TS/IS: Chapter Seven
Choose one of the following topics. Using the advice and perhaps some templates from Chapter Seven, "Saying Why It Matters," write an introductory paragraph that makes the case to a potential reader that your topic is important. Use your Writing Prompts Notebook document and label the entry with today's date and the title given above.
- The Washington Nationals have a real chance to beat the Houston Astros in the World Series, which begins tonight.
- The Republican resolution to censure Adam Schiff, who is leading the impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives, failed due to a lack of Democratic support yesterday.
- Reporting in today's Washington Post quotes several unnamed sources that suggest the president was influenced in his policy toward Ukraine by advice given by Hungary's president Viktor Orban and Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
- Prince Harry and Megan Markle have just released a video in which they document how difficult it is to be members of Britain's Royal Family.
- Niki Minaj just got married.
- Tik Tok has become a powerful new social media app.
- An issue of your own choosing (be sure to clearly spell out what your issue is).