Reading Response #2

Greene says in his article about writing as a conversation many important and very true things. Such being that every time you start an argument you are almost certainly not the first to discuss what you are arguing and thus it is in your benefit to do your research before writing and decide what you agree on , what you are going to refute, and what is something new that you are going to bring to the argument. When writing an argumentative paper, you need to discuss all sides of the argument and try to make it sound more natural as if you are just conversing. When starting an argument are always entering the conversation as Greene says so you need to pose a good question so to get the reader involved and thinking about which side he or she may fall on and reach your targeted audience much better. If you write a paper and only give your side and what you believe and never even pose a question your paper will seem much less academic and will be much harder for readers to take seriously and therefore make you lose the argument that you are posing almost immediately. Greene discusses this idea of writing as a conversation perfectly and gives many helpful tips to get the reader thinking. He uses the story of the scholarship boy to strengthen his article and also the example of a student who disagreed with the idea that we are not just educated by the facts and concepts we learn in school but also very much influenced by the ideas and people around us.