Blogging Prompt 12

Both papers talk about personal experiences related to their research question. The use of their experience creates obvious bias issues and increase the severity of the claims made. However, both papers combine research with narrative so that the storytelling is supporting argument made in a way that is personal and relatable to the audience. Anecdotal evidence was very effective in both essays because of the balance created by the authors. The topics covered are broad issues that face out societies, but both authors focus on their personal connection to the to the topic. For the paper, “The Cross We Have To Bear” the author uses the relation to her mother’s work to limit the scope to the Notre Dame and Newark communities. The authors capture a fresh audience by making the topics more relatable to their target audiences. The alternation between first and third person creates the balance between research and narrative. These elements work together well because it makes the research support the narrative. The authors used a segment of narrative to raise a new aspect of the paper, then used research to continue their argument.