Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Immigration

My topic is immigration and how immigration is affecting the United States economy. I will show how I would use pathos, logos ad ethos and my position paper.

Logos would go with the logic that is behind illegal immigration and how it affects the economy. The logic is quiet simple illegal immigrants are coming to America and living a low lifestyle and use government funded programs. The government programs are made and exist for legal citizens of the United States. The biggest problem with illegal immigrants using government funded programs is that they do not pay the taxes that go towards furnishing those government programs in which they are taking advantage of.

Pathos is connecting an emotional aspect to your paper. I found several stories about children of immigrants that are against immigration. They tell their stories and how their parents came here and it was acceptable then but the United States grows it becomes more unacceptable. They show that even they have that emotional connection with their parents they are able to put that aside, and think about what is best for their country.

Establishing creditability is called ethos and is very important when one is trying to write a position paper. It is important to make your reader believe and show that you are creditable to the information in my paper. I have found several different creditable topic and stories that share stories of immigrants coming to the United States. These stories will help show the readers how not all immigrants believe immigration is right.

1 comment:

  1. I can tell you put a lot of thought into this blog. Good work, Melissa!

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