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EN1320: Module 2

Lab 2.1

Capturing the Reader’s Interest

Select and rewrite any one introduction and one conclusion to make them engaging and inspiring.

For the introduction:

 Is the opening statement interesting?

 Does it use an opening technique suggested in the textbook?

 Does it include a thesis—a statement that tells the central idea of the essay?

For the conclusion:

 Does it restate the thesis or indicate the essay’s central idea?

 Does it summarize support for the thesis or central idea?

 Does it leave the reader with something to ponder or act upon?

Introduction 1:

Whether student-athletes should be monetarily compensated has long been debated. On one side, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its supporters stand by NCAA rules, regulations, and bylaws as their claim for why student-athletes should not be paid. On the other side, critics stand by business economics as well as other NCAA rules that regulate the amount of money a student-athlete can earn in the academic year. Although critics claim that the NCAA limits the amount of money a student-athlete can earn in a year, the NCAA should continue to not allow a pay-to-play standard. History has proven that pay-to play programs would be unmanageable, scholarships are compensation enough, and athletic departments would have to become separate entities from the universities.

Introduction 2:

There is no question that society believes in the familiar saying, “If you do the crime, then you have to do the time.” The prison system is not meant to be a fun or happy place for convicted criminals to serve their time. Its main purpose is to punish anyone who breaks the law in order to decrease the crime rate. Prison is not the safest and most humane place to be. Prisons are dirty, chaotic, dangerous, and depressing, and it is not a life that is worth living. The conditions in the prison systems need to be improved to have positive outcomes such as reducing recidivism and benefiting society financially.

Conclusion 1:

All of these points being said, euthanasia should never be used against a patient’s will. If euthanasia is ever to be completely legal in our states, we need to impose a very strict and concise set of guidelines. Euthanasia could benefit many citizens with no hope of a full recovery. Suffering cancer patients could have a dignified alternative to their lives getting more unbearable by the day, with countless tests, medications, procedures, and prodding by dozens of doctors and nurses.

Conclusion 2:

In conclusion we cannot allow NASA to be dissolved or underfunded due to the importance of the future of space exploration and travel and the technology produced by NASA that saves lives and benefits humanity. We need Washington and NASA to come up with a 10-year plan and a funding system to allow NASA to do the work that it needs to do unhindered. Without a 10-year plan NASA will continue to be plagued by the rapidly changing political scene, and progress will be slow going at best. We also need to keep NASA focused and funded to allow for more new life-saving technologies to be produced through these space travel and exploration programs. At the very least we need to keep the private sector companies funded so that we do not enter a “space-gap” and have to pay Russia obscene amounts of money to get our astronauts to the international space station. The best case scenario would be to give NASA a 10-year plan and funding system, as well as continue to fund private sector companies to make space exploration a much more obtainable and cost-effective notion.