1 AN OPINION COMPOSITION When you are writing an essay that asks you to discuss a topic or give your opinion on a question‚ it is important to organize your thoughts and present your arguments clearly and to work out the structure of your essay before you start to write. 1. Plan four or five paragraphs: 2. 3. 4. 5. - an introduction (saying why it is important‚ what the situation is...) - two or three paragraphs in support of the argument/ giving a contrasting or different view (with reasons)
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Race and ethnicity‚ as real and unreal as they may be‚ often have definite implication and outcomes‚ race is a social construct that has meaning only because the society gives it meaning. Class structure in our capitalist society refers to the social ranking of individuals‚ families and other groups according to their economic status. And according to the Assistant Attorney General Ron Davis‚ some type of racial classification was necessary to comply with the federal record-keeping requirements
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In today’s society‚ public opinion polls are used to defend and argue against almost every imaginable issue. They are used to determine who is the leading candidate in elections‚ if the people support those they do elect‚ if movies‚ television and other media products are any good‚ or at least desirable and they determine what kind of products we as consumers want to purchase‚ also to determine the presidential approval rating. The only problem with these polls is that they don’t always express the
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The Life and Times of a Struggling Author “In the sunny village of Alexandria‚ there lived a happy family of four. The wife and husband had a strong‚ tenacious bond and had pledged a never-ending fidelity to each other. They deeply loved each other and their children and vowed to give them a wonderful childhood.” “One unfortunate day‚ the youngest fell dangerously ill. The mother and father were distraught and knew the only way to save the child was to visit a healer-witch rumored to be
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Bullying is a serious and complicated problem that happens within a specific social construct that is influenced by certain types of media‚ such as fairytales like Sleeping Beauty. Such social constructs can involve things like gender norms‚ which are standards of behavior that is expected by a particular society for women and men within that society. There are many different types of bullying that can be conducted in many different ways. However‚ all have the potential to change a school environment
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In Michael Pollan’s essay‚ “Playing God in the Garden”‚ we are introduced to the New Leaf Superior‚ a genetically engineered potato. This is not the first of its kind‚ for it is only one of the many foods that are products of an emergent development here in the United States. Monsanto and other giant transnational companies are carrying out a dangerous global experiment by introducing large numbers of genetically engineered foods into our diet. Genetic manipulations can result in unanticipated harmful
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Maya Angelou Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri (poets.org). Maya Angelou later changed her name to promote her writing. Maya- represents the childhood name her brother Bailey gave her and Angelou is a variation of her married last name. At the age of three her parents sent her and her younger brother Bailey to live with their paternal grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas. When she was seven years old she moved to Chicago to live with her mother and encountered
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The life of Edgar Allan Poe‚ as the lives of many other authors‚ was filled with tragedies that all influenced his writings. From the very beginning of his writing career‚ he loved writing poems for the loves of his life. Later‚ when he reached adulthood and realized the harsh realities of life‚ his writing became darker and more disturbing‚ perhaps due to his excessive alcohol intake. His horror stories remain some of the scariest stories ever written‚ and‚ because of this‚ some have speculated
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gender identity trans identity gender queer gemderfluid feminine masculine blah blah blah examples: mulan rupaul “butch” and “femme” barbie and ken the l word kinsey scale?? bars people go to Throughout the semester‚ I have decided to explore the idea of gender and gender identity. This means I will explore the different identities and how those identities have shaped the lives of the people who embody those identities. I will explore from the cis-gender identity all the way to
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Introduction In today ’s business world‚ corporations could be audited due to not following ethical and legal standards. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the legal‚ ethical‚ and social responsibility of Arthur Andersen. This paper will also analyze three factors that influence Arthur Andersen ’s strategic‚ tactical‚ operational‚ and contingency planning. The term ethics must first be defined to understand a few of the issues involving Arthur Andersen. According to Wikipedia‚ the
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