For your final blog posts, you will write a persuasive paragraph in a series called "Would You Rather." In each post, I will give you a scenario, and you will have to defend your answer using the following criteria:
- A topic sentence stating your opinion
- At least 3 supporting sentences defending your opinion
- One counter argument
- A concluding sentence summarizing your writing
Here is your "Would You Rather" for today:
Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again?
Please remember to check for mistakes by reading aloud your post to yourself before you publish it. I cannot wait to see what you write!
Your teacher,
Ms. B :)
P.S.-Here is my example:
If I had the choice to have a 3-day weekend every week or have an extra month of summer vacation, I would rather have a 3-day weekend every week. If I had a 3-day weekend instead of 2 days, I would get a lot more done! In addition, I would not have to work as much, and I could spend more time working out, shopping, reading, relaxing, and hanging out with my friends. Plus, I would not feel so rushed on my weekends. I could even go out of town for long weekends and visit family and friends! However, some may prefer an extra month of summer vacation because they could take longer trips. I think the benefits of longer weekends out weigh the benefits of an extra month of summer. I prefer having a 3-day weekend rather than having another month of summer vacation.
I would rather never speak again than say everything on my mind because I could be thinking something bad and have to say it. Some people might think it would be better to say everything on their mind because if they never thought anything bad they would only say good and random things.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to say everything on my mind forever or nothing at al forever, I would rather never speak again. For example, it couldn't be that bad to never speak again. Next, you might say something that could put you in jail. You might say something that would lose your friends. However, some may argue that at least you would be able to speak. I would rather never speak again than say everything on my mind for the rest of my life.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choise of either saying everything on my mind or never speaking again I would choose to say every thing on my mind. I would do that because if i never spoke again nobody would understand me. But if I said every thing, then people would under stand me. Some may argue that they would never speak again so they don't have to tell their secrets, whereas I would rather say everything.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice I would say everything on my mind because, how would you communicate. And since you can talk you won't loose all of you friends. And if you say everything on your mind some positive things will come out. Some may argue that if you can't ever speak again it is not because if you can never speak again you will have to text you words all of the time. That is why I would rather express my feelings all the time rather than speak again.
ReplyDeleteI would rather never speak again then say everything on my mind. Because I can jest type things on a computer an it talks for you. Although some may argue that saying everything on your mind is better because then you can talk but you cant hold something in. that is why never speaking gain is better.
ReplyDeleteIf i had a choice of saying everything on my mind or say nothing at all I would say everything on my mind. I would say everything on my mind because at least you could talk. Although some may argue that they may say some of there secrets so they wouldnt talk at all. Thats why I chose the first one.
ReplyDeleteI would rather say everything on my mind then never speak again. I would rather say everything on my mind because my thoughts are always nice (most of the time). Also, because I LOVE to talk!! Lastly, because if I couldn't speak, then I wouldn't be able to survive. Some may argue that if you say all of you thoughts that you will have no friends because you will always be mean to them, but if you only thought nice thoughts in front of them, their would be no problem. That is why I would rather say everything on my mind than never speak again.
ReplyDeleteIf would rather never sat anything again because you might have a rude comment to say, and that I don't talk all the time. Also because say you were really hungry you wouldn't be able to say that but you could just go get it. Some people may argue that you need to talk, but I wouldn't say everything on my mind.
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DeleteIf I had to choose between never speak again or say everything on my mind, I would rather never speak again. I would choose this, because if someone who I think is mean walks by I would have to say what is on my mind, and it might be mean. Also I would probably get into a lot of trouble. However, some people may want to say what is on their minds, because they might really like talking.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice I would pick never to talk again. I choose that because I could use sign language or I could write down what I want to say and hold it up. However, some may want to say whatever they think but if they see something ugly they will go " That's ugly!" and I don't want to hurt peoples feelings. This is why I choose that.
ReplyDeleteI would rather say everything on my mind than never say anything again. I would choose that because it is a pretty hard struggle for me not to say anything. Another reason is that I would be the least talkative basketball player ever! Also it would be really hard to communicate with people. Some people think that it is better not to talk at all because it can be pretty embarrassing. That is why I think talking is better.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to say everything that's on my mind or never speak again I would never speak again because I could write down what I'm going to say.Also,I would be in so much trouble if I said what every is on my mind.Lastly,I would never speak again because I wouldn't be a mean person person,but if I said what's on my mind I would be known as a mean person. On the other hand,people might want to say what every is on there mind because they can't give up talking.Also,They might not think of bad things in there head which is very unlikely.Lastly,they might already be known as a very bad person,so they wouldn't mind if they always got in trouble.Still I would rather not talk than say what ever is on my mind.
ReplyDeleteSome people think that it would be better to say everything on there mind, but I think that it would be better to never speak again. For example, you could learn how to do sign language. Also, if there was something you didn't want to tell any one you would not have to tell them. Finally, it would be fun learning different languages in sign language.That is why I think it would better to never speak again.
ReplyDeleteI would rather say everything on my mind then never say anything again. The reason why is because I love singing and acting. If I never said anything again I would be miserable. I would also through away all of my acting and singing. That is why I would want to say everything on my mind instead of never speaking again.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice of saying everything in my mind or never speak again, I would rather never speak again because if I was thinking of an insult, how weird someone, is a bad word, I wouldn't want to say it out loud because it's not the right thing to say. Plus I would be grounded for a long time. That's the problem with saying everything in your mind. But if I never got to speak again, I would write down what I would want to say, or use sign language. I can still see, hear, taste, and smell. Those are the senses that are important to me.That is why I would rather never speak again.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice of never talk again or say everything on my mind I would never speak again. I'd do that because I'd get in a lot of trouble. Although some people may think saying everything on your mind is better but it isn't because you'd get in a lot of trouble. That why I think never speaking again is better.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice of never talking again or say everything on my mind I would choose to never talk again. Some reasons are if you say everything you think about you could get peoples feelings hurt. Also, sometimes I don't like to talk. Some people may argue that speaking on your mind out loud and some people wan't to know what they are thinking about and they could get good complements. I hope you like my reasons why I would never speak again.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to choose never speak again or speak what was on my mind I would choose speak that is on my mind. I choose that one because I love to talk I barley get through thirty minutes without talking and what if you had to choose what number you need to choose to win 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars and you knew what to say you could not say it though. Some people might think though not at all speaking is better cause what if you did not want to say that. Thats why I think speaking from the mind is better.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to rather never talk again or say everything on your mind I would chose say everything on your mind. I would chose that one because I think it would be weird if you could never talk again. Also, what if you had a job at a drive though or something? You could never take their order. Finally, How would you talk with your friends? I think you would feel really left out if you could never talk again. Some may argue that never being able to talk again is better than saying everything that is on your mind. Some may say that if you said everything on your mind you would say really rude stuff sometimes without helping it and people will hate you. Some may say that never being able to talk again is better than saying everything that is on your mind but not to me.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to rather never speak again or say everything on my mind than I would say everything on my mind.For example,if you could never talk than you could not say anything nice.Also, if you could not talk than you could not order food and you would have to write it out.However,some may argue that not talking is better because you could tell somebody something mean without trying.That is why I would rather say every thing on my mine then not talking.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice of never speaking again or saying everything on my mind I would say everything on my mind. I would say everything on my mind because if I couldn't talk I would never be able to express myself and I wouldn't be able to survive. I would also want to say everything on my mind is because nothing would go unsaid. Another reason I would say everything on my mind is because I would be able to tell people things as I am thinking about them. On the other hand some people would rather never speak again. I would really rather say everything on my mind.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice to say everything on my mind or never speak again, I would never speak again. The reason I would never speak again is because if I had something to say to someone that wasn't nice, I wouldn't have to say it. Another reason is that if I said everything on my mind, I would get in so much trouble. One last reason is that I don't like talking that much so it wouldn't be a problem for me. However, some people may argue that saying everything on your mind would be better because they love to talk. I think that never saying anything again would be so much better than saying everything on my mind.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice of always saying whats on my mind or never speaking again I would choose to always say what's on my mind. For example, If I never speak again I couldn't talk to my friends or family. Also, I could at least say stuff to get me out of something. Finally I could not go to places ever again. Although I think that speaking what's on my mind some may argue that never speaking again because you wouldn't get in trouble as much. That is why I think saying whats on my mind is better.
ReplyDeleteI would rather never talk at all. If I siad everything on my mind I would never eat,sleep,breath out of my mouth, and I would be the most annoying person on earth. Also I could hurt a lot of peoples feelings if I said everything. Others may say It 9is better to talk a lot than to never talk at all but I think never talking again is better. I would rather never talk again than to say everything on my mind.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to say everything that comes to my mind or never speak again,I would choose to never speak again.I would choose this because I would probably say something very mean and it would hurt somebody's feelings.Also,you could say something that is really embarrassing to you and everyone would hear it.Some people may think that saying everything that comes to your mind is better because you could explain why you said a certain thing.I still think that never talking again is better than saying everything that comes to my mind.
ReplyDeleteI would want to say everything that is on my mind the never speak again. I would choose that because I am a EXTREMELY talkative person. Also, because if someone asked you a question you wouldn't be able to answer. Another reason is because I wouldn't want to be a quiet basketball player. Finally, because I have a lot and I MEAN A LOT of things to talk about on mind. Some people may choose to never talk again because you can learn sigh language. That is why I pick to say want is on my mind. I KNOW SIGH LANGUAGE FROM A T.V SHOW.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to say everything on my mind or never talk again I would choose say everything on my mind.I choose that because I LOVE to talk and ,usually never think bad about people so they wouldn't have to worry.I also rather talk what's on my mind because if I didn't talk I would never survive,how would I ask a question or anything?My last reason is,if I didn't talk no one will ever hear me do anything and I couldn't be able to learn things or talk to people.However,some may argue that never talking is better because they may think bad things about other people and they don't want that person to know.I still think talking what's on my mind is better than never talking again.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice of never talking again or saying everything on my mind I would never speak again because write on a piece of paper.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to choose to say everything on my mind or never speak again.I would choose to never speak again.For example,I would choose this because what if I said something on my mind that might hurt somebody feelings. Also you might say something that you might not mean to said. Although I think that I would rather never speak again others may argue that you could not survive. I would rather never speak again.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a choice of saying everything on my mind or never saying anything again I would say everything on my mind because I want to talk again.I also want to be able to talk to people on the phone because I don't like sign language.I know that some people would argue that it isn't as good but there is more benefits of my choice.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the choice to never speak again or say everything that is on my mind, I would choose to never speak again. I would choose to never speak again because if I said everything that was on my mind, I might hurt other's feelings. Also, another reason I would choose to never speak again is because I could write down what ever I wanted to say. My final reason I would choose to never speak again is because I could use sighn language. However, some may argue that saying what ever is on your mind is better then not saying anything because they might not say anything mean.
ReplyDeleteI would rather never say another word then say everything on my mind.My first reason why is you could never shut up.My second reason is you could be mad and think about something bad about the person and just blurt it out.My final reason is you would tell everything you had to say no matter how bad it is.I would rather never talk again then say everything on my mind.However some people might say saying everything on your mind.
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