Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The topic I chose to examine was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by Mary Fisher (1992). I was impressed with how even keeled she presented her speech. If there was any bias‚ then I had trouble detecting it with one exception; that she implied that if you are ignorant and believe the hype that only minorities‚ gays‚ and drug users can contract aids. (Fisher‚ 1992). I feel that it was a rhetorical analogy that she used
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are only some of the ways businesses try and persuade people. Companies spend millions of dollars trying to get your hard earned dollars. Some of the main approaches they use are described as testimonial‚ name-calling‚ and plain folks techniques. Persuasion techniques or propaganda as it is simply put is the method companies use to attract mainstream citizens into buying a product or taking a particular side of an issue. These efforts‚ although unwelcome at times‚ are usual ways a product or issue
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“Knowledge Structuring” “Argumentation Visualization” Saint – Petersburg 2013 Abstract This essay reviews development and current state of the argumentation visualization concept and tools. Argumentation visualization is a set of methods used to represent complex systems of preconditions‚ reasons and conclusions via visual tools‚ such as graphs‚ diagrams‚ matrices‚ charts etc. The overview uses the inductive immersion approach: argumentation visualization phenomenon
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point across without any acts of violence. Sit-downs‚ marches and hunger strikes were used as a peaceful‚ but powerful form of getting your point across to the government and American people. I believe that civil disobedience is an effective mode of persuasion. During the 1930s‚ a well known Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi began a march in protest of the British monopoly on salt‚ also
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When people think of welfare many people think about it differently. For most people they think its money that helps those people who are struggling to get by and need help. In today’s society there are more people who use their welfare money to buy drugs instead of diapers and food for their children. When considering effective ways to cut the governments spending‚ each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all of the welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug
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This paper will evaluate the effectiveness of Brief Narrative Therapy in treating abused women who are in shelters. In addition to living with violence‚ many women who seek shelter have been living in poverty‚ dependent on humanitarian aid‚ and suffering from trauma. Being abused undermines virtually every aspect of a woman’s life; her physical as well as her mental health. Psychiatric effects may include depression‚ suicidal thoughts‚ dissociation‚ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ eating disorders
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Child welfare is a system of financial‚ medical‚ psychological‚ and social services for children and parents. Such services—commonly provided by governments‚ international organizations‚ and private agencies—seek to ensure the safety and healthy development of children. They work to help children meet their basic needs‚ resolve their psychological and social problems‚ and attain their full potential. Child welfare services vary from one community to another. Some child welfare programs fund health
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Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused If I suspect abuse through noticing a sign of physical abuse or change in the behaviour of an individual‚ I will make sure that I ask the individual what has happened telling the individual the changes that I have noticed. If it is in my place of work and the name of the person that abused the individual is known‚ whether staff or another service user‚ I must also record and report this. I will listen
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…………………………………………………………….. 3 II. Introduction …………………………………………………………….. 4 III. Purpose and History of the Welfare System …………………………….. 4 IV. Effects of Welfare Abuse ……….……………………………………. 5 V. Alternatives and Solutions …………………………………………….. 6 VI. Conclusion …………………………………………………………….. 7 VII. Reference Page ……………………………………………………... 8 Abstract This paper discusses how American citizens blatantly abuse the country’s welfare system by simply staying on it two long therefore becoming dependant on the government for
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I hope this letter reaches you in good health and good graces. I am writing this letter to tell you about this persistent issue I’ve had with my teeth. It all started when I was told that along with my four wisdom teeth I had to get an extra tooth which was growing on the bottom right row‚ extracted as well. After the first grueling month of post wisdom tooth extraction pain‚ came more problems. Now I have a hole in my mouth on that bottom right row and‚ I cant go one meal still to this day without
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