DBQ Scoring Guide for: ____________________ Total: ___/7 Grade: _____/5.0 Thesis 0 Points 1 Point Missing‚ poorly developed‚ or partially developed (simply restating the question) Sets up the argument AND addresses the targeted skill Thesis addresses all parts of the question Analysis of Evidence to Support Thesis/Argument 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Essay does not use the documents OR Essay simply describes or paraphrases the documents (“tells what” vs. “shows how”) Essay analyzes
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has been subjected to such attendance policies‚ Piper asserts that this practice is both unfair to students and ultimately detrimental to their overall learning. He outlines the logic professors use to justify attendance policies‚ but suggests counterarguments and alternative approaches to grading standards
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Natasha Mazzitelli November 30‚ 2014 210990570 Word Count: 1512 MODR1730 The Problem of the Grudge Informer: A Dialectical Essay Introduction Problem Lon Fuller’s The Problem of the Grudge Informer outlines quite a legal dilemma: are the acts of a past regime’s grudge informers deserving of prosecution? Fuller narrates a scenario regarding a central issue that is plaguing the administration of a recently overturned democratic state‚ previously ruled by an unethical regime
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there is a material world at all‚ and that we are not simply immaterial minds whose ideas create our perceptions? In this essay I will address skeptical questions such as these by comparing a simple skeptical argument with G. E. Moore’s famous counterargument. I will attempt to demonstrate that the skeptical argument is in fact the more reasonable by considering several flaws in Moore’s reasoning. II. Before looking at Moore’s argument‚ we must first consider the skeptical argument to which he is
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The importance of an authoritative source essentially creates a sense of credibility and strengthens the belief and persuasion of their argument. Grabenstine uses ethos in her argument to inform about the improvement and importance of women’s roles. This can be shown when she cites from‚ “... a report from the Womens Sports Foundation” (Grabenstein‚ 3). References to an established foundation creates a trustworthy and professional experience to the audience. Her intentions to include this specific
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Henry James Assignment Part 1: Paraphrase Lines 1-5: There is a point where one’s artistic ideas lie near to one’s moral sense. When creating a piece and that closeness is achieved‚ the piece becomes something of high quality. Lines 6 -10: No good book will ever come from one with a shallow imagination. As a fiction writer composes works‚ he will learn this and if he takes it to heart‚ his works will be of high quality. Lines 11-15: A critic believes that fiction pieces are generalized and
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The followers of a true god would therefore live longer‚ have fewer diseases‚ have lots more money‚ etc. There would be thousands of statistical markers surrounding the followers of a true god. God is not real but I still have to write a counterargument‚ without their being a greater being than humans I can understand why people would believe want to believe in such thing as a god. Another thing that draws most people to the belief in god is the heaven and hell concept. Who wouldn’t want to
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In Six Myths about the Good Life‚ Kupperman argues that it is wrong to keep believing that pleasure is the main factor in living the “good life”. Many people intertwine pleasure and happiness which is causing this belief that pleasure coincides with our optimal level in life. Two arguments that I found interesting was his argument on the dependence of pleasure on frustration and the inability of pleasure to increase. The first argument is that pleasure is too dependent on frustration (9). Simply
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clear‚ concise and well-organized with main ideas together in a logical order; directions‚ which need to be short‚ correct and easy to follow; persuasive writing‚ which is supposed to be reasonable‚ convincing and with both arguments and counterarguments. Then‚ based on the theory‚ groups discuss further on the extinguishing factors and writing tips for the five common writing styles: summaries‚ essays‚ answering questions on tests‚ dissertations and E-mails. After that‚ the teacher focuses
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The claim that is introduced needs more evidence and numbers to back it up. As the argument is currently presented‚ it dismantles itself. It states that "many lives may be saved" if individuals were inoculated against the disease but that there is only a "small possibility that a person will die as a result of the inoculations." A person viewing this with a critical eye‚ can immediately see that in this language‚ the amounts of lives saved by this inoculation will far outnumber the potential deaths
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