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Book Proposal Requirements:

1. Follow the “Persuasive Writing Recipe” Outline, since you are trying to convince and persuade. 2. Your group should fill out the outline on the back of the “Persuasive Writing Recipe”-support your choice with THREE strong pieces of evidence, with several supporting details. 3. Supply the title of the book, the author, genre, and # of pages; Provide a picture of the book on your page, as well. (4 points) 4. Your proposal should contain AT LEAST 1 direct quote from a book review-CITE the source by posting the link underneath your proposal. (3 points) 5. Proposal should be 3 paragraphs (one per reason). (5 points each) 6. Include 2-3 sentences of a “counter-argument” using the rhetorical patterns at the bottom of the outline. (This will serve to strengthen your argument.) (3 points) 7. Proposals should follow the proper rules of grammar and mechanics. Proofread carefully! (5 points)

For our independent reading project our group is very interested in reading Cut written by Patrica McCormick. Throughout our three years of high school we have attended many assemblys that have spoken about cutting yourself and we are eager to find how how and why this is so addicting. We have exposed our selves to people who have had this addiction and were confused as to why they turned to this instead of drugs or alcohol. Seeing how this effects our friends and ourselves at the same time, we never want to be in a position where we would have to turn to that. This books genera is young-adult, so it would be easy for us to relate to. There are 160 pages, and that is a reasonable amount considering the other work we have for school. There have been many speakers come in and share the stories that have affected their lives to our student body about cutting. This book will elaborate on those things to make the the whole topic more understandable to us. Also many people share with us their secret about cutting and we still do not realize how that is a relief to them. Reading this book will help us realize the signs to cutting and we might be able to stop them. This book has had many good reviews. One of the reviews is from the well known, highly respected New York Times. "A vivid and inspiring first novel...deft in fascinating part myster story and part adolescent drama" a direct quote from the review. We have not come across a bad review and that can only mean that this book is nothing but great. After reading this we want to see if we have the same opinion as the other people. This really affects not only the person cutting, but also the people that care about them. Seeing our friendship thankfully get through this really impacted us. We never want to be put in that position and this book will make us realize how bad it really is and prevent that. This book will highly educate us on the topic.

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