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    Argumentative/Final Draft Over the past few years‚ many schools have been contemplating whether or not they should enforce a mandatory uniform or dress code. Schools have held meetings addressing this idea and even taken votes from the students and parents regarding the option of uniforms. This is an extremely controversial issue; some say uniforms would be beneficial to students while others argue that they would take away from the students’ individuality. Personally‚ I can say from experience

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    Can Capital Punishment be justified in today’s world? Capital punishment‚ which refers to the act of sentencing a convict to death‚ has been in existence as long as there has been crime and laws. The death penalty serves as the ultimate punishment a state can impose on an individual‚ and is traditionally reserved for crimes that are particularly serious and heinous‚ such as murder‚ rape or treason. However‚ in today’s world where there is increased emphasis on justice‚ liberty and individual rights

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    punished in proportion to the severity of their crime. Crime is when an individual violates the laws and regulations of their country. Capital punishment is also known as death penalty. Capital punishment is the execution of an offender as a punishment for his crime. It is necessary for those who refuse to accept unjust administration of punishment. Capital punishment is often justified by saying that by executing the murders birth of new murders would be prevented. Executions especially when they

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    Caleb Madison ENG 101 10/3/13 Argumentative Essay From fire to light bulbs‚ and pagers to smart-phones‚ humans have always sought progress. The average person can agree that most new things are for the better. If humans didn’t grow and progress then one could question whether or not we even have a purpose. One thing that humans have lacked the necessary progression in is the place that homosexuals have in society. Same-sex marriage has recently begun to be legalized by several states. At this

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    | | | Capital Punishment Capital punishment would cost less and ensure effective crime deterrence if the process of execution was not prolonged. Abstract Capital punishment in the United States does not ensure deterrence or punishment and can cost up to 10 times more than life in prison because of the prolonged process of execution.  If the United States can shorten the time a defendant spends on death row‚ then it will no longer cost more than life imprisonment without parole

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    Capitol Punishment: Toy of Evil Men 	One might believe that because capital punishment plays such a large role in Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities‚ that Dickens himself is a supporter of it. This just simply is not true. Dickens uses capitol punishment as a tool to define the evil embodied in both the French ruling class‚ and the opposing lower class during the French Revolution; as well as comment on the sheep-like nature of humankind. 	In the beginning of the novel‚ capital punishment

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    ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION For many years‚ the importance of English has increased because it has became a very common language all over the world. Owing to this situation‚ there are lots of argumentative topics which are about the power of English. One of them is about the medium of instruction at Turkish universities whether it should be English or not. First of all‚ the definition of the English as a medium of instruction can be made. Haagen – Schützenhöfer & Mathelitsch (n.d.) explain

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    CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THE CULTURAL DISCOURSE OF FEMININITY IN THE OFFENCE OF RAPE This article seeks to establish that the provision of capital punishment in rape statutes‚ as well as the guiding rhetoric behind it‚ is antithetical to the interests of the rape survivors‚ as it premised on the idea of rape as a ‘fate worse than death’. The equation of rape with death is purely linguistic‚ however‚ it functions as justification for a societal order that ostracizes rape victims and renders them

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    and gone. We can take Puritan punishments as an example. Throughout the years there has been laws passed to stop cruel punishments‚ but other types of punishments have been introduced such as "[wearing] a large sing publicizing [the] crime...[and wearing] tap shoes in public" (Willing). Public punishments that were popular in Puritan times are continuing today. In the article "From "Scarlet Letter" to 1995‚ Americans want criminals to suffer shame with punishment" the author Rob McManamy states

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    Components of Argumentative essay and the use of language  After deciding on your thesis and choosing your readings‚ you will now be ready to write you index cards by summarizing‚ paraphrasing and quoting (Portfolio item 3). Synthesizing (will be further explained in week 8)  Your index cards will later be organized in a way to form the bigger picture. This is what we call ‘Synthesis’. It is the process of arranging the different pieces to create a mosaic and give it a personal meaning

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