What do I need to know about ... Discursive Writing? What’s the point? Discursive wirting discusses the situation at hand. It presents an argument in a more balanced way than argumentative and persuasive writing and can appreciate the arguments both for and against a given position. Discursive writing does not argue for or against a point throughout the essay. After having assessed and evaluated all arguments‚ the writer generally states his/her opinion at the end. What are the conventions?
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strongest synthetic opiate painkillers available. In fact‚ the drug is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Due to its strength and effectiveness as a painkiller‚ nurses and physicians often use fentanyl to treat chronic pain‚ manage discomfort after surgery‚ and help patients who have developed a tolerance to other medications for pain. Additionally‚ fentanyl can be used to help cancer patients who experience breakthrough pain while taking another opioid painkiller. Fentanyl is available in
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main focus is to illustrate the positive outcomes of medical marijuana use. Medically‚ marijuana has been proven to relieve chronic pain which is partly the reason it is legal for medical use in some places. Alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ and prescription painkillers are just as un-safe to one’s health if not more-so than marijuana. There have been studies to prove that 100‚000 people die each year just from prescription medications alone and that is not including deaths resulting from alcohol. Cigarettes
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drugs are pain relievers‚ antihistamines‚ cough medicines. Pain relievers are medicines used to treat pain caused by any number of conditions. They can be used to treat headaches‚ joint pain‚ muscle cramps or minor injuries. Some examples of OTC painkillers are Anacin Tylenol and Excedrin. Generic versions of these brand-name medications can also be found. Some generic examples include aspirin‚ ibuprofen‚ and ketoprofen. Antihistamines are medications used to treat or prevent the symptoms of allergies
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Outline Literature Summary: “The Things They Carried”‚ published in 1990 tells a true story of Tim O’Brian‚ author and main character‚ who is drafted for the Vietnam war. He tells about the different items that him and his fellow soldiers carried with them to help cope with the traumatic environment that they were placed in. Thesis Statement: The Things They Carried is a perfect example that shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue as old as war‚ only recently have we discovered
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Pancreatitis Overview- The Pancreatitis is an elongated gland‚ situated in the upper part of the abdominal cavity‚ behind the stomach and below the liver. This small organ that belongs to both the digestive system to the endocrine system; the pancreas‚ in fact‚ is very important for the secretion of enzymes that help digest complex carbohydrates and lipids; also it produces the hormones insulin and glucagon‚ which regulate the level of glucose in the blood. Pancreatitis‚ which is the inflammation
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What is Polio Disease? This viral disease can affect nerves that can lead to serious paralysis (muscle function loss)‚ sometimes partial‚ or even complete. How is Polio Spread (Mode of Transmission)? Polio is a virus that spreads by the following: contact with infected feces‚ direct human-to-human contact‚ and contact with infected mucus or phlegm from the mouth or nose. What are the symptoms? The symptoms of Paralytic Poliomyelitis include: Fever (5-7 days before other symptoms)‚ abnormal
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if it became legal then fewer people would have to sneak around to get cannabis and therefore not get caught up in the underworld of drugs‚ and that would stop the lead on to harder drugs. Also cannabis can be used for medical purposes such as a painkiller‚ and to relieve the symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. I don’t believe that the use of drugs necessarily leads on to the use of harder drugs. The argument that the use of cannabis leads on to the use of harder drugs is called the
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James Larue WR 115 3-7-12 William Narrative Essay MORTORCYCLE ACCIDENT In the summer of June 2012‚ I really wanted to be adventurous and decided to get a motorcycle as an expression of free will. I enjoyed riding my motorcycle so much; I would ride it every day‚ as often as I could‚ everywhere I went. I had a Honda CBR 1100cc motorcycle for three months.
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Prof. Morty Yalovsky BUSA 100 April 16th‚ 2012 Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely: A Novel Analysis You are surfing the Internet when you come across an ad on the Economist.com: ‘SUBSCRIBE NOW!’ The first offer reads – an Internet subscription for $59. The second continues: ‘a print subscription for $125. And the final offer: ‘A print AND Internet subscription for $125.’ Which offer would you choose? Today’s market is based upon the idea that humans are rational and are capable of making
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