Paxton Kocher's Rhetoric Blog

1. Would you rather walk for 14 minutes in the freezing cold? Or six minutes?  Pretty easy choice for most people. However, this 14 minute walk becomes a reality for a large number of dorm each and every weekend walking to the CRWC. Fitness East is a great option for during the week, but each weekend it closes its doors, and leaves hundreds of kids with the horrendous task of walking a long desolate journey.

Title : Fitness East Should be Open on Weekends Purpose Statement : The purpose of this speech is to convince the audience that Fitness East should be open on weekends, and lay out a plan that could be implemented to make that change. Thesis Statement: Fitness East should be open on the weekends Introduction: Fitness East should be open on the weekends -        A 2008 study on why college students do not exercise showed that out of 1,044 people, 88 percent said that one of the major reasons they would start to work out would be “better facility location” -        The recreation center is a 14 minute walk.   Fitness East is only a 6 minute walk -        Burge, Courier, and Catlett’s population all apply to this (2,638 People) (issue for a lot of people) -        For me and many other students, I have the most time to work out on the w...

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Having a place to work out is incredibly important. Exercise keeps people healthy both mentally and physically, and it helps to relieve stress. I just wrote a research paper proving that exercise reduces stress in college students, so this topic is fresh in my mind. Fitness East is a smaller workout facility near the main residence halls, open from 6am-7pm Monday through Friday. I live in Burge residence hall, which is too far away from the main recreation center to walk without extreme discomfort, specifically when it gets cold outside. Fitness East is more easily accessible to large number of East Side dorm students.                       In this speech, I will argue that Fitness East should be open on the weekends. During the weekend, college students have better chances of finding a time to work out. Additionally, if working out every day is important, like it is for me, having to forgo working out on some weekend days messes ...

This assignment asks us to make a proposal about a problem that we think is extremely urgent. We need to effectively communicate why this is an issue, using real life examples and personal experience. We then need to come up with a solution, and persuade the audience using rhetorical strategies that the solution will be effective. This proposal is not about a few different small solution, it is about an overarching solution that needs to be effectively explained. This speech needs to be well organized, and clearly broken into an intro, body, and conclusion. 1. Are there any specific topic examples we can see?