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Persuasive Essay On Extra Points
I am writing to you in hopes that I might persuade you to provide me with10 extra points towards my semester grade. I strongly believe that I deserve the 10 extra points due to the amount of effort I have been putting into my work. With the end of the semester coming near, the 10 extra points would be very useful. Therefore, i feel as though I deserve the extra points for my final grade of the semester.

I realize that I have not been the most productive student this semester, but I have been doing the best I can on my work. What would happen if the whole class did worse on the essays? What would happen if they all did worse on tests? They would all be asking for extra credit, they would all be asking for the extra points to pass this class. The class would ask …show more content…
But I have been doing my work this 9 weeks after realizing that I cannot mess up this school year like I did previously. The only problem I am having with this class is all the essays that we have written recently. No matter what I do, I can never write a good essay, and it’s because of the essays that I have a poor grade in this class currently. nevertheless, I do get good grades, but they don’t seem to help with bringing my grade up. It just seems as if they just bring my grade down even more.

I do believe that I can do good in this class with the proper help. I do not believe that I will ever be able to write a good essay. I think that everybody should get a chance at passing this class. I believe that the majority of this class should get the 10 extra points. I do believe that we all can pass this class with at least a 75 for the semester. I do believe that this class will not have to worry about retaking any classes in summer school, especially this class. I think that I will have a great chance of passing this semester if I get the 10 extra points for my semester
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