. An op-ed is an essay that expresses your opinion on a topicthat you care about, but is written for a general audience ratherthan an academic one. As such, your language will be more informaland personal; it will be more direct, with shorter, crispersentences. In addition, in journalism (and in every other kind ofwriting) you are limited my maximums, not minimums, so you willhave to get to your point quickly and be efficient throughout.Finally, you will be submitting this for publication. Your optionsfor writing this essay are as follows:

1) A distillation of your research/argumentative paper. For thisone, you will need to take your strongest points and present themfor a general audience. You will have to change your tone andlanguage to match that of your potential publication and audience.You will also have to remove the MLA citations (though you willprobably want to keep a few of the quotes).

2) An opinion piece about a local issue (Covid and onlinelearning, wearing masks and social distancing, tolls, legalizingmarijuana, transgender athletes in high school, etc.) As in thefirst option, you will have to be efficient and direct, appealingto a wide audience with your personal voice. Don’t be afraid to befunny if you are able to- or at least keep it somewhat light intone. General audiences don’t want to be lectured

Particulars: Max 700 words

it will be journalistic.