English 102: Argumentative Essay (Essay #1) May 14th 2012 outline I. Introduction: 1. Background: Nowadays‚ Television is an unavoidable part of modern culture. It plays an important role in our life. We always depend on television for news‚ entertainment‚ education‚ weather‚ sports‚ and even music‚ since the advent of Music Television. 2. Thesis statement: Television has both advantages and disadvantages‚ and I think the advantages far outweigh the disadvantage. II
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9/23/13 Yellow Class Argumentative Essay Imagine that you are celebrating a great victory‚ and suddenly you hear that the person who led you to victory is dead− does the poem‚ “O Captain‚ My Captain” really portray that feeling? Walt Whitman was the author of the poem “O Captain‚ My Captain”. The purpose of the poem was to express
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Argumentative essay College Composition I 10-15-2014 Should drivers of automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? Driving requires a lot of concentration in order to keep the road‚ and ourselves safe. Nowadays‚ many people have a license without being able to drive in a manner that is responsible. This raises the question of cell phones. There are many factors that contribute to accidents. Eating‚ drinking‚ reaching for fallen objects and talking to passengers are also some
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1 LTCA Argumentative Essay April 16‚ 2013 Why our country should have universal healthcare? In America there are so many people who live without healthcare. President Obama has tried hard to change that known fact by introducing and passing his new Obama Care Act. It is very important for people to have proper healthcare coverage‚ medical care‚ affordable medications‚ and for all healthcare services to be available to everyone‚ whether they are poor‚ middle class or rich. For most
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Argumentative Essay The legalization of marijuana is a current growing issue in British Columbia (BC). Marijuana‚ which comes from the cannabis sativa (or hemp) plant‚ has been used for ten thousand years and will continue to be used for a very long time. People smoke it‚ with a pipe or water pipe‚ or in loosely rolled cigarettes called “joints”. It is also brewed with tea and mixed with cakes and brownies. Marijuana is so popular with the public that it has developed many aliases‚ such as
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used material‚ but this could be more dangerous due to residue of the chemical in the new items. However‚ the things that we already used should not be around to recycle for several reasons. In this essay‚ I am going to talk about three weaknesses of recycling. Firstly‚ I will start with the argumentative‚ and then analyze emotional appeal. The first reason is that the processes of recycle costs are very high. For many years‚ people always hear that paper‚ plastic‚ aluminum should be recycled. When
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Argumentative Essay (Introduction) Guantanamo Bay did a good thing for America. Guantanamo Bay is located in a small area in Cuba off of American soil. America’s most recent president‚ Barack Obama wants to shut the prison down and suspended it for a short period of time in the beginning of January this year. (My position And Thesis) I believe that Guantanamo bay should never be shut down because the prison led United States and other countries’ to terrorists and it punished those who planned
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Did you know that 84% of all Singapore households own at least one computer? Known as an electronic device for storing and processing data‚ it has certainly become an important part of most people’s daily lives. There is a large range of actions that can be performed with a computer‚ with different actions catered for different people‚ but suitable for almost everybody. Hence‚ the computer is globally popular. As computers continue to increase in popularity‚ its invention has led to many technological
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Our Generation Has Become Overly Dependent On Technology With the creation of technology‚ I’m beginning to wonder if it’s a good or bad idea to be so dependent on technology. People are on their cell phones‚ ipads‚ tablets or computers constantly. People are so obsessed with their phones that they even text someone in the same room. Do people need to be entertained every hour of the day? For some‚ technology is very addictive. They have to run out and purchase the latest gadget as soon as
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.Christopher North Prof. Ed Stever ENG 101 March 24‚ 2015 Argumentative Essay Capital Punishment The majority of Americans support capital punishment‚ and there are some who don’t. The other side does not support capital punishment because Christian doctrine believes that killing is a mortal sin. There are some government officials who do support the death penalty and are there some who do not support the death penalty. Therefore‚ capital punishment should be utilized in all 50 states
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