I would like to start this week's blog about narrowing down my topic. Gambling is a very broad topic. My topic is gambling, and I am thinking of ways to narrow it. There have been articles in the newspaper recently about the pros and cons of gambling and casinos. I have been researching the topic for the last few weeks and I have found a lot of information about the topic. I found some articles that gave two different points of view from two attorneys on gambling. Most of these articles address points about gambling. There are articles that are against gambling and there are also articles that have evidence to support gambling. I have used the library's website to search for articles on ebscohost and I have found some articles that have researched the effects that gambling had on communities. I have been looking for more articles for my research paper and the rhetorical analysis. I have been looking through my sources to pick the two sources that I would like to do my rhetorical analysis. The areas that I am going to include in my rhetorical analysis are going to be audience, purpose, research methods, and author credibility. The audience of my paper would be my classmates and also people who are interested in learning more about the topic of gambling. This would include many people including gamblers, people opposed to gambling, and people who have problems with gambling. The audience would include people who enjoy gambling and also enjoy reading about the pros and cons of gambling. Many of the articles in the Journal Gazette that I have read on the topic usually oppose gambling in the Fort Wayne area. These articles are interesting to read. I am going to continue my research on my topic and also begin to write the paper.