Persuasive Essay w/o Visual Prompt: For this assignment‚ you are required to write an argumentative/persuasive essay. Topic: Think about something that is wrong (as you see it) in America or another country (i.e. your native country). Whatever you choose to write about‚ you have to make sure that you offer solutions to the problem. This is not a definition essay where you will just define and explain your problem; you have to argue (persuasively) why the problem exists and how the problem
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Evan Bennett November 4‚ 2010 Persuasive Essay Gay discrimination is a major problem that affects individuals all across the country. The Defense of Marriage Act needs to be repealed. First‚ the Defense against Marriage Act will be explained and then why it needs to be repealed‚ then the effects the law has on society. The federal government needs to give same sex couples the same health benefits that heterosexual couples receive. Currently‚ the government offers employees benefits such as health
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Persuasive Essay It seems like in this generation‚ that students in schools aren’t doing as well as the previous generations. Students seemed to be fiddling with more of technology‚ sports and other subjects that does not relate to academics. Where in the past generations‚ kids received better grades and had greater work because of the ‘easy’ educational system. Although now that more and more work is given to the students by the teachers‚ some of the results are not satisfactory enough. Though
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The Decriminalization of Marijuana Today it is not uncommon to be watching television and come across an advertisement promoting the use of alcohol and cigarettes. Both substances are detrimental to your health‚ and have no medical value yet both are legal to anyone of age. To a Cancer or AIDS patients seeking relief from marijuana‚ these commercials must be difficult to bear. Peter McWilliams stated‚ "Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science‚ and our leaders have lied
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politically unacceptable‚ or a threat to security.” Censorship is shown through our society through book banning‚ parental advisory‚ and the V-Chip. Without certain books in our society‚ we would not know the history of our world. Books in our society should never be banned because of the knowledge we gain from them and the impact they have on the world. There may be some cases where book banning is necessary due to violence or the tone of the text. “The Jefferson School District was contemplating
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weren’t dressing so provocatively. There is a big discussion between the students and the schools about the dress code and what they are going to do about it. Should dress codes stay or be removed completely? Schools been debating this topic for years‚ and many students have strong opinions when it comes to the school dress code and why it should be taken away. Girls and boys all over America say that the dress code is sexist‚ claiming that the dress code makes them think that hiding their body is more
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sleepy and tired‚ and you can’t concentrate so much. This has been part of your daily routine for years. We all know that waking up early in the morning is one of your battles‚ especially if you had slept late the night before. Today I will tell you why starting school later is beneficial for teenage brain development. Do you think it’s easy to sleep late at night and wake up really
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Marijuana laws waste billions of taxpayer dollars to lock up non-violent americans. [1 in 3 adult americans have tried marijuana] and [federal marijuana laws can arrest or imprison everyone one of them just for simple possession.] [These laws are unfair and abuse our criminal justice system.] [Prosecuting and jailing these Americans wastes valuable resources better spent keeping violent criminals off our streets.] As it is‚ [hundreds of thousands of citizens have already been imprisoned - many of
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Thousands and thousands of years ago a plant called ‘marijuana’ was discovered. The plant quickly became popular for its abundance of benefits towards medical issues and even mental issues such as ADD. When marijuana is consumed it stimulates the brain and does a variety of things that can cause things such as drowsiness all the way to experiencing hallucinations. Although many people are for the legalization of marijuana and feel that it should be open to all people‚ there will always be a crowd
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Running Head: PERSUASIVE ESSAY Transportation is Becoming Expensive Jessica Uribe University of Phoenix Phillip Partridge Essentials of College Writing comm/215 April 4‚ 2007 Transportation is Becoming Expensive As everyone knows‚ gas prices seem to be going up and down every week now a day. Gas prices also vary from gas station to gas station which causes us to look for the gas station with the lowest prices. The question is: Is it really worth driving around to the gas station with
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