•Speech by President Barack Obama• • Identify the thesis statement in each text. Explain what the author is trying to convince the reader to believe. The thesis statement of this speech is that our religions and traditions remind us that we are all children of God and we all get specific things that shape us from our religions and traditions. The author is trying to convince the reader to believe that it is okay to build a mosque near ground zero. • Describe how the writer tries to argue his or her thesis. Identify whether the author cites sources, includes expert commentary, cities specific examples to convince the reader, or uses some other method to support his or her thesis. The writer tries to argue his thesis by saying that different