Persuasive Essay On Open Ended Question

For my first closed-ended question, I asked, “Do you support the building of nuclear plants?” I got a varied responses from the audience, eight, of the 16 in the class, supported the building of nuclear plants. The other half of the class said that they either didn’t have enough information or did not support the building. This leads me to believe that the class has mixed feeling on this topic and need more information over nuclear plants to make a decision. The next closed-ended question was, “Do you believe that nuclear energy/plants are unsafe?” For the answers, 12 people said that they are unsafe or have an increased chance at risk. These responses show that many think that nuclear energy can be dangerous, especially if the plants are not maintained and ran correctly. I will have
The audience has seen a lot of news that covers the nuclear disasters so they are most familiar with those. The last question was, “What is the first thing that comes to your mind when discussing nuclear energy?” The most notable response was Chernobyl. This is very common of people to think about when pondering nuclear energy. This is the most documented and historical significant nuclear plant disaster. In the survey everything went as expected. There were no surprises, almost everyone thought of a nuclear disaster and didn’t support the building of nuclear plants. I believe I have a mixed audience, with a majority being neutral. Most of the questions questions had a mixed response and the questions ended with a near split. This will help me to develop my speech in a lot of different ways. The most helpful way is it gives me points to cover. Since most of the class thinks of nuclear disasters I will have to show that they are the outlier not what should be