3. Write supporting paragraphs in descending order of importance. Each paragraph should illustrate a single argument. 4. Explain the counterarguments to your essay’s thesis. Explain their beliefs and reasoning as completely as possible. Don’t artificially weaken your opponent’s arguments; your essay will be stronger if you represent the counterarguments fairly. 5. Explain why you reject the opponent’s arguments. Your reasons might be moral‚ practical or logical. You may start with a concession
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You come late. When you arrive‚ others have long preceded you‚ and they are engaged in a heated discussion‚ a discussion too heated for them to pause and tell you exactly what it is about. You listen for a while‚ until you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument then you put in your oar. Someone answers‚ you answer him another comes to your defense another aligns himself against you. The hour grows late‚ you must depart. And you do depart‚ with the discussion still vigorously in
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In the story Flowers for Algernon‚ The main character Charlie has gotten smarter from beginning to the middle of the story‚ but has he kept this intelligence to the very end? The answer is yes‚ but is this a happy ending or a tragic ending‚ and that answer is tragic. The first reason the story is tragic is because of him loosing his memory rapidly. At the end‚ he has lost most of his intelligence and memory‚ and almost is as unintelligent as the beggining. In the beginning‚ he has
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addressers arguments and counterarguments is when she talks about the point of the two sexes "mixing together." Sanger talksabout the point that opponents to birth control are the same people that were opposed to women working outside the home and mixing with the opposite sex. Margaret Sanger does an excellent job of pointing out that these same people have no objection to women meeting with members of the opposite sex to attend church. What Sanger accomplishes with this counterargument is that she shows
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The Impact of Niccolò Machiavelli “It is much safer to be feared than loved.” This quotation is an example of the tough and practical political commentary of Niccolò Machiavelli— philosopher‚ statesman‚ and patriot. The son of a poor lawyer‚ Niccolò spent many hours educating himself in his father’s library. In 1498‚ he began a political career in Florence‚ Italy that would lead him to write one of the most important books in history—The The Prince (1513). Machiavelli was not a great artist or religious
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INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: How many of you are able to name the number of feet in a furlong? [rhetorical question] (“Furlong”‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). Or can you name the number of fluid ounces in a gill? [rhetorical question] (“Gill”‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). Both of these units are measures of the customary system that the United States supposedly uses for its daily activities. Background information: The United States of America has been using the customary system since the 1800s‚ even
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| Rhetorical Analysis | Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like | DevryEngl112 Week 3 | Ming Shi Rong | 9/14/2011 | The argument of this TV commercial is that the overall quality of life for men will improve if they use Old Spice deodorant. The audience includes women that are in a relationship with a man and is concerned about the way their significant other smells. The goal of this advertisement is to get women to buy Old Spice deodorant for their significant other. The commercial
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Stanley’s seeking refuge from the harsh world. The character Blanche Dubois could be interpreted into a victim in many ways‚ throughout this essay I will show how she is a victim and the counterarguments to show whether or not she is a victim. As I have found for each argument there is also a specific counterargument. Arguably the most important question to ask whether Blanche is a victim is her surprise arrival in New Orleans. We see this in Stella’s startled screams “Blanche!” Also Blanche’s rapturous
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dictatorship still that is trying to do the necessary means to prevent the state from actually failing. When a state is unable to provide basic services or is only able to provide them at a low level that is when it starts failing. For a second counterargument‚ Rotberg has also stated that when a state is on the verge of failure or has failed it is because the nation state controls the capital city and it cannot project power. With that being said‚ he believes that if the state does not have a monopoly
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Issue: The issue‚ in this case‚ is whether color discrimination was affected by light- skinned and dark-skinned people of the same race. Rule: According to (Moran‚ 2014)‚ color discrimination‚ is based on shade‚ complexion or pigmentation such as dark or light skinned individual. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act‚ it is illegal to discriminate of color at the same ethnic group and as well as dissimilar complexions (Moran‚ 2014). Analysis: In this case analysis the facts point out that Walker
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