In the article “Anti-Intellectualism and the ‘Dumbing Down’ of America‚” Ray Williams draws attention to a very pressing and controversial idea‚ the anti-intellectual ignorance of modern American culture. Williams claims that Americans have developed a caustic standard of entitlement without representation. This political and social issue has only been worsened by the age of modern technology and social media. While less than 40% of Americans under the age of 44 have not read a book on their own
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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WRITING INTRODUCTION Today‚ when time becomes more valuable and people have less time in their daily conversation because there are full of tasks around them everyday‚ writing seems to be a useful tool to help people keep contact with each other or manage their time easier. Therefore‚ writing strategies have changed a lot to adapt with the modern writer. People need an appropriate writing which they
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Hidden Champions in China Pearl River Piano Group Pearl River Piano Group (PRPG) was established in 1956‚ and it now owns the largest piano factory in the world. PRPG’s factory‚ which produced approximately 83‚000 pianos around the globe in 2008‚ is located in Guangzhou‚ China. PRPG now exports to more than 80 countries all over the world. Now PRPG dominates the domestic market‚ has a market share of 13% in America and enjoys a high growth. By the beginning of the 1980s‚ PRPG had become
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the day‚ Luke gets cabin fever. Longing for contact with the outside world‚ he regularly watches the new neighborhood through vents in the attic walls. Doing so‚ he makes the surprising discovery that one of their neighbors appears to have a third‚ hidden child as well. One day‚ after weeks of careful observation and planning‚ he sneaks over to their house‚
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being social and athletic‚ rather than being intellectually adroit. Fridman develops his argument that America has anti-intellectual values by using the techniques of hyperbole‚ rhetorical questions‚ and logos. Fridman uses hyperboles to prove to the reader that the American population needs to change its view on intellectualism. In the first paragraph‚ Fridman writes‚ “There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only derogatory terms like nerd and geek..” (line 1-3)
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Is Brawn is Better than Brains?: A Response to ¨Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids¨ “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids” by Grant Penrod is an essay written by a college student from Arizona State University‚ who writes about his perspective on a particular high school ideal. His thesis explains the three reasons he believes society dislikes intellectuals. His first reasons are the social stereotypes that are present early in high school with physical activities and
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The analysis I made was based on Douglas McGray’s article “Lost in America”. You did a great job mentioning where the article can be found and giving a brief summary of the article at the beginning. It helps the reader understand the main points of the article. However‚ you started your introduction with “Douglas McGray‚ in Lost in America”‚ which is a very common attention-grabber. Unfortunately‚ because of its frequent usage‚ it becomes boring or less interesting to readers. You should try to start
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The Rhetorical Analysis Project gave us a good chance to learn and apply many skills. We did this project as a group me and my colleague Fahad. At the beginning point‚ we studied the concept of this project then we selected our two sources‚ it was an article and a chosen video. Fahad summarized the first source and I did the second one. After that we discussed and analyzed deeply both sources. Our analysis covers all aspects of these sources: rhetorical situation‚ strategies of arguments‚ rhetorical
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Paper Rubric Topical Analysis Paper 2: Application/Implications Student: NAME Instructor: NAME Course Number/Cohort Number and Course Name: CJS # Course Name Course Location: Location Assessment Parameter Assigned Value Percent Assessed Conceptual Development and Application of the Theories: The student should demonstrate the following competencies in the development of the Research Paper: (1) Knowledge‚ (2) Comprehension‚ (3) Application‚ (4) Analysis‚ (5) Synthesis‚ (6) Evaluation
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Sederra Ross Mrs. Wilson English Composition 105-06 23 September 2012 The Cult of Anti-Intellectualism Discussion Questions 1. Define the term “Cult of Victomology.” Then explain how it works as a factor in encouraging poor academic performance. “Cult of Victomology” is defined as the black Americans fixation upon remnants of racism and resolutely downplays all signs of its demise which becomes a keystone of cultural blackness to treat victimhood not as a problem to be solved but as an
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