would be no different than making an argument in class‚ just a bit more formal. Minutes later my confidence fleeted‚ leaving behind only a thought horrifying at the time – I just agreed to speak publicly. While I had no trouble with participating in any sorts of debates or discussions‚ even formal‚ the prospect of speaking to a larger crowd scared me. I was afraid that I would make a mistake in front of strangers‚ that I would omit a crucial point in an argument or misspell a word. Despite my fears
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Argument of Longer School Days Longer and shorter school days have been‚ since long ago‚ a controversial subject. Now‚ Michael Gove is trying to lengthen school days and shorten holidays‚ causing a row between kids and their parents. FOR Firstly‚ longer school days‚ would mean that parents‚ who have long work hours‚ will be able to maintain their personal and professional life well‚ due to the fact that they will not need to leave work early due to caring responsibilities
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John Doe 11/25/12 Causal Argument “I can purchase that now and pay for it later?”- (The rising effects of credit cards causing more and more student debt) The cycle always seem to begin when you are least expecting it‚ I know that’s how it started for me. I was browsing in my favorite store H&M not planning on buying anything when I came across a pair of pants plus shoes that were on sale for 25% off‚ I could not leave the store without purchasing these items. Once I made my way to
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Causal Argument: Video games may make children fat. Children have been gaining weight excessively over the last 20 years. In 1980 6.5% of the children aged 6 to 11 were obese‚ but by 1994 that number had climbed to 11.3%. Currently over 30% of children are overweight‚ while 17% are considered obese (Parker-Pope‚ 2008). What has caused this epidemic like increase in child obesity? There are many proposed causes that have been linked to child obesity. However‚ if we examine children’s lifestyles
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Analysis of Visual Argument The site visithoustontexas.com is a website designed to attract and convince tourists to visit the city of Houston‚ Texas and to provide information about current events‚ activities‚ and places to go while visiting the city as well as hotels and restaurants. The website includes a considerable amount of images of these places and events and each of these images are accompanied by a small descriptive text which‚ if followed‚ it will redirect to a section of the webpage
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Arguments on Utilitarianism Which is more valuable: a game of push-pin or the study of Latin? Which has greater worth: the life of a single young girl or the lives of an entire community? These are the sorts of questions raised when dealing with the matter of utilitarianism. According to Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of the theory‚ the ultimate moral goal of human beings should be to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. To maximize the amount of time spent in content‚ and minimize the times of
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Amani Sanders Moore Eng111 April 28‚ 2017 Argument Synthesis Walking through the mall you see plenty of heads down‚ hands to ears‚ and even sometimes earbuds and or headphones. Today technology and modern day entertainment are hiding the importance of communication. Texting is one of the main reasons we don’t communicate with our teenagers‚ texting degrades the value of a conversations killing emotion or feelings. “Technology negatively affects us by perpetuating the mindset of immediate satisfaction
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Recognizing Deceptive Arguments Exercise Carol L. Gaskins HSM/210 March 16‚ 2012 Professor Constance Reiss Harvey Recognizing Deceptive Arguments Exercise 1. The Supreme Court has a greater obligation to protect the rights of victims rather than those of criminals. Answer: b (categorical statements) 2. It is clear to every intelligent person that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ protection against cruel and unusual punishment‚ does not bar the use of victim impact
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among other things‚ how a dominant class wins free consent of a subordinate class. Using his analysis‚ write an essay on how patriarchy might establish hegemony. Use no more than two religious traditions to provide concrete illustrations of your argument. In order to understand Gramsci and the concept of hegemony‚ one has to look briefly at the work of Karl Marx. Marxism viewed everything in life as determined by capital. (Williams‚ R. 1977) The flow of money affects our relations with other
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Collin Brozek Scott Harber Comp. I April 14th‚ 2013 Argument Essay There are a plethora of reasons why pop and soft-drinks are bad for personal health as well as the environment. Never the less there have been an increase of obesity cases and children with diabetes caused solely by the consumption of sugar filled beverages. The consumption of soft-drinks and other carbonated beverages have multiple negative effects‚ and I want to briefly cover ten or so reason as to why soda is hazardous to
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