Lisa Morrison
Deforestation
For as long as I can remember, my family has loved going on road trips. There is just something about being out on the road and stopping in beautiful places. My favorite places to see on these trips were always the forests. I remember walking through the trees and breathing in the heavenly scents and fresh air. My love for these forests is why I am so horrified by the idea of Deforestation.
Deforestation is basically the clearing of forests or trees. While there are some natural causes of deforestation, wildfires and overgrazing, most of it is from chopping down trees for human use. There are many negative impacts of deforestation. "The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes" ("Deforestation") Deforestation also affects the climate change. Without trees to protect the moist soil, the lands could dry out and become deserts. Trees also absorb greenhouse gases which make global warming happen. "Fewer forests means larger amounts of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere." ("Deforestation")
Although I do feel a little corny giving the whole "Save the trees!" spiel, it is incredibly important to save our forests and stop deforestation. It is unrealistic to urge people to stop cutting down trees altogether, but there are less extreme solutions to this problem. "A more workable solution is to carefully manage forest resources by eliminating clear-cutting to make sure that forest environments remain intact. The cutting that does occur should be balance by the planting of enough young trees to replace the older ones felled in any given forest." ("Deforestation") That being said, I'll leave you with this appropriate, yet corny, statement: Save the trees!
Good Article Lisa! Starting out your blog entry with pathos was an excellent idea since it already starts drawing the reader to your side of the argument. It's great that you pinpointed what deforestation does to the Though I wholeheartedly agree with you about deforestation, I believe it would've been better for you to dive deeper into tackling the subject. One can easily say “save the trees,” but if you start counter-arguing the many excuses the companies that do the deforestation make, you argument would be way more stronger than it is. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good argument, but if you added more, if would do nothing less but benefit you. Moving on, your conclusion was very solid. It was indeed corny, but solid nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog post, mostly because you made a part of it personal. Your description of seeing the forests on your road trip is something the readers can relate to. You also provide good details and evidence to back your claim. I would like to note that you could have made your argument on the issue a little more clearly by defining your stance on the matter. Here, you are assuming that the reader will understand where you stand on deforestation. Part of this is due to the fact that you begin to make your argument towards the end of the blog post rather than at the beginning. Although you do provide many details on this issue, a few examples would go a long way in aiding your argument.
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