Comments by Chris Pedroza

The primarily appeal to emotions is made at the end of the letter, where the author respectfully addresses the reader and thanks him for his service.

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:23:03 -0500

The appeal to logic, or logos, is present throughout the letter as the author addresses both the potential downsides and benefits of the proposed resolution.

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:22:01 -0500

By presenting both the positive and negative impacts, the author makes it easier for the reader to understand his argument.

The author primarily develops his ethos in the first and second paragraphs. By giving information on who he is as well as explaining critical minerals and their uses, the author establishes himself as a trustworthy and knowledgeable source.

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:18:59 -0500

Blaming every bad outcome or unfortunate event on snowball is an example of a logical fallacy, because the animals have no reason to assume that it was snowball.

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:27:35 -0500

This method of blaming everything bad on other people is often clear in politics, where upcoming candidates blame all negative events on the previously elected official. This is a hasty generalization

My representatives are Doug Owens and Stephanie Pitcher. How have they voted in the past, or what are their past positions on bills like this one?

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:59:48 -0500

You’re asking a really sharp, concrete question here, and the article you pasted shows why: this critical‑minerals push is a big shift in Utah’s economy and environment. You’ve already done the hard work of finding and reading a detailed news piece; that’s strong reader work. A couple things I can see and a couple I *can’t* quite do for you:

Doug Owens represents a Salt Lake–area House district as a Democrat and has made environmental protection (Great Salt Lake, water, public lands) a signature theme of his work in the Legislature, including co‑chairing clean‑air and Great Salt Lake caucuses and pushing conservation legislation ((Utah House Democrats, Doug Owens, n.d.); (Wikipedia, Doug Owens, 2024)).
Stephanie Pitcher, also a Democrat, is now a state senator known for cross‑party deal‑making on things like bail reform and family/children’s policy; she’s been rated as relatively effective at passing bills in a Republican‑dominated Legislature ((The 19th News, “How Stephanie Pitcher became Utah’s most successful Democratic lawmaker,” 2025); (Wikipedia, Stephanie Pitcher, 2024)).
For a bill very similar to this one—HB452 on carbon‑capture rules in 2024—Pitcher voted “yes” along with nearly the whole Senate, which shows she’s at least open to energy‑industry regulation that keeps projects moving while setting some environmental oversight ((Freedom Index, Carbon‑Capture Rules, 2024)).
I’m not able to pull up and summarize their *full* voting records for every mining/critical‑minerals bill here for you, but you can check each specific bill on the Utah Legislature’s site and then look up how “Owens, D.” and “Pitcher, S.” voted in the roll‑call details for the House and Senate (the Legislature’s bill‑tracking and roll‑call pages are the official record: (Utah DNR, 2024 Legislation, 2024)).

If you pick one specific past bill about mining, water, or energy that you care about and tell me its bill number or a short description, would you like to walk through the roll‑call pages together—or would you rather click Continue with AI to keep talking here, OR head over to Create Document to paste a source and start building your own notes or letter to your reps?

Tomco, Brigham. "Can Utah solve Trump's critical minerals dilemma?" KSL.com, 21 Jan. 2026. https://www.ksl.com/article/51436025/can-utah-solve-trumps-critical-minerals-dilemma Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:27:18 -0500

This is a strong MLA 9 citation: you’ve got author, full title, site name, date, URL, and access date in the right order.
One small optional tweak: MLA usually prefers the URL without the “https://” at the front, but keeping it doesn’t make it “wrong.”
If your teacher is strict, you might also double-check whether they want the URL in angle brackets (< >), though MLA 9 doesn’t require that anymore.
Otherwise, this is a “good enough” final version for a Works Cited page, and you can be confident using it as-is.

If you add this to a Works Cited page, do you want to click *Continue with AI* to show me the whole list for a quick scan, or head over to Create Document to start organizing all your sources and notes together instead?

Tomco, Brigham. "Can Utah solve Trump's critical minerals dilemma?" KSL.com, 21 Jan. 2026. https://www.ksl.com/article/51436025/can-utah-solve-trumps-critical-minerals-dilemma Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:35 -0500

This is a strong MLA 9 citation: you’ve got author, full title, site name, date, URL, and access date in the right order.
One small optional tweak: MLA usually prefers the URL without the “https://” at the front, but keeping it doesn’t make it “wrong.”
If your teacher is strict, you might also double-check whether they want the URL in angle brackets (< >), though MLA 9 doesn’t require that anymore.
Otherwise, this is a “good enough” final version for a Works Cited page, and you can be confident using it as-is.

Can you point me to where this article is found online? And help me to create an MLA citation for it?

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:27:18 -0500

This article is posted on KSL.com with the title “Can Utah solve Trump’s critical minerals dilemma?” by Brigham Tomco, published Jan. 21, 2026 (Tomco, Can Utah solve Trump's critical minerals dilemma?, 2026).
Because KSL is republishing a Deseret News story, you can treat KSL as the container/website for your MLA Works Cited entry.
A basic MLA 9 template for a web news article is: Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Website, Day Month Year, URL.
Using that pattern, your citation could follow this structure with the author, full title, date (21 Jan. 2026), site name (KSL.com), and the live URL from above.

If you draft your own MLA citation using that template, do you want to click *Continue with AI* to paste it here for quick double-checking, or head over to Create Document to start building a full bibliography and notes around this source instead?

Can you point me to where this article is found online? And help me to create an MLA citation for it?

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:35 -0500

This article is posted on KSL.com with the title “Can Utah solve Trump’s critical minerals dilemma?” by Brigham Tomco, published Jan. 21, 2026 (Tomco, Can Utah solve Trump's critical minerals dilemma?, 2026).
Because KSL is republishing a Deseret News story, you can treat KSL as the container/website for your MLA Works Cited entry.
A basic MLA 9 template for a web news article is: Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Website, Day Month Year, URL.
Using that pattern, your citation could follow this structure with the author, full title, date (21 Jan. 2026), site name (KSL.com), and the live URL from above.

What problem is this bill addressing?

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:20:04 -0500

This bill is going after the problem that the United States depends heavily on other countries—especially China—for critical minerals used in technology, energy, and national defense.
Right now, China controls most of the mining and especially the processing of many key minerals, which lets it pressure other countries by cutting off or limiting exports.
Because of that dependence, U.S. tariffs and trade fights with China are risky; if China stops shipping minerals, it can disrupt U.S. industries and military supply chains.
Utah lawmakers are trying to solve this by turning Utah into a major center for mining and processing these minerals so the U.S. has a more secure, domestic supply.

If you had to answer this question in one sentence for a quiz or short response, what exact words would you choose—and do you want to click *Continue with AI* to talk it out here, or go to Create Document to start drafting your own answer?

What problem is this bill addressing?

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:35 -0500

This bill is going after the problem that the United States depends heavily on other countries—especially China—for critical minerals used in technology, energy, and national defense.
Right now, China controls most of the mining and especially the processing of many key minerals, which lets it pressure other countries by cutting off or limiting exports.
Because of that dependence, U.S. tariffs and trade fights with China are risky; if China stops shipping minerals, it can disrupt U.S. industries and military supply chains.
Utah lawmakers are trying to solve this by turning Utah into a major center for mining and processing these minerals so the U.S. has a more secure, domestic supply.

If the US were to become a more prominent distributor in the Critical Mineral field, would this affect other countries who may import from China, now that there is more competition between countries.

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:06:55 -0500

You’ve named a focused cause/effect question here: more U.S. role in critical minerals and how that might change other countries’ import choices.
Economically, more U.S. supply would likely give buyers more bargaining power and could push prices down or force China to offer better terms, since monopolies lose leverage when real competitors show up ((International Energy Agency, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, 2021)).
Politically, some countries might shift part of their imports to the U.S. to avoid depending too heavily on China, especially if they are worried about sanctions, export controls, or diplomatic pressure tied to resources ((Center for Strategic and International Studies, Critical Mineral Dependencies and Strategic Vulnerabilities, 2022)).
At the same time, countries closely aligned with China—or attracted by cheaper prices and looser conditions—might keep China as their main supplier and just use U.S. offers as backup or leverage in negotiations ((International Monetary Fund, Critical Minerals Can Fuel New Geopolitical Competition, 2022)).

If you look back at your sentence, what’s one specific effect you most want to explain—price changes, political power, or countries’ dependence—and do you want to keep drafting that explanation by editing on the left, clicking Continue with AI to think together more here, OR go to Create Document to start a fresh piece or upload a reading?

If the US were to become a more prominent distributor in the Critical Mineral field, would this affect other countries who may import from China, now that there is more competition between countries.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:34 -0500

You’ve named a focused cause/effect question here: more U.S. role in critical minerals and how that might change other countries’ import choices.
Economically, more U.S. supply would likely give buyers more bargaining power and could push prices down or force China to offer better terms, since monopolies lose leverage when real competitors show up ((International Energy Agency, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, 2021)).
Politically, some countries might shift part of their imports to the U.S. to avoid depending too heavily on China, especially if they are worried about sanctions, export controls, or diplomatic pressure tied to resources ((Center for Strategic and International Studies, Critical Mineral Dependencies and Strategic Vulnerabilities, 2022)).
At the same time, countries closely aligned with China—or attracted by cheaper prices and looser conditions—might keep China as their main supplier and just use U.S. offers as backup or leverage in negotiations ((International Monetary Fund, Critical Minerals Can Fuel New Geopolitical Competition, 2022)).

If the US were to become a more prominent distributor in the Critical Mineral field, would this affect other countries who may import from China, now that there is more competition between countries.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:34 -0500

If the US were to become a more prominent distributor in the Critical Mineral field, would this affect other countries who may import from China, now that there is more competition between countries.

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:06:55 -0500

Critical Mineral Development is good for the country as a whole, but how does this specifically impact Utah, both the environment and the economy?

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:59:34 -0500

Critical Mineral Development is good for the country as a whole, but how does this specifically impact Utah, both the environment and the economy?

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:58:25 -0500

Napolean appeals to the animals emotions. He provides faulty logic to make them lose trust in Snowball and the values and ideals he held, making room for his own, less noble, values.

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:27:30 -0500

This is a common theme in politics where candidates and parties accuse their opponents of outrageous crimes or wrongdoings, often with no real evidence or logic behind these accusations.

Establishes connections between natural disasters and rates of belief

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More evidence that rates of religiosity are decreasing

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Connection between atheism and social structure

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This is the main question that relates to my inquiry

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Addressing challenges and proposing solutions

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More concerns about artificial intelligence in schools

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More concerns about artificial intelligence in schools

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Limitations must be put in place to protect both students and teachers

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Addressing the future of AI, both positive and negative

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Examples of ways to use AI to enhance education

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Examples of ways to use AI to enhance education

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Examples: evidence of how AI is being used

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More aspects of education and how AI can be beneficial

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Addresses limitations and risks; AI should not be fully trusted in every process and must remain under careful supervision

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By utilizing AI, teachers can have more time for necessary tasks and can help students develop more

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:53:48 -0500

This highlights the key uses of AI by teachers and how they can benefit from it

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This paragraph shows how AI not only enhances learning, but can actually do the teaching on it's own in some cases

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Artificial intelligence can adapt to help students in specific scenarios, it can cover everyone, compared to a teacher, who can only help one student at a time

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How AI helps not only students, but teachers as well

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Brief History of AI in education and how it came to be where it is now

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Provides information regarding the capabilities of modern ai like chat gpt

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