Writing Exercise 1 (If you're looking at this page before class begins, I'll explain in class what we're doing.)
Compose three questions setting up a topic for argument, choosing three different topics from the list of six options below. The questions must be neutral—that is, they should set up the central issue to be argued without giving away your point of view on the topic.
- Introducing intercollegiate sports teams at MSC
- English 1101 as a requirement for all students
- Drug testing for all students in junior high and high school
- Gun control
- Legalization of marijuana
- Mandatory voting in national elections