A good argument in my opinion needs to have a point that is backed up with facts and needs to be able to be proven. Every argument must have two sides and the person doing the arguing must acknowledge both sides while arguing in order to show that they aren’t naive to the other viewpoint.  I, myself, am not that great at argument.  Being able to back myself up isn’t really my problem, however, I just am not very confrontational and I am very shy.  You must strongly believe in what you are arguing about in order to make a strong argument.  So someone who firmly believes in many things would be someone who is fairly good at arguments. My uncle almost always excels in arguments. He is a very opinionated person so he finds many topics to argue about but he is also very factual so his arguments aren’t solely based on opinions but rather on facts.  In order to be a good arguer you also need to have a strong voice.  You must believe in your opinion and have confidence in what you are saying so that the person whom you are arguing against takes you seriously.

In Cofer's essay she writes about the "long sleep of childhood" and being awoken by the "alarm clock" of Ravi Shankar's music.  These metaphors are used to convey Cofer's sense of the world at the age of fourteen, showing that there is commonly a turning point that transitions one from a child to an adult. When Cofer uses the "long sleep of childhood" metaphor she is showing that until the day that Sister Rosetta came into her life in 1966 she was still just a child.  Sister Rosetta however, woke her out of her sleep and helped to transition her into adulthood.  Its when Sister Rosetta gives Cofer the album of Ravi Shankar's music that her "alarm clock" finally goes off and she feels like a real person of the world.  Cofer says "but to me the high, lingering notes were an alarm clock bringing me out of myself, out of ignorance and into the realm of the senses."  This shows her sense of the world at this point in time and how music gave her a new view of life.  Cofer sets up the appearance of Sister Rosetta by saying that she is "anything but the docile bride of Jesus" and then continues to prove that point with her description that is nothing like the stereotypical picture of a nun.   In paragraph two Cofer describes Sister Rosetta by saying "If a nun's coif had not framed those features- the slightly bulbous nose, plump red-veined cheeks, and close-set eyes- this could have been the face of a heavy drinker or a laborer."  This description portrays anyone but a nun.  The typical image that comes to anyone's mind of nun is far from the same image that comes to mind when thinking of a heavy drinker or a laborer.  These comparisons that Cofer uses very well contradict the picture of a nun or the "docile bride of Jesus."

In Keller's The Most Important Day her thesis states that the most important day in her life was the day that her teacher Anne Sullivan came to her. Keller is trying to answer the question of what was the most important day in her life throughout this paper and she uses her experience with Anne Sullivan to achieve this goal. Keller's purpose for this writing is to show us how language can open many opportunities for us and can change our lives. Before Anne Sullivan Keller compares herself to a ship at sea, tense and anxious and without direction. Anne Sullivan however, gives Keller an education and helps her to find direction in her own life. One of the most important things Sullivan taught Keller was that everything has a name. This realization was so important to Anne because it helped her to become more engaged in everyday life and it brought out emotions in her that she never felt before like repentance and sorrow. Now that Keller was aware of the name of objects and people she was able to become more attached and feel more deeply than she could before Sullivan had arrived. Each day Sullivan was with Keller she improved little by little. The morning after Sullivan arrived was the day Keller first learned the name of a doll. At the time however, Keller didn't know she was spelling a word she was just intrigued by this new finger play. As Keller's time with Sullivan increased that's when she finally came to the realization that everything has a name.

On a sunny day in April the mail came, just like it did everyday, but this day was different. In the mail was a letter that would determine my fate for the future.

In my life there have been many “important days” but the day that stands out for me as the most important day of my life was the day I got accepted to college.

This was the most important day of my life so far because it marked the beginning of a new chapter. Now that I was accepted to college I was on the road to fulfilling my dream of becoming an elementary school teacher. So many opportunities were just under my fingertips now that my letter came. Ever since I was a little girl I had dreamed of becoming a teacher and finally I could make those dreams come true. Being a teacher was no longer just a thought in my head it was a plan of action. Going to college was also something I always planned to do. I had hopes of attending Lewis University just like my cousins had before me so getting that acceptance letter was a day I’ll never forget.

This day was such an important day  for both me and my family. I have two brothers and neither of them went to college so I was the first person in my immediate family to take this monumental step. Me going to college was a huge accomplishment not only for me but for my family as well. So many emotions came over me in that instant and I will never forget the look on my parent's face when I told them the news.