In chapters four and five to “they say” Three ways to respond to “yes/no/okay‚ but” and Distinguishing what you say from what they say. “And Yet” Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstien and Russel Durst say that “you need to be an expert in a field to have an argument at all” (p‚55). Are they referring to an actual job like a lawyer? where they are good on arguing about a certain topic. You must have some sort of topic to go off of to argue your case‚ and to make it believable for others. As for agreeing
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Argumentative Language Below are examples of signposts that are used in argumentative essays. Signposts enable the reader to follow our arguments easily. When pointing out opposing arguments (Cons): Opponents of this idea claim/maintain that… Those who disagree/ are against these ideas may say/ assert that… Some people may disagree with this idea‚ Some people may say that…however… When stating specifically why they think like that: They claim that…since… Reaching the turning
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Fallacies in an Argument The essay “ Death” written by an anonymous author; presented in the text Read‚ Reason‚ Write published in the year 2008‚ is an example of a fallacious argument. In “Death” the author endorses the death penalty as a viable option for New York. This essay was written as a rebuttal to the editorial titled “New York on the Brink” that was posted in the Washington post it suggested that New York should not advocate the death penalty as law. The author argues that
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brothel patrons being the exact opposite. In regards to prison‚ on one hand Blake recognizes it’s a product of the legal system‚ a “law”‚ in which its stated goal is to restrict peoples freedom as a punishment or protection of sorts.
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something about it. I‚ like many people in the world‚ fall into the group of I want everything I see on TV. I think it is horrible that I let advertisement take the place of what I should really feel. From the apartment I rent to the car I drive‚ it feels like I am not good enough to please anyone or myself. Due to my strong negative feelings towards advertisement‚ I believe that no one should have any influence on one’s psyche. Dr. Kanner made very strong arguments in his paper regarding how
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Argument Paragraph Assignment 2 – Discrimination Against Underweight People Part 1 - Prewriting Freewriting – 1 minute I feel that underweight people are discriminated against just as much as overweight people. I was extremely disturbed by a newspaper article that really criticized underweight people. Underweight people were called names‚ accused of either having to be on drugs or having a eating disability‚ and even called unattractive. Some people are naturally underweight. Being underweight
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How would you describe what an effective‚ sound argument is? Refer to how a speaker or a writer gives a good reason for the audience to believe the argument is true. 2. What is rhetoric? It is the art of persuasive writing and the use of figures speech and compositional method. Define the three major rhetorical appeals? Ethos – is a plea to ethics and the means of convincing somebody of the personality. Pathos – is a plea to emotion and a way of persuading spectators of an argument through making
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says "This argument is fallacious you all blame God for the bad things in life when really it’s people because God gave us free will" and then several atheists begin to bicker and argue with him over who is right and wrong for literally an hour straight before I even read any of it but they totally miss the point this dude is so full of himself for having used all these big words and was so sure he was so much smarter than everyone in that forum until I hit him with this: "Your argument was flawed
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In academic writing‚ an argument is usually a main idea‚ often called a “claim” or “thesis statement‚” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. In most college papers‚ one needs to make some sort of claim and use evidence to support it. One’s ability to do this will separate a good paper from other papers. We use argument in everyday life to convince somebody of my ideas or opinion‚ convince our teachers we deserve a better grade. A better argument is accomplished if no emotion is involved
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Working Mothers All mothers are working mothers‚ but those who have a career away from home have an extra challenge in their life. In many families today‚ mothers continue to work because they have careers that they have spent years developing. Some mothers need to work to support their family. I’m against working mothers because she will be bad mood most of the time‚ she will not have time for her home and children‚ and can’t have fun time because she is busy every weekend. The first
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