Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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Argument Essay With the invention of new technologies‚ distracted driving has become a serious problem. When people text or talk on the phone while driving‚ they put not only themselves‚ but everyone else on the road at risk. Public Service Announcements can help reduce the number of distracted driving accidents by informing drivers of the potential dangers of not paying attention to the road. Some would argue that people don’t always pay attention to PSA’s or take them seriously. However‚ with several
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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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Soccer started in December 1863 in Britain and they used to call "Football". Many people would ask that when the first soccer match was and who was the organization and who invented the game of soccer. There are many arguments that some people saying that soccer starts at England and some saying China was the country where soccer was started. In my opinion‚ I was always believing that soccer did start in England but after my research‚ I found out that actually China and Japan are the first countries
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Argumentative Essay on Legalization of Euthanasia Introduction Euthanasia‚ which is also known as mercy killings‚ has been pronounced legal in many countries in the present-day world. It basically involves terminating the life of a patient so as to relieve pain and suffering‚ especially if it has become intolerable. This procedure is normally carried out under strict medical supervision‚ under which the terminating grant must come from the individual patient. Euthanasia however‚ has not been embraced
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SUGGESTED ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY TOPICS The following topics are in the form of a question so change it into “an effective and grammatically correct argumentative thesis statement which includes your clearly defined stance”. For instance: Newspaper reporters should reveal their sources because ........ Power and the Individual: When should parents let teens make their own decisions? Because celebrities are so often in the public spotlight‚ do they have ethical responsibilities to set good examples
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Should you really be thankful on thanksgiving? The answer is no. In this essay I will explain why. I will also tell you how the Gadites came to America‚ the meaning of the food ‚ and how it experience was for them during that time. Believe me‚ times were hard for them and that is what I am going to tell you now. “It was a Holocaust” said Comwell Jones. In 2 Esdras 13:4 it says they entered the Euphrates with boats not on foot‚ like Easu teaches. It also says that they wanted to go to Arsareth
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compatible with the nation. And the sentiment of being opposed to the encroachment of other cultures is not something that was alone to Sedgwick’s writing. This is something that only sixteen years later‚ Susan Warner similarly warns about in her own essay on what women can best do to serve their country. “[These] mad copyers of European ways can make no distinctions; all is fish that comes to their net‚ as we say‚ provided only that it be caught in foreign waters. If a thing be French‚ or English‚ or
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The essay “Crito” is a dialog between Socrates and Crito’s‚ who is trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison and his ultimate death. Both parties give good reasons on their positions‚ but it ultimately is Socrates’s decision. The Conversation begins with Socrates questioning Crito‚ why he is there so early‚ which he replied that he comes to the prison often and knows the “prison-warder” (43a). He continues to tell Socrates that he could not sleep because his friend is about to be executed
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Pocahontas is often celebrated of how unique she was compared to her predecessors especially for the fact that she was based off of a real person. Finally‚ there was a female lead who strayed from the norm. The story of Pocahontas displays how Pocahontas stood up for herself and her beliefs. The story was also the first that did not end in marriage. Pocahontas dismisses the conventionally glorified love interest which was unusual for a Disney princess to do. Rather than escape an evil figure or Perdue
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