all of this will be in the years to come:
what will you do in the face of this issue? Consider carefully what readers may already know about the particular glocal issue you select to explore and define (or redefine), and how your essay can effectively add to their knowledge. Please keep your focus narrow by exploring and
writing about detailed and specific examples. Keeping your topic as narrow as possible helps keep your essay on track. Also, please consider the social impact involved in this topic. Why should it matter to your reader? In what ways are you as the writer advancing our knowledge of
ourselves and what is going on around us, or, perhaps, that we, in effect, may be contributing to the problems of this glocal issue. How are you going to reconcile truth and perception?
Objectives: As the writer, you will be able to-
-Ameliorate your diction and avail yourself of locution suitable for a scholar entering into "The Conversation" that transpires at this institution. (Improve your word choice)
-Gain insight into a concept, issue, event, and field in which members of society or a society find themselves to be losing something or to be severely lacking in some way
-Gain further experience in conducting academic research
-Analytically examine subject matter, think critically about your topic, and utilize a variety of rhetorical strategies
-Write thoughtfully with thorough detail and supporting examples to substantiate the claims you state
-Write with purpose and direction that demonstrates mastery in the rhetorical technique of argument
-Inform a reader of something new and/or surprising that they may not have previously known about your subject of investigation
-Persuade the reader of the need to consider your opinion as valid and true
-Affect the reader emotionally through use of compelling situational examples and case studies
-Use language cleverly and charmingly, with an eye to sustaining reader interest throughout the length of your essay