Are Zoos a good thing for animals or a bad thing?

For this essay, you need to pick one topic from the list below, take a side, and then convince me that your argument is valid and persuasive. First of all, you need to read up on the topic you pick. You also may need to define/focus your topic to a manageable topic to argue. Then you'll need to create arguments using the tools that we have discussed in class. You'll be using Toulmin arguments and constructing ethos, pathos, and logos to help prove your points. Remember, your audience is an academic audience, and so you'll need to be precise in constructing and maintaining your argument. Your audience will be critical of your argument; they will be skeptical and will seek out and attack any holes in your argument. One thing you'll need to do to gain credibility with your audience is to do research. Again, like with the explaining essay, the deeper the research, the better. The research should be used to back and prove your own opinion, but it also helps if you know what the opposition is thinking, so you might do research to that end, too.