Avery Dail Professor Hinckley English 50 Essay: Argumentative July 22‚ 2014 “But What Do You Mean?” In Deborah Tannen’s essay “But What Do You Mean?‚” she discusses how men and women differ in their use of communication “rituals.” Women are designed to take other person’s feelings into consideration and men are designed to maintain a one-sided position. She describes seven ways men and women miscommunicate. First‚ women use apologies to reassure an individual and men can misinterpret
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Steps in planning an Argumentative Essay 1) Query keywords in question 2 Identify key issues 3) Uncover Assumptions 4) brainstorm both sides 5) broaden and deepen (Scope and depth) 6) take a stand 7) Identify 2 strongest arguments on opposing sides‚ problematise and answer 8) Thesis statement Organisation when writing the essay II) introduction 1) grabber 2) transition 3) thesis Statement II) Body 1) Topic Sentence 2) Elaboration III) Conclusion 1) Final thought 2)
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Zoos or prisons? Animals living in between our walls The issue is ‘all zoos should be closed’. This is an issue in society because animals are just like any other humans‚ we have feelings‚ but we’re treating them like dirt‚ by keeping them in a zoo‚ locked inside a cage like prisoners‚ for our ‘educational benefits’ and ‘entertainment’. The real issue This is an issue because animals are being kept in a place full of artificial environment and climate that they are not used to. Some of the zoo
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What is usually seen once entering urban or even suburban communities? Yes‚ there are traffic lights‚ parks‚ and shops. But‚ there is one apparent aspect of these locations. Have you noticed that at these places there are homeless people either asking for spare change or sleeping? “A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter‚ mission‚ single room occupancy facilities‚ abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent
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Legends of untold riches and beauty are popular with people because the possibility of achieving said greatness excites the masses. The lost city of Atlantis is one of the more popular legends‚ and it originated from a few pages in Timaeus and Critias‚ two of the famous “dialogues” written by Greek philosopher Plato in the fourth century B.C. Existing 9‚000 years before his time‚ Plato described Atlantis as a great naval power and utopian island kingdom that mysteriously disappeared into the sea
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abortion: rape‚ deformed children‚ or that the mother can’t afford a child. In the case of rape‚ abortion is an act of violence that kills a living human being. The circumstances surrounding the conception do not change this simple reality. In the case of deformed children‚ there are children of all ages‚ and adults too‚ who are alive today‚ and are living with diseases and disabilities. These physical limitations do not make them any less human. If the mother can’t afford the child‚ there is a solution
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Name of article/news source: Huffington Post: Ageism‚ Sexism‚ Activism‚ and Jism Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/darcey-garland/older-women-invisible_b_7150714.html Topic: Ageism (discrimination towards age) Brief Description of it: The author of this blog post talks about her feelings towards aging‚ and how she feels that she is becoming more and more invisible as it happens. She fears that there will be a day where she is no longer attractive just because of her number. But then she looks
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Wesley King Grammar and Composition lesson 75 Argumentative Essay on Gay Marriage Marriage is the ceremonial binding of two people‚ male and female‚ into one couple. Historically‚ marriage has been the institution when a man and a woman join together with the promise of love‚ devotion‚ to always stay together‚ to be there for each other‚ to take care of one another and to start a family together. Biblically‚ marriage has been all the aspects above‚ but including honoring
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Crispin Lao in one of his articles on the Philippine Daily Inquirer stated the succeeding story. One drizzling day‚ Aling Saling bought half a kilo of rice. It was put in a brown paper bag which the 40-year-old housewife held at the bottom‚ all 10 ¬¬¬¬¬¬-fingers at full stretch. But one side of the bag ruptured‚ too weak to hold even its meagre content. Aling Saling coddled her torn paper bag like a baby to keep what was left of her precious rice from spilling onto the wet pavement. She was torn:
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camps and death camps were the main cause of extermination during this time. A vast number of people were dehumanized and treated poorly in camps. Auschwitz was one of the most horrific concentration camps because of the living conditions‚ Mass exterminations‚ and uprisings. The living conditions of the prisoners in the camp were treacherous‚ and prisoners went several days without adequate clothing and food. For example “prisoners did not receive protective clothing and they were constantly subjected
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