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 * Topic Talk: Person**

List five facts that you already know about this person: 1. She wrote a diary about her life during the Holocaust.
 * Topic Choice: Anne Frank**

2. She lived in an attic during the Holocaust.

3. The Nazis found her and her family and she was put in a concentration camp.

4. She died of a sickness in the concentration camp not long before the war ended.

5. Her diary is read all around the world.

Her diary of her life is published into a book and she helped us all see the horrors of the Holocaust.
 * Answer these questions about this person:**
 * 1) How did this person impact the world?


 * 1) For what purpose do you want to write about this person--that is, what argument(s) might you make about him or her? (For example, you might argue that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketballer ever, or that Franz Ferdinand caused WWI). I would make the argument that she is so popular because of her diary and she wasn’t recognized until it was published. Also that her diary helped people learn more about the Holocaust.


 * 1) For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this person? (People who already know about basketball? Historians? Your family? Teachers?) Explain. I want to make this argument to students so they are more educated about the Holocaust. This will help students learn about the horrible truth of what happened during this time.


 * 1) What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this person? (For example, what kinds of writing might s/he write? What kinds might be written about him/her?) She wrote a diary, she probably wrote letters. People could write about he memories of her if they new her. Also letters about her to others about how brave she was and what she went through.


 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this person? How do you personally connect with him/her? I am Jewish and am very interested in this topic so I think it would be a great topic for me. I want to research and learn more about her.