In my argument essay I discussed the controversy over the new 23-story high-rise apartment complex that is being built on a neighborhood street in Houston. This new building has made most of the residents in the neighborhood very angry. My essay discusses the positive and negative aspects about the new building, but it also portrays my opinion on the matter as well. I personally believe that there is no need for this monstrosity in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Throughout the essay, I present the audience with good evidence to support my opinion, but I also try and present a fair portrayal of the opposing side of the argument.

I have chosen to use a yard sign as the medium for my argument because I think it will be the most effective source of advertisement. A yard sign will allow all of the residents in the neighborhood to voice their opinions on the issue, and the point will also get across to other people who view the signs from the street. A yard sign would catch the attention of many people outside of the neighborhood who might not be as informed on the issue. It would also be a good souce of advertisement that would attract other residents in the area to voice their opinion on the new high-rise.

On the poster/sign I plan to have an effective image that will attract the reader's attention. I will divide the sign in half and take the before and after approach. On the before side, I will draw the West University neighborhood before the high-rise was built and put emphasis on the happy, sunny, and neighborly side of things. I will use bright colors on te efore side so that it will spark a positive feeling within the audience. One the after side of the sign I will draw the same neighborhood only replacing a few homes with the new Ashby High Rise. This side of the poster will be drawn in darker colors that promote negative feelings within the audience. The high rise will be overlooking all of the surrounding houses and maybe I will draw a member of the neighborhood on the side looking sad and depressed. Since much of my argument in my paper involves the deprivation of sunlight from many houses, I will try and make the houses on the "after" side of the poster look darker. If I use colors like black and grey that should make the audience feel negatively about the new building, which is precisely my intention. Even though my ad has not fully come together yet, I have high hopes that it will be effective. I think that this is the best way to advertise to the people that this issue concerns. It is important to realize that I have a certain audience, and tat not everyone will be as interested in this controversy as others. That being said, I think a yard sign is the perfect way to speak my mind.

Argument Essay Topic

For my final essay, the argument essay, I am planning on writing about a new highrise apartment building that is being built on one of my neighborhood streets in Houston. It is a very controversial building, because most of the neighbors are very angry that there will be a huge tower overshadowing our houses. It will be a good topic for me to research because i want to find out more about the situation and hear other people's opinions.
My interest in the topic is pretty obvious. This new 20 story high rise directly effects me and my family because our house is located a few streets away from the possible building site. I am interested to hear my parent's point of view on it as well as my surrounding neighbors. I hope that they can provide me with enough evidence to support the pros and cons about this new building. I am also interested in finding out more about this building in general, because the idea to build it was pitched after I had already left for college so I am pretty outside the loop on this. It will be good for me to know more about the circumstances and possible outcomes that could effect me when I go back to Houston for the summer.
As far as brevity goes, I think my topic is specific enough to make my paper brief and to-the-point. It inolves one portion of the neighborhood, and therefore it is not as broad of a topic.
This topic will also produce disagreement simply because there are people who feel strongly about not building this new structure, and there are others who feel differently. I am interested to see how much people certain people agree and disagree, and if there is a fight against the contractors who are building the high rise. I think this topic will portray a lot of disagreement which is hy I am looking forward to writing about it.
Although this argument is taking place in Houston, I am hoping that I will be able to gather enough information from my parents and neighbors in oprder to write a sufficient paper. I think the information will be very easy to access via email or telephone. Since they have not actually built the structure, there is nothing to see yet, so I should not be missing out on any picture research. However, I do know of two families already that have differing viewpoints on the subject, and that will give me a good start for the paper.
This topic poses a question that contains two different answers and many possible solutions or alternatives. I intend to have enough information that will equally present two different sides and will provide the reader with a solid argument.
I am looking forward to writing this paper, becasue it will give me a chance to study my community and the people in it. It has been a while since I have been updated on the news from home, so it will be good to be aware of what is going on back in Houston.