Throughout the article “Unnatural Selections” written by Barry Schwartz‚ the author uses several different persuasive writing strategies‚ such as using supporting evidence‚ logical reasoning‚ and persuasive elements to try to make the reader aware of different default options. The author makes several claims throughout his article and then uses proven facts to support them. On page 10‚ he claims that more than 90% of Europeans are organ donors. He then explains “The reverse is true in Europe‚ where
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In “The Sanctuary Of School‚” the author‚ Lynda Barry narrate her history how she grew up been depressed in a unstable family and a broken home affected economically‚ with parents that might not realize if they ever were gone. She and her brother were invisible due to the lack of love and appreciation at their own home. They were neglected in many ways that if they were to snick out of home at night no body would even notice them‚ as if they were worthless that not even their own parents would even
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By Barry Peterson Last time you lost a game you didn’t die did you‚ didn’t think so. The Mayans weren’t so lucky they would be sacrificed if they lost a game. The Mayans made a game to represent the “battle of light and dark (day and night)”. The game would be played with two teams each with two or three players and they would try to get a rubber ball through a twenty-seven foot high hoop that goes horizontal. They would play this game using only their hips that were thankfully padded. When
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In the essay‚ A Literature of Place‚ Barry Lopez addresses the topic of geography. He claims that human imagination is shaped by the architectures it encounters at an early age. Lopez claims that our imagination is shaped by what is around us and what we grew up around. Lopez grew up in the California Valley‚ close to the Pacific Ocean. He stated in his essay that he can close his eyes and imagine the ocean being there and smelling blossoms on orange trees. Lopez also said that you should form a
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“Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression‚ The Great Recession‚ and the Uses-and Misuses of History” by Barry Eichengreen is an analytical book that compares and analyzes the two biggest financial crisis in history; the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The author is one of the few people that has gone to such great lengths to both explained and speculated as to why things happened the way they did during the two crisis and how society learned from most of their mistakes during the Great Depression
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The poem “Pass/Fail” by Linda Pastan addresses exam anxiety. In the poem the author talks about examination dreams. These dreams are a reflection on the individual’s lack of confidence and incapability to advance to the next stage in life. In the dreams no matter what a person do‚ the answer is always wrong and he or she is guaranteed to fail in the dream. In real life‚ one either pass an exam or fail it. If one fails‚ they can often retake the exam and pass it. However‚ no matter what a person do
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18 December 2013 A Critique of Linda Prine’s “Abortion is not a bad thing” In her article “Abortion is not a bad thing”‚ published on June 24‚ 2013‚ the family medicine practitioner and the founder of the Reproductive Health Access Project medical director Dr. Linda Prinehighly defend and stick to the issue that abortion itself as an experience can be positive however our culture fails to praise the women rights in taking life-term decision and demonizes women instead for having an abortion. She
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In the world of modern technology‚ filled with the internet‚ it is very easy for a person to manipulate their true character. These days it seems far too difficult to meet someone who truly expresses who they are in person. After moving to Yorba Linda in the seventh grade‚ I experienced this problem. School was about to start soon and after just moving in the area I didn’t have anyone to talk to‚ I was lonely. I didn’t know what to do. And even worse‚ I was extremely shy. As the first day of school
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Teddy (Taotao Zhang) Professor Margaret Poncin WRD 103x-401 9th Sep. 2012 Reading Response (P91; P92) In the first article “writing for an Audience”‚ Linda Flower told us about the meaning and goal of writing. Also‚ flower analyzes the audience’s thought that give some examples to told us how to write a good article. She divided the important point that how to write a good essay into 3 parts. First is knowledge that shows the knowledge and good ideas to audience in your essay. Second are attitudes
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Ajeemah and his Son written by James Barry. This story shows how how a father and son seperated during the slave trade change both their views and attitude in life. The story first begins as ‚Ajeemah a very successful African man‚ is walking with his oldest son atu to his wedding day. This was ‚at the moment‚ their happiest point in their lives.”Ajeemah didn’t look at his‚but both had a faint smile”.But it would destroyed in seconds by two slave hunters. After being captured and shipped to jamaica
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