Weekly Blog 7

After November 7th history will be made. The making of the most historic and closest presidential races of all time is between Barack Obama and John McCain. If Obama wins, he will be the first African American president. If McCain, he will be the oldest person elected into presidency and his Vice President candidate, Sarah Palin, will be the first female elected into leading America. Putting these distractions aside, America needs to focus on the subject matter and their own beliefs. The candidates agree on some issues; on the other hand, their differences are polar opposites. I, as a young generation voter, do not care about the racial and gender differences; however, my beliefs and values will ultimately lead me to my decision. Being raised in a single parent household, support from grandparents, and in the lower middle class I can real with Obama. Growing up he was taught the value of family, hard work, how to give back to the community, and good ethics. Throughout the rest of the paper, I am going to explain why I am voting for Obama. These reasons range from how I connect to him, to his view on taxation, and basic human rights.

-Jake Moore Blog 7 Presidential Pick

At the beginning of my paper the first sentence is catchy. If someone does not know what Nov. 7th stands for then they will want to continue reading to find out what history will be made. In the second sentence I used a tip out of Style and put the important part of the sentence at the end and follow the "known-new" principle. I then flowed the next two sentences with the previous "new topic" by talking about Obama and McCain. Obama and McCain are my "flesh-and-blood" characters throughout most of the paragraph. Throughout the rest of the paragraph I list similarities and differences between the two. At the end of the introduction to I list three reasons in my thesis statement which I will in turn talk about throughout the paper. I believe within the first few sentences of the paragraph I do not explain what the paper will be over. If someone stopped after the third sentences they might think the rest of the paper will be a compare and contrast on the two candidates instead of me telling them my pick for the Presidency.