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I’m studying for my English class and need an explanation.

Assignment

Write

a

persuasive

essay

that

presents

your

argument

for

your

solution

to

the problem of a national

government (or leaders of a national government) that some groups of the nation

’

s people do not

feel represents them

.

Your

essay

may

use

personal

experiences

for

support,

bu

t

at

least

PART

of

the

support

or

elaboration

in

this

essay

must

be

drawn

from

one

of

the

essays

we

have

read

on

the

subject

of

protest and democracy

.

(Either

“America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans

Made It One”

or

“

Twitter and Tear Gas

: How Social Media Changed Protest Forever”

)

Focus your efforts by choosing one of the following more specific prompts:

1.

How should people

protest against a non

–

representative government? Why might this work?

(Alternative:

A

re there forms of protest that should not b

e used? What is one? Why should it

not be used?

)

2.

When people work for change, sometimes they are only a small

subset of the group who

need change. Other times the workers are a large majority of the group who need change. Is

it better to work in small groups or to coordinate large groups? Why?

Do not simply repeat or report solution(s) suggested in your source. And do

not

do additional

research to pad your argument out as a report on other people’s solutions. The goal here is for you

to develop

your own

idea and explore it persuasively