“Breaking Night” (Murray‚ 2010) At the age of 16‚ Liz Murray was homeless. Born to two parents who were both drug addicts in the 1980’s‚ Liz and her sister found themselves caring for one another. Living in the Bronx gave Liz the skills to steal. Shoplifting food for her and her sister were a necessity. Later she would discover that the self-help books she lifted and read would attribute to her success in the future. Liz was 15 when her mother told her she was HIV positive. Liz found herself
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The American Dream Fact or Fallacy The American Dream is something that many in this country have looked after as a goal that they wish to reach. Others‚ who have tried to reach it but couldn’t believe that it is something of the past which is no longer attainable‚ in my opinion the only thing that’s keeping these people from it is themselves. Unlike other countries we have numerous educational opportunities allowing almost anyone to raise themselves above where they started. Further‚ the
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April 20th‚ 2012 3rd AP Language and Composition Leggett Argumentation and Logical Fallacies Emotional Appeals Scare Tactics= Coercing a favorable response by preying upon an audience’s fears. Anti-drug commercial- This is your brain. These are drugs. This is your brain on drugs. (with the appropriate pictures. Either or choices= making an audience choose between one choice or the other. “Either you’’’ do this or I’ll leave you. Slippery Slope= A fallacy in which a course of action is objected
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In “The Composition Process: Review of the Literature”‚ Janet Emig uses research evidence to support her perspective on the writing process as unable to be researched scientifically. Using interviews and other data gathered from professional writers‚ Emig highlights the difficulty of narrowing writing processes down to the one superior method that students should learn in composition class. She points out specific errors in the data and accuses them of being “unsystematic”‚ self-contradicting‚ and
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Petitio Principii: (circular reasoning‚ circular argument‚ begging the question) in general‚ the fallacy of assuming as a premiss a statement which has the same meaning as the conclusion. A. The least convincing kind of petitio principii is the repetition of the same words in the same order in both premiss and conclusion.. Generally‚ such an argument would not be misleading and would only be given in unusual circumstances‚ e.g.‚ the speaker is very tired‚ talking to a child‚ or talking to a
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Stradlater’s composition is supposed to be about a room in a house that can be described. Holden decides to write about his dead brother’s baseball glove because he is deeply depressed about his death and has not come to terms with his grief over the loss of his brother. Allie’s glove‚ with the green writing on it‚ is symbolic of isolation. Allie felt separate from his teammates while playing baseball. Instead of paying attention to the game‚ he would write poetry on his glove while playing the outfield
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SECTION II Total time -1hr 15min Question 1 (Suggested time- 45 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Directions: The following prompt is based on the accompanying five sources. This question requires you to synthesize a variety of sources into a coherent‚ well-written essay. When you synthesize sources‚ you refer to them to develop your position and cite them accurately. Your argument should be central; the sources
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Fallacies of the Assault Weapons Ban Abstract Violent crime is a growing problem in our country. Politicians are always looking for new laws to impose on their people in order to combat the problem. Unfortunately‚ some of these laws are written by individuals who do not possess a thorough knowledge of the topic they are attempting to regulate. One example of these laws is the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that was in place from 1994-2004. This law made it illegal to produce or purchase a firearm
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My experiences in this six-week English Composition-I class have been challenging and rewarding‚ as well as educating and developing. As far as challenging‚ I have only been able to attend half of the classes and therefore have only learned half as much as I could have learned otherwise. Although extenuating circumstances have kept me from attending every class‚ it has been a pleasure sitting under the teaching of the course instructor. As far as rewarding‚ I have been able to gain knowledge‚ understanding
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The composition class here at Dubuque Senior High School allows students to improve their writing skills and teaches them self-dependence. It’s a great class which has improved my grammar skills but there are things that I would change about the course. First‚ I would change the in-class portion of the class. This class is very independent based and relies on students to do all the work themselves. Although for most students the time given during the day is a blessing and allows them to complete
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