AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARGUMENTATIVE OR PERSUASIVE ESSAY The Assignment: You are to research and compose an argumentative or persuasive essay focusing on a controversial issue (you may not write on abortion‚ gun control‚ marijuana legalization‚ gay marriage‚ or creationism/evolution). Argumentative essays enlighten your readers to the rationale behind your position on a debatable issue. However‚ persuasive essays not only enlighten your readers to your position on an issue‚ but also attempt to coerce
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While writing the persuasive essay‚ I enjoyed the process as it was great to focus on a topic that I preferred. The topic I chose to write made it easier for me to write because child beauty pageants interest me and I felt that there should be more awareness towards this topic. As I was writing the essay‚ I liked how the persuasive essay allowed me to persuade the reader into my chosen view of point and to act upon child beauty pageants. Overall‚ it was easy to write the essay due to the chosen topic
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THE WRITING PROCESS – PERSUASIVE ESSAY Prompt: Do you think cell phones should be allowed in school? Compose an essay to persuade the school community of your opinion. STEP 1: ANALYZE THE PROMPT Role: myself as a student Planning: Audience: students‚ teachers‚ parents Format: 5-paragraph persuasive essay Topic: cell phones in school STEP 2: PLAN THE PAPER Topic: Three reasons why cell phones should be allowed in school: Reasons: 1- students stay connected with family and friends ________________________
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Dangers of Alcohol There are many dangers of using Alcohol‚ but there are only about 3 that stand out the most to me. The 3 dangers that get my attention are liver problems‚ bad judgment‚ and addiction. Although these may not be the deadliest dangers of alcohol‚ they are the deadliest to me. First off‚ the job of the liver is to remove toxins from the body. Alcohol is a type of toxin that the liver has to try and remove. The liver can only process so much alcohol‚ and any extra alcohol that is left
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Response to Essay Questions for Teaching Position in High-Needs School Instructions as stated on application: Answer each question in a short essay format (no more than 300 words); be sure to address all parts of each question. The answers to these questions are considered a critical part of your application. Please spend time crafting your answers and provide your responses to these application questions in the spaces below. (Be sure to identify each instruction‚ and frequently review to assure
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Abstract Alcohol consumption may be linked to syncopal events. The mechanism by which alcohol may induce syncope is not well understood. Impairment of the response to orthostatic stress may be involved. A growing body of medical evidence suggests that short-term alcohol consumption elicits hypotension during orthostatic stress because of impairment of vasoconstriction. These findings have implications for understanding of hemodynamic effects of alcohol and‚ in particular‚ for understanding
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Art History I‚ Response Essay The piece I have chosen for this Response Essay is a Hydria Offering (Funerary Water Pitcher) attributed to the Mound Painter; it is dated c. 340-330 BC. This particular piece is located at the British Museum in London. The material is ceramic and is one of the best examples of a funerary pitcher that would be placed in a tomb. The vessel is symmetrical and has a sense of purpose‚ to commemorate the death of the occupant of the tomb with the presenting of gifts
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Tracy Hall Professor Thompson ENGL 310 Reader Response Essay January 26‚ 2011 Why Aren’t Women Funny? In his Vanity Fair essay‚ “Why Women Aren’t Funny” (2007)‚ author Christopher Hitchens purports that women are not as funny as men because they don’t have to be; that men must be funny in order to attract women‚ but women don’t need to be humorous to be appealing to men because they are already alluring by simply being women. In the essay‚ Hitchens comes off as quite the chauvinist at
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English Composition I Persuasive Essay – Assignment 8-A Dear Editor‚ In a society with ever evolving technology comes new concerns. With the introduction of the cell phone and texting the risk to the driver has increased ten folds. The driver no longer just has to just worry about the inexperienced driver and the drunk driver‚ but now must be concerned with the new threat of distracted driver’s texting while operating motor vehicles. Texting while driving should be illegal as it poses many
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Response to: The Stranger The essay: “The Myth of Sisyphus” and the novel: The Stranger‚ both by Albert Camus‚ are conjoined with the similar theme of exploring existentialism‚ or finding the meaning/purpose of one’s life. The essay’s relevance to the novel is well established by Camus’ explanation of the concept of “the absurd” and how this philosophy governs the actions of all human action. Camus describes Sisyphus as the “absurd hero” in the essay‚ however this title seems transcendent to Meursault
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