This is essential to convince multiple audiences from different backgrounds to believe in the same ideals as I do. For example, I clearly understood that addressing the black community with my persuasive essay would have to be very different from how I addressed the white, veteran population of America. Both groups have different backgrounds and beliefs, so I learned to bridge the gap between them by establishing common ground through my voice and tone. This is just a small example of something I took away from this persuasive essay. As previously stated, I learned a number of things this semester from this course, which was honestly unexpected given that I have technically already taken a college-level writing course. high school class. However, I was surprised to discover how little I knew about writing, particularly my approach to persuasion. The approaches I was forced to take to writing my essays in this course taught the importance of consistency of voice and tone, while ensuring that there is a direct correlation between the two and what I 'try to support in my