English project Equivocation Equivocation ("to call by the same name") is classified as an informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words (words with multiple meanings). It is often confused with amphibology (amphiboly) (ambiguous sentences.); however‚ equivocation is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of a word and amphiboly is
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Let Me Live My Life‚ Privately “Why are you in my room?” a sixteen year old demanded of her mother. “Just cleaning up a bit” her mother responded‚ puzzled by the intensity in her daughters voice‚ “I can clean it myself‚ get out of my room‚ and stop invading my privacy!” “Leave me alone”‚ “get out of my room”‚ “just let me live my life”‚ these lines are commonly used by teenagers when arguing over the privacy aspect of their life with their parents. The majority of teenagers are constantly
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English 111-105 September 2013 The Night I Will Never Forget It was April 24‚ 2010; we all sat in a small waiting room at Baptist Hospital nervously and anxiously waiting for any news. The least bit of movement in the hallway would get our hearts racing and blood pumping. Most of us were still in shock from what had happened the previous night. We were still trying to convince ourselves that it wasn’t her in that car‚ that they had the wrong person. It had just been a birthday party she was
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Lots college students each year die in alcohol-related accidents both traffic crashes and other types of accidents. Students suffer injuries under the influence of alcohol. Not does Drinking cause accidents but also assaults and rapes. Alcohol interferes with academic performance too. About half of college students report academic consequences from their drinking‚ including missing class‚ falling behind‚ doing poorly on exams or papers‚ and receiving lower grades overall. Alcohol consumption poses
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The aim of this project is to find out: * What corporal punishment is? * Should corporal punishment be re-introduced to Rampur College? * The advantages associated with its re-introduction. * The disadvantages associated with its re-introduction. OBJECTIVES. This study will: * Document the definition of corporal punishment. * Identify the advantages and disadvantages of corporal punishment. * Examine the
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other gender. As a result‚ teenagers have sex activities for a try. One of the consequences they have to bear is pregnancy due to a lack of birth control methods. Teenage sex has become a serious problem‚ even though sex actually has consequences‚ both emotionally and physically. Unfortunately‚ most teenagers often do not think about sex seriously. As a matter of fact‚ teen pregnancy has recently increased in the United States because of early puberty‚ lack of the parents ’ care‚ and impact of drugs
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Friendship is very important in a teenager’s life‚ if you pick the wrong friends things can go downhill. In the story Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler‚ a boy named Donny went down a dark path that led to an even darker future. Donny was a teenage boy who abused drugs and alcohol with his friends which resulted into failing in school. Donny’s school recommended a tutor which wasn’t too good of an idea. Donny’s tutor was a big joke who did nothing‚ but lower his grades. The tutors house was just a place
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Teenage pregnancy is a major issue in the United States. Some people say that this is society’s fault. Although having sex and getting pregnant is due to personal choices and decisions‚ there are a few things society could do to prevent it. Excessive teenage pregnancy could be controlled with appropriate media‚ more readily available birth control‚ and people to set good examples for young women. Just flipping through the channels on a Saturday afternoon you can see all sorts of inappropriate media
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PREGNANCY OUTSIDE THE WOMB An auction for Marilyn Monroe’s plastic surgery notes‚ x-rays and other medical records was announced last October 7‚ 2013 in Los Angeles‚ USA. In one of her medical record‚ it is stated that the famous actress had ectopic pregnancy in the year 1957 (Reuter‚ 2013). Here in the Philippines‚ same pregnancy case was reported last December 2013 (Sun-Cua‚ 2013). Pregnancy starts in fertilization. In normal pregnancy‚ fertilization occurs when a woman’s ovary releases
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Smoking during Pregnancy Arsenic‚ rocket fuel‚ toilet cleaner‚ lighter fluid‚ and batteries; what if this were the newest baby food? American’s would be in outcry and rightly so. These ingredients are all poisonous‚ yet they aren’t just found in rat poison and household cleaners‚ they are found in cigarettes. Despite this 10% of women will smoke cigarettes regularly throughout their pregnancies even though they have full knowledge of the consequences (“Program”). The children of these mother’s
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