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Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum

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Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers. 

Maintaining a consistent point of view in your writing helps a reader better follow the written presentation. In doing so, the correct corresponding pronouns are to be used.

• I think my experience as a writer has been interesting. (1^st person point of view; I, my)
• Each time you write your confidence improves. (2^nd person point of view; you, you)
• English 100 students should be proud of themselves in Week 6 of their course! (3^rd person point of view; themselves, their) 

Review page the graph on page 203 in the Pocket Keys for Writers text to help with your initial post. For your week 6 discussion, please watch the TED Talk in the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2tOp7OxyQ8 We need to talk about an injustice, Bryan Stevenson

First, respond to the talk in three ways using the proper pronouns, with a few sentences for each point-of-view:

• First Person (Reflect personally on Bryan’s thoughts)
• Second Person (Write a reply as though someone has inquired how they can make a difference on any of Bryan’s topics)
• Third Person (Write as a newspaper reporter about Bryan’s talk)

Second, explain what point of view is most challenging or easiest for you to write.