Final Draft - Persuasive Essay

Freedom of Speech

Johnathon Hakola

Rasmussen College

2/16/2015

In my essay, I stand to challenge the claim, “Freedom of speech is one thing, but when it is damaging to society something can and should be done.” Freedom of speech is very important to everyone in the society. It is because it gives every person a chance to express what he or she feel and believe that is right. Therefore, I tend to believe that there is no one time when the freedom of speech should be termed to be damaging to the society. For example, everyone speaks according to what they believe and what they think was done wrong. As a result, the freedom of speech is not something that can cause damage to the society since it is always aiming at making things better (Melkonian, 2012). If something should be done regarding the freedom of speech, then it means that people get deprived of the freedom that they have thus making it difficult for them to express what they believe. Comment by Carly Hearn: Formal essays should be in third person voice with no I or we statements. Work on a strong attention catcher that draws the reader into the topic. Comment by Carly Hearn: grammatical and structural errors are highlighted with no text. Comment by Carly Hearn: This is a bit vague and easily refuted. Can you explain more.

I tend to believe that something should be done only in a situation where one uses the freedom of speech that they have for the wrong reasons. For example, some people use their freedom of speech to incite other people to do things that are wrong. In such a situation, something should be done to ensure that the person is stooped and the people are also made to understand that what they were being asked to do is not right. However, every person should be given the chance to express him or herself using their freedom of speech in order to understand what other people feel regarding certain things. They also stand to be corrected in a situation where the freedom is not used in the right way. Comment by Carly Hearn: This is actually supporting the original claim and the assignment is to refute it.

References

Melkonian, H. (2012). Freedom of speech and society: A social approach to freedom of expression. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press.

Scoring Rubric:

Criteria

Points

Paper includes a cogent and valid argument based on the topic provided.

20/30 Comment by Carly Hearn: Overall the assignment is not meeting the criteria for grading. It should be a fully developed essay with thesis statement and at least 3 main supporting points and a conclusion. Assignment should refute original claim and create persuasive essay with a clear stance on one side.

Paper is 1 - 2 pages in length

3/5

Paper is free of spelling and grammar errors

4/5

Total

27/40