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Stella Cheesman
Potts 3rd
GradPoint: AP English
05.04 Your Modest Proposal
05.06.15
Jonathan Swift 's proposal is powerful because it is so outrageous. His exaggeration, irony and sardonic wit force his reader to examine hunger in Ireland. What social issue is most pressing today? What do you wish you could fix with your magic pen?
Your essay must contain the following elements:
1. An introduction of the issue and its impact on society
2. An outlandish proposal
3. An enumerated list of at least four reasons your proposal will work.
4. A list of practical solutions that "no man should talk of."
5. A conclusion that highlights the speaker 's sincerity.
Your essay will be graded as a final draft according to the standard AP 9 point rubric. One in every ten people born in Mexico are currently living in the United States, and about 80%-85% of those that have lived here less than a decade are illegal. In early 2009, about 11.5 million Mexican immigrants alone came into the U.S., including people that came here legally. Overwhelmingly Mexico is the United States’ biggest source of immigrants; they account, according to the Pew Research Center, “for a third (32%) of all foreign-born residents and two-thirds (66%) of Hispanic immigrants.” Obviously there is a problem with illegal immigration from our North American friends to the south. Some people are even saying that the problem is not only with illegals, but that it is too easy to get into the United States legally. But honestly, my fellow patriots, could you blame them? The United States of America: land of the free, home of the brave; the Land of Golden Opportunity; the melting pot; or even a biblical reference as the Land of Milk and Honey. Our democracy is arguably the best system of government on the globe. We are the second riches country in the entire world (second only to China, who is profiting from our companies), and although we are not the smartest nation by any standards (the average score from the
Potts 3rd
GradPoint: AP English
05.04 Your Modest Proposal
05.06.15
Jonathan Swift 's proposal is powerful because it is so outrageous. His exaggeration, irony and sardonic wit force his reader to examine hunger in Ireland. What social issue is most pressing today? What do you wish you could fix with your magic pen?
Your essay must contain the following elements:
1. An introduction of the issue and its impact on society
2. An outlandish proposal
3. An enumerated list of at least four reasons your proposal will work.
4. A list of practical solutions that "no man should talk of."
5. A conclusion that highlights the speaker 's sincerity.
Your essay will be graded as a final draft according to the standard AP 9 point rubric. One in every ten people born in Mexico are currently living in the United States, and about 80%-85% of those that have lived here less than a decade are illegal. In early 2009, about 11.5 million Mexican immigrants alone came into the U.S., including people that came here legally. Overwhelmingly Mexico is the United States’ biggest source of immigrants; they account, according to the Pew Research Center, “for a third (32%) of all foreign-born residents and two-thirds (66%) of Hispanic immigrants.” Obviously there is a problem with illegal immigration from our North American friends to the south. Some people are even saying that the problem is not only with illegals, but that it is too easy to get into the United States legally. But honestly, my fellow patriots, could you blame them? The United States of America: land of the free, home of the brave; the Land of Golden Opportunity; the melting pot; or even a biblical reference as the Land of Milk and Honey. Our democracy is arguably the best system of government on the globe. We are the second riches country in the entire world (second only to China, who is profiting from our companies), and although we are not the smartest nation by any standards (the average score from the