Barstow Community College Ch 3 Importance of A Good Opening Freedom of Speech Paper In chapter 3 of your text, the writer discusses the importance of a “go

Barstow Community College Ch 3 Importance of A Good Opening Freedom of Speech Paper In chapter 3 of your text, the writer discusses the importance of a “good opening” sentence in your essays. A good opener can hook your reader immediately and get them interested in reading further. This is the goal of writing, after all, to get your audience interested and engaged with your voice as a writer. In this discussion, I want you to rank the following sentences from 1 to 5, based on how interesting or engaging you think they are (1 being the least interesting and 5 being the most). Then reflect on what you find interesting or uninteresting about each in your post, and whether you think the sentence presents the reader with an issue or does not. Take the time to reflect on two of your classmates’ posts by discussing the sentences that they disagree with you about in their own rankings. How does their rationale differ from your own?

Socializing sure has changed since my breast cancer diagnosis.
At the Texas Capitol this Wednesday, there will be a public hearing on four bills that would allow handguns in college classrooms.
Freedom of speech is one of the great pillars on which our democracy rests.
I brought with me a yellow backpack so large that I half expected the customs agent to ask me “Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? A dead horse?”
My first victim was a woman- white, well-dressed, in her early twenties.
The faces that make eye contact, they’re twisted into sneers

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please respond to these 2 student posts.

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Tangy Bates,

Socializing sure has changed since my breast cancer diagnosis. 1 This statement seems to be one in which is just thrown out in casual conversation between two people familiar with each other. If this statement was made in a professional or even a group of cancer survivors, it would leave them rather puzzled because it poses the question of what is the point of the statement and how does this help everyone else gathered.
At the Texas Capitol this Wednesday, there will be a public hearing on four bills that would allow handguns in college classrooms. 5 Well this got my attention because I have a stake in the game because I am a college student and it concerns my well being.
Freedom of speech is one of the great pillars on which our democracy rests. 5 This statement draws attention right out the bag because it immediately addresses your American right to express or muzzle your right to be heard.
I brought with me a yellow backpack so large that I half expected the customs agent to ask me “Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? A dead horse?” 1 This statement only concerns the individual the customs agent. What do we care what you travel with as long as it doesn’t pose a threat to the rest of the travelers.
My first victim was a woman- white, well-dressed, in her early twenties. 5 This certainly draws attention because of the word victim. Now that you have my attention, I want to know where the nearest exit is as I make my way to it.
The faces that make eye contact, they’re twisted into sneers. 4 This statement draws attention to me because it makes me start to wonder about my safety in your presence.

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Jessica pachecho

1. Socializing sure has changed since my breast cancer diagnosis. 4. This first sentence catches my attention because it projects the issue of someone that might have just found out they have cancer and its awareness. As an older woman in my 30s I find this as a shock factor because its something that I could potentially relate too.

2. At the Texas Capitol this Wednesday, there will be a public hearing on four bills that would allow handguns in college classrooms. 4.This a strong first sentence because it projects the issues that we are facing today with people agents guns and those who are for them. The first sentence sounds as it will be informative and not picking a side.

3. Freedom of speech is one of the great pillars on which our democracy rests. 3. The sentence is good and it and it projects the issues of not being able to express ones self as they pleases. I would want to read more to know what the issue is because our freedom of speech is something important to us as Americans.

4. I brought with me a yellow backpack so large that I half expected the customs agent to ask me “Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? A dead horse?” 4. It’s a good first sentence because it has a little of humor in it that sounds interesting enough to what to know why they are carrying a large yellow backpack.

5. My first victim was a woman- white, well-dressed, in her early twenties. 5. I have read this first sentence before and I know it has to do with the victim being a white woman scared to walk pass an African American man and his first encounter with segregation. The first time I read that first sentence I couldn’t stop reading it until the end. It presented a reader with an issue of someone fearing for their life but it turns it around with a man walking down the street labeled a potential criminal. This is a great first sentence because I can’t forget it even after reading it along time ago.

6. The faces that make eye contact, they’re twisted into sneers. 3. I find it interesting because of the drama that it is reflecting. I would like to know who and why they are getting the sneers. it catches the attention on the reader as something suspenseful.