Persuasive Essay Raquel Daniel COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing July 7‚ 2011 Cassundra Flemister-White Persuasive Essay Gangs Gangs are killing our upcoming generations. Gangs have always been around for many years and they are still growing. They are becoming more violent now because they are using more than just their body parts to beat up people. These gangs are killing and raping people. It used to be about colors and different language but now it is about something different
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What is good writing? You know it when you see it. It is not that hard to tell whether a piece of writing is good or bad‚ you just have to read it. And it is pretty important to be able to discern the difference‚ if you ask me. But things get more challenging if you have to explain why it is good. You might be called upon to write a report at school or you may fancy communicating your ideas online via a blog. And‚ of course‚ a well written CV with no spelling or grammatical mistakes is essential
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Your Message Can Wait! “BEEP‚ BEEP‚ BEEP!” A new message was delivered as you drive back home from school. Maybe from your crush trying to reach you to set up a date‚ or maybe a message from your mom asking you to turn off the oven when you get home. Whatever the occasion it might be‚ it is just very tempting to pick up your handheld device and reply back. So you do. OOPSS! You just fell into your own trap. The moment you picked up your phone‚ you immediately lost total focus of the road leading
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Technology; Is it getting too Involved in our Daily Lives? Over the past few years technology has advanced in so many ways. It has become a large part of different areas in people’s lives. Younger generations cannot function without help. Could too much use of technology harm people’s health‚ meanwhile‚ leaving a gap between generations? If you look around‚ technology is a large part of every aspect of our modern day life. There are computer controlled cars‚ planes‚ and houses. Most people need
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Sam Student Professor Bakehouse COM152 Topic: Sex offenders’ use of social media General Purpose: To persuade the audience that it is a problem there are no regulations against sex offenders using social media Specific Purpose: To convince the audience to participate in ways to protect our community from unregulated sex offenders using social media sites Thesis: In order to protect the community of Omaha‚ we must find ways protect ourselves from sex offenders on social media sites. I. Introduction
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The Pains of Writing It is sometimes difficult to articulate the things you want to say on paper. Lamott and Vetter are two professional writers who discuss the struggles of writing. Both writers agree that writing is a difficult process that will cause you agonizing pain. However‚ Lamott offers a solution to the pain whereas Vetter stays negative. Lamott and Vetter both use humor to discuss their own theories on the writing process. Vetter seems to think‚ “All you have to do is spend 40 to
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So gun control is a very hot topic right now in America‚ fellow gun control supporters may agree about how this great country of our needs to fix our problem with guns.There have been many mass shootingS and school shootings in the last year. Don’t people want to go to the movies and feel safe not like there’s a gunman standing right over there shoulder? S So let’s answer the question “do we really need guns”? In America there are to many guns‚ for example as of 2015 on policyalmanac.org there were
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The idea of your life for a life; the vast majority of our population is in favor of the death penalty. For thousands of years it has been used as a punishment for crimes. Through government for crimes against the State to churches for crimes against their religions‚ "Impositions of the death penalty is extraordinarily rare. Since 1967 there has been one execution for every 1600 murders or 0.06%. There have been approximately 560‚000 murders and 358 executions from 1967-1996." (UCR) As we continue
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Would you believe me if I told you that aliens exist‚ and have made contact with the life on Earth? Most people wouldn’t‚ however‚ the few that do have good reason to. Aside from the numerous UFO reports‚ there have been many people abducted and sent back to Earth. These people‚ abductees‚ have brought us information that no one could fake. The consistency in how they’d describe what happened is alarming‚ and I believe that what they say is truth. For years there have been reports of UFOs all over
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If I were to ask you to describe a homeless person‚ what’s the first picture that pops into your mind? Is it the scary looking man who sits on the corner every day? Is it the drug addict begging for money for his next fix? What about the family of four who has been couch hopping for the last year‚ while the mother went back to school and the father worked two jobs? Meanwhile‚ their kids are still going to school everyday in order to find that second chance that their parents are working so hard to
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