What reasons–evdience, data, or examples– do you offer to support your “I say”? Do your reasons actually support your position, or is there a mismatch between them? Could a naysayer use your reasons against you to support a contrary position, and if so, could you defend your reasoning by summarizing and answering this objection? 

Throughout my first draft of my joy essay I believe I provide a lot of examples to support my “I say” of my thesis and writing. For example, in my NaySayer paragraph I use an example of giving my grandmother a gift on christmas eve last year to remember her friend Ann that had recently passed and I use this example to support my thesis that we must face joy despite the sorrow that comes with it. I use this example of not shying away from my grandma’s grief in my NaySayer paragraph to support my position. Furthermore, I also use my personal example of leaving my brother to move to college as an example that supports my position of grief being integrated with sorrow as well. I state in my essay, “This was a complicated moment for me as I was feeling the sorrow of leaving home but the happiness of knowing my brother really will miss me all came together to create joy”. I believe that there is no mismatch between my position and the evidence and reasoning I use to support it. I feel my naysayer paragraph is strong and my use of a personal example only strengthens my reasoning to support my “I say”. I believe I could define my reasoning against a naysayer due to my use of source and personal integration within my writing. I feel that I’ve integrated textual evidence from sources well into my “I say” components to effectively support my position.