Opinions

To give some background on my knowledge on analytical/argumentative papers, I’ve be forced to write them all throughout middle and high school, so it got repetitive real fast. But at the same time, it helped improve my writing and analytical skills. As for when a piece of text starts becoming objective to subjective, it’s obvious when the author starts adding in their two cents into an informative piece. I believe it’s okay to add in your own opinion in an analytical piece as long as you focus 95% analytical and 5% subjective. When it starts becoming majority subjective than objective, I’m okay with the writing itself but it should not be categorized as an analytical piece. I do enjoy reading others experiences and their opinions, but opinions shouldn’t affect the accuracy of the information.

I also feel like blogs are an excellent way to express any subjective matters on a topic. There are many reasons why I believe blogs are beneficial towards rhetorical situations. Firstly, blogs are a good platform to show the readers who the author is and what they believe in. After all, that what a blog is supposed to do. Secondly, blogging on your own platform doesn’t restrict you to any requirements and it can be 100% unfiltered if the author chooses it to be. Lastly, being able to blog gives a voice to the topic. Many people go towards blogs and social media to really get a perspective on a topic. Because of blogging, it spreads the word around about said topic and creates relevancy for the author.

As for any rhetorical situations that I would love to respond to, I have a few in mind. Most of them will be involving technology or social media since that is what I’m knowledgeable about. The name one off the bat, I would enjoy writing about net neutrality (Here is a link to explain what Net Neutrality is for anybody that is interested in what it’s all about). While the topic isn’t as big as it was a year ago, it still an ongoing situation that is still generating op/ed pieces and analytical articles. The reason why I wanted to do this topic is also because it pertains to my major as well as it something I feel like everybody should be aware of since most of us nowadays are connected through the internet 24/7. Another topic that seems interesting to do is on whether eSports, or Video Games Competitions are considered a real sport. With video games becoming a mutual platform for people of many discourses to connect to, I think it’s a good idea to dive into one of video game’s biggest form on entertainment as well as the most controversial topics as well.

As for op/eds, I believe that some topics on op/eds only appeal to a specific type of audience due to their biasness. For example, I’m not too big on politics so reading op/ed pieces on politics isn’t as entertaining to me as other topics. But I wouldn’t read an op/ed piece about praising Trump. Overall, op/ed pieces are difficult to recommend to people unless you know what they’re interests in.