English 101 Argumentative/Persuasive Essay 4/12/2013 Word Count 1‚255 Readability 12.3 There are new proposed gun control laws in the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton‚ Connecticut that occurred on December 14th‚ 2012. This incident claimed the lives of twenty 1st graders and six adults and has set the government in motion to try to prevent future acts of violence by strengthening gun control laws in the United States (Smith). This
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Act and Rule Utilitarianism There are a lot of differences and similarities between act and rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarian supports the principle of utility must be applied to each individual situation. The rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness. This was Bentham’s idea when he established that pleasure and pain was important qualities for determining what was morally right or wrong. With Act Utilitarianism‚ you must decide what action will bring the greatest
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Bees are miraculous in their own ways. Humans are intrigued by their social structure and how within a hive each bee has its very own role. There is only one bee‚ the queen‚ within the hive that lays eggs and keeps reproducing. Drone bees‚ or male bees‚ have one purpose and that is to fertilize new queens. Lastly‚ the most essential and largest quantity of bees are the workers. They forage for pollen and nectar‚ contribute to the care of the queen and drones‚ feed larvae‚ protect the hive and perform
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Christian Smoot Mr. Nesbit English 101 March 1‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay In today’s economy‚ I believe that violent video games do promote violent and more aggressive behavior amongst our children. Parents need to step up and monitor what type of video games their kids are playing. You never know what type of effect the games can have on our children. All kid isn’t typically influenced by violent video games but we don’t know how our kids’ minds are. I read an article on The Shooting at Columbine
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wn of the marriage’. This act also ensures that nonfinancial contributions to a marriage are considered on the dissolution of the marriage‚ effectively achieving greater justice for women. However‚ many criticise this legislation for rendering divorce too easy‚ with 1/3 marriages ending in divorce A current focus area for law reform has been de facto families. Previously‚ the law did not allocate them legal recognition‚ as society perceived these relationships as immoral. Altering societal ethics
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finding out she was a prostitute‚ and seeing how it triggered her‚ was brilliant. Besides‚ most final girls don’t have a history of sexual promiscuity. So not only did the twist add depth to the narrative arch. But it allows you to see her respond to an act of carelessness. Yes‚ it still sends a message to girls that having sex is dangerous and could ruin their lives. But the fact that she overcomes her moment of weakness is the message we should take away. Princess‚ as a final girl‚ is like a blank slate
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"When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor any worthiness. But if in moderation Cypris comes‚ there is no other power at all so gracious" (Euripides). In the play Medea by Euripides‚ Medea is driven entirely by passion and fury and does not consider the consequences of what she is doing. She is so focused on her desire for vengeance that she does not stop to deem if what she is doing is right or wrong. Others around her do not console her but instead push Medea into her excessive nature
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action : a passage urging readers to take a specific action in support of the views of the author coherence : the sensible presentation of smoothly connected ideas in a paragraph or essay conceding a point : acknowledging that an opposing point is reasonable conclusion ( sound file ) : the final paragraph of an essay connotation : a shade of meaning in a word or phrase that makes it different from other words or phrases with similar meanings emotional appeal : an argument that tries to persuade
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The lottery 1. Where do you think "The Lottery" takes place? What purpose do you suppose the writer has in making this setting appear so familiar and ordinary? In Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" the structure leading to the surprise ending is dependent on the detached(adj.分離的)‚ matter-of-fact point of view‚ together with the familiar and ordinary setting. The point is that the setting is ordinary. These are normal people. The story is a scapegoat story. And all societies scapegoat(n.代罪羔羊). The point
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The afterlife is something that has been and likely will be argued over until such time as a deity of some kind presents themselves and sets the record straight. Until then‚ we get to deal with religious tension and violence that is ultimately pointless but might make some people feel better about their own fruitless existences. Speaking of existence‚ part of what makes the afterlife such a touchy subject is that people want to believe that there is a point to initial life. If life is some kind of
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