The Assignment on Peer Post Responses

Running head: ENGLISH
Peer Post Responses
Name of the Student:
Name of University:
Author Note

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ENGLISH
Peer Post One:
In the first peer post, the student contrasts the two essays concerning two very different
topic in a very precise manner. It has been pointed out very correctly that the essay “Our Blind
Post about Guns” employs a direct tone in addressing the issue of Gun Violence whereas. On the
other hand, in the essay “Don’t Make English Official- Ban it Instead”, the author has chosen to
employ a sarcastic approach to assert his point.
The post highlights the effectiveness of the essays and has been asserted that Nicholas
Kristof’s essay is more compelling as he has made use of logic and evidences to prove his point,
such as statistics of the death caused by Gun Violence and misuse of the same by comparing it
with misconduct of drivers and seizure of cars and licenses. It has been argued that Kristof’s
point to reduce gun violence with the help of regulatory measures. The points which have been
raised in the post are pertinent and have been justified with examples.
Peer Post Two:
The post talks about the two essays and their arguments even though, the essay “Don’t
Make English Official- Ban it Instead” has not been discussed while paying great attention to the
arguments which have been placed by the author, in the essay, in a sarcastic manner, expecting a
paradoxical outcome out of a rigid step, such as a ban. Dennis’s intention is not to propose a ban
anticipating withdrawal of the language English, but expecting a rapid opposite reaction, by
embracing English as a language for communication as people tend to do the things, which are
not expected to do.
On the contrary, the post intends to put emphasis on the fact that the essay “Our Blind
Spot about Guns” is more effective as the author points out important points about safety by