Persuasive Essay/Kairos

For my persuasive essay I chose to talk about the honor code at BYU and why it is important to follow it. As the writer I will introduce that I am a BYU student, and I’m just like any other BYU student. I’m going to state the fact to my audience that I’m from high school and I’m just like them. BYU students in this case will be who my essay is written towards. It will be written mainly to freshman at BYU who are like me because I will be able to relate more to the freshmen. The Issue I want to address is the honor code. I wanted to support the honor code with a few points; First the honor code makes this school unique and everyone at this school unique, Second the honor code makes this school professional and clean cut, thirdly this is not only a school of learning but of character building, and lastly BYU is the best university on the planet. I will be presenting these points to the reader to hopefully instill in them a greater desire to obey the honor code. I also want to be able to relight some school spirit into the students of BYU. Another goal is to get students to be proud they are part of such a great university. In this essay I will have to create Kairos, the opportune moment, in which I can influence the reader in a way that I want them to be influenced. I’m going to create this moment by getting the reader to think about their personal experiences with high school as I contrast the difference between the environments of High School and the outstanding BYU environment. During this time I will also relate with them my high school experiences and how college is the phase into adult life and as adults we are examples to the world by the way we act and live out our lives.