please help I dont understand this question at all?

Question

Select an important social issue and write a dialogue that analyzes the issue from two different perspectives. As you write your dialogue, keep in mind the qualifies of effective discussion: listening carefully to the other person and trying to comment directly on what has been said; asking and trying to answer important questions about the subject; and trying to develop a fuller understanding of the subject instead of simply trying to prove yourself right.

Answer 1

okay first pick an important issue like abortion or poverty

then write a conversation beween two people which shows the different sides of the issue..

for example with abortion someone who is against it because of religion or something like that and someone who is for it because they don't feel it's right to bring a baby into the world if the couple isn't ready financially, etc.

make sure that the conversation makes sense and that the two people in it aren't being rude and are answering properly etc.
bring up important facts and questions in it

so in the abortion case, it could go something like this:
person a: i've heard that ___ is having an abortion! i find that completely disgusting. i am appaled! doesn't she get she's killing a human being!
person b: well technically she isn't exactly killing it since the brain hasn't fully developed and the baby can't think or feel the pain.. it doesn't even know what's going on
person a: well i still don't think it's right. she's going against her religion too
person b: well would you rather have her bring the baby into this world and not even be able to support it ?!
person a: what do you mean...?
person b: she isn't financially stable at all! they wont be able to take care of the baby.... blahblahh

and make sure you don't take one side and bring good points up from both sides of the issue

lol and sorry if my facts are wrong and mine was biased hahah i tried

i hope i helped =)

Answer 2

It's asking you to write a dialogue. He said, she said, type thing, like this:
Man One: What do you think of this War on Terrorism we're in at the moment?
Man Two: I think it's balony! I think it's a government ploy to avail more funds for their army.
etc etc...
It has to be from two perspectives: black and white, write and wrong, or very different shades of grey.
Keep in mind what one answers and the other questions as the dialogue must make sense. You can't, for example, go off on a tangent:
Man One: That's ridiculous! The army can get money from wherever they attack!
Man Two: Yes, but inflation would cause the prices to rise anyway.
As you can see, these two guys are not listening to each other and going off in the wrong tangent from the principle discussion.
To do a serious dialogue between two people with opposing views you cannot just carry the speech to prove your point, but you must research the other point of view as well, to show they are both right and both wrong- that it is only points of view that determine beliefs.
It's a great assignment!
Also- an important social issue!- not an issue that's important just to you- like the problems with bleaching your hair- it's gotta be something big: war, terrorism, politics, religion, drugs, crime, etc.
To do this project effectively you should ignore everything you think is "right" and look at the problem you're discussing from every single angle. Every question you have about it should be answered in the dialogue from the research you did to obtain the answer.

Answer 3

Talk about (write) a social issue (war, crime, poverty) from two different points of view (like a liberal and a conservative fighting it out). While writing you need to show what good discussion is (people listen to each others ideas and then respond with counterarguments), you also need to make sure that you answer any questions that might come up in a discussion as such (if talking about war...ask the question is any war just...and answer it from these two view points). Keep what you feel out of this and just show that you can see two sides to any issue without sounding like a turd who thinks every point they make is good as gold.

Sounds like a persuasive essay.

Answer 4

For example pick an issue such as abortion. It is a very heated issue and should be easy enough to talk about.

Have person 1 defend abortion and have person 2 say why it isn't a right thing to do.

Keep in mind you are really both person 1 and 2. As person 1 you are trying to convince person two of your beliefs and vice verca.

I really hope this helps you and didn't confuse you more!!

Answer 5

Choose a social issue, then write it like you are having a debate. You make your point...then act as another person to argue or counteract your own point (kind of like disagreeing with yourself)...in the end prove your point to be the right one by backing your opinion up with facts

Answer 6

Jane: This war in Iraq has me so mad!
Jack: Why? It's necessary to secure peace for everyone!
Jane: We're not liberators; we're causing these people to live through more war.
Jack: But the war will finish soon. If we don't kill the terrorists now, who will? Think of the children!

etc. I think it means don't have Jack say "OMG you idiot you're so stupid I can't believe you don't want us to fight the terrorists!". And Jane should listen to Jack's arguments (and vice versa) so they both say things like "I see your point, and I agree with [something] but I'm worried about X".

Answer 7

The way I understand it, you are supposed to play the devils advocate. You argue both sides of a topic such as smoking, the war in iraq, illegal immigration or whatever topic you like.

Answer 8

you are to compose a scenario by duly making a script or a cartographic representation of it. the essence of which must maintain the effective transferring and arguments of a certain social issue. the elements of query and jurisdiction must be fulfilled in this scenario (cause and effect).