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How do you write an essay to persuade someone to consider your point of view?

State your idea or opinion. Research the data and facts to support your opinion. Research the data and facts that might contradict your opinion. State these possible contradictions. Explain how your research findings support your opinion. Begin by outlining the main points of your research. Continue by developing and illustrating your research. Conclude with a restatement of your original idea and how the data your have found supports it. Cite your sources.

What are the three most critical issues relating to the decline of a particular animal species currently on the endangered species list?

Search the Premier, Explora or another academic related informational database to find three separate articles relating to the particular animal species. Use search terms and keywords found within an exemplary article to expand your search to meet the criteria of the rubric.

How does contemporary literature to include dystopian young adult literature, reflect and/or influence the concerns, fears, challenges and abilities of contemporary youth? What values, strengths and strategies of resolve do the characters in these stories possess, or employ, to help assist them in succeeding to overcome insurmountable odds?

Themes in literature, to include dystopian young adult literature, often center around contemporary concerns that young people are experiencing in our world today. These themes embody social anxieties, fear of the unknown, inadequate adult management of social and environmental issues, yet many of the main characters overcome seemingly impossible odds through the use of supernatural endowments to reflect unusual powers of intellect and physical strength as well as unexpected bonding with others. Character traits identified in these pieces can be admired or criticized and often times applied to today's reality.