Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?

Write a 100 word persuasive paragraph in which you argue whether America is more of a melting pot or a salad bowl.  Make sure to include examples to support your argument.

Persuasive Paragraph - The Scarlet Letter

Write a 150 word persuasive paragraph in which you argue which of the four main characters from The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale, Hester, Pearl, or Chillingworth, suffers the most.

Keep the following things in mind while you write:

• Do NOT use first-person narration (ie. "I think Dimmesdale suffers...).  It is understood that you are expressing YOUR opinion.  It doesn't need to be stated.
• Provide evidence to support your opinion.
• Consider the arguments of those who would disagree with you.

Consider your audience (the rest of the students in the class and me) organize your paragraph in one of the following manners:

• Neutral or agreeable audience: weakest to strongest reasons
• Unknown audience: strongest to weakest, then restate strongest
• Hostile audience: strongest reasons, then weakness of opposing views, followed by remaining arguments