Arguement Essays

I choose Steele/ On Being Black and Middle Class, I feel that the writer did a good job of stating a clear argument. They stated their position and were very clear about how it was for them and how it is today. She did a very good job of using her past experiences along with things she has found from other people to get her point across in a clear and precise manner. She does a very good job of transitioning the paragraphs and explaining in each paragraph both sides of the argument. Along with her personal experiences she gives very good insight on research she has done, for example the Northern black teenager in the south in 1955. I think the reason that this argumentative essay is so clear is that she experienced it first hand, and knows how it is to be a black person in a middle class community, and she conveys her feelings about it along with evident facts to support her topic. I think that this is a very good essay and she is very knowledgeable of the topic and of ways to make it change.