Sample Persuasive Essay Prompt: The South Kitsap School District is instituting a no-tolerance ban on student cell phones and personal electronics while on campus during school hours. Write a persuasive essay supporting or opposing this new policy. Introductory paragraph Attention Grabber: Currently‚ over 90% of all American middle and high school students own either a cell phone or a personal MP3 player and a recent USA Today survey found that 98% of teenagers admit to using their cell
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she is beautiful. She leads to the demise of Beowulf. A major plot change in the movie occurs when Beowulf goes to kill Grendel’s mother. Instead of killing her he instead has a child with her. This is a big change to the story in the book this event does not occur. Their child is portrayed as a dragon a beast who is essentially all of Beowulf’s wrong doings. His wrong doing are manifested in the form of a dragon it’s like he is the cause of his own destruction. Beowulf’s son will ultimately be
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RESEARCH ESSAY “We all have the desire to win”. To what extent is this attitude reflected in the text? All the characters in “Away” share the desire to win. This is shown through their feelings and actions and it is evident that they wish to make the right choices in order to have a life worth living. However‚ each character has a different interpretation of “winning” and “living a good life” and each make different choices in attempt to achieve this. This can be shown through the comparison
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and use it. 2 II. Formula for an Essay Basically‚ the writing expected of students in college is of one type that can be used for all disciplines. This handout generally focuses on the basic‚ "formulaic" nature of the college level essay and its components. THIS IS THE PROCESS & ITS PRODUCTS: 1. BRAINSTORM: Write down whatever comes to mind about the topic. 2. A.A.: AUDIENCE ATTRACTOR: This is the first sentence of the opening paragraph which catches the reader’s attention‚
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A childhood event that I remember vividly is when I was about seven or eight; I got my tonsils taken out. I remember this so vividly‚ because I was confused about what was going to be done‚ I was scared‚ and after it was all over I was happy. In this essay I will try to explain my feelings. I also hope I might help someone else who is getting their tonsils took out feel a little more comfortable. Since I was so young‚ I was confused about what was going to be done. I did not really know
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The Five Paragraph Essay Paragraph 1 - introduction This paragraph has two main purposes: 1) To attract the reader’s attention. Have a good‚ strong opening sentence. 2) To inform the reader what the essay is about. However‚ do NOT write "This essay is about...‚" or "I am going to write about..." It is not wrong to start like that‚ but it’s not very good style (ask Paul!). However‚ you DO need a THESIS STATEMENT which usually comes at the end of the introductory paragraph and explains what
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This essay that i am about to type is about my experience in ELA.This will also be about what I do and don’t liked to do in ELA. This essay is going to be 5 paragraphs long so get you reading eyes ready. Once you are done reading this essay you will know my likes and dislikes about ELA. I like writing poems and reading books that are interesting. They can be about 250 to 400 pages long.I will read them in approximately about almost 2 hours. I also like the fun of learning new words.My last year in
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Paragraph 2: The opponent’s side may think that the Reconstruction successfully solved problems caused by slavery and the Civil War. They may say this because during the Reconstruction amendments were made which gave the blacks many rights including abolishing slavery and that they were allowed to be citizens if they were born in the United States. In amendment 13 section 1 source 1 it says‚ “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States.” This amendment showed that
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5 Paragraph Assignments 1. The American Revolution resulted in a Democratic government based on popular sovereignty while the French Revolution resulted in a popular authoritarianism under Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S. Constitution is focused on representation‚ electoral procedures‚ limited executive powers‚ and the equality of the federal and state governments. In 1799 the French Directory‚ established during revolutionary unrest to represent the people‚ was toppled by a young general‚ Napoleon
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Another factor of my childhood events was social effects. Social effects meaning how students reacted or a peer pressure. Through this peer pressure my attitude would change and would either go towards the worst or the best. The classmates I hung out with were usually the ones who had the bad attitudes and bad behavior. The stereotype of my school was characterized by bad behavior‚ and many of the students were never disciplined by their parents. Due to this factor my behavior would turn towards
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