Outline

Thesis: Financial aid and students loans are affected devastatingly by the national and California economic crises.

I. Introduction
A. State Thesis

B. Overview of the topic/ lay out the plan for the paper

II. Major Student Loan Companies

A. Lehman Brothers
1. The fall of Lehman Brothers
2. The destruction they caused for the students

B. Best bet for student loans
1. How tough it is and is going to be for students to get good loans
2. Good companies for student loans

III. What has our government done?

A. Congress laws passed
1. Did it help?
2. What else can they do?

B. Future plans
1. Will Obama help out students?
2. Are there any laws/plans in the works?

IV. When can we expect this to end?

A. Time line?
1. Expected end to this
2. What we can do in the meantime

B. How will this affect future generations
1. Long-term effects
2. What we can do to make the situation better

V. Conclusion

A. Restate the Thesis

B. Lessons we can learn from this
1. Its not THAT bad
2. What not to do again

Cartoon:

Rhetorical Strategies

Obama uses some of these rhetorical strategies during his keynote address for the Democratic Convention:

• Point of View- His view of the united states is one of hope. He gives people the confidence in this view by siting examples of his own life and the life of his father.
  
• Assumptions- I don't think he makes any assumptions in this speech. He tends to back up everything he says. He makes a very persuasive argument. 
• Evidence- His life and the life of people he knows, examples play a key part in this speech to deliver his message. 
• Argument- He argues that John Kerry will bring change to the US and bring it out of it's "long political darkness."
• Persuasion- He tries to persuade people by making it seem like this is the most important moment in their lifetime. That if they do nothing this world will remain in darkness. He uses hope and fear at the same time. 

Politics Summery

The article "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama is a script of his keynote address st the 2004 Democratic Convention. He talks of uniting American through the one similarity we all have here; being Americans. He talks of not blue or red states, but purple states that can live together. This was his starting moment in becoming president. This is where people started to notice him. His confidence in America seemed to make people love him. His message of uniting filled people with hope.