Adriannah Baker Professor Washburn English 101- College Writing 19 October 2014 Addiction in the Homeland When Deborah Sontag wrote the article “Heroin’s Small-Town Toll‚ and a Mother’s Pain” it wasn’t to scare or frighten the public. What she wrote were facts and intimate details of a family’s pain and heartache over what happened to the person they loved who had an addiction she couldn’t beat. Deborah wrote this article with the intention of letting everyone know that heroin is a very serious
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Introduction. Happ‚ C.‚ Melzer‚ A.‚ & Steffgen‚ G. (2013). Superman vs. BAD Man? The Effects of Empathy and Game Character in Violent Video Games. Cyberpsychology. Behavior and Social Networking‚ 16(10) . Video games has become a big part of a child’s everyday life‚ and a very common hobby. As the demand for video games increase‚ so does the violence depicted in them. Children being exposed to virtual reality violence every day could possibly change a child’s empathy levels‚ especially by the type
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Rhetorical Analysis Throughout this opinionated editorial‚ the author tries to convince her audience that same sex marriage should not be legalized. She hopes to appeal to the readers of the Wall Street Journal by the use of facts‚ rhetorical appeals‚ and religious accusations. The author begins right away by appealing to pathos in the first paragraph. She does so by mentioning the traditional values of marriage. She talks about the sanctity of marriage and how it is traditionally defined as
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Kipland Phillip Kinkel Rhetorical Analysis Kipland Kinkel was a fifteen years old boy who was convicted for the possession of fire-arms‚ twenty- six attempted murders‚ and four murders‚ which included his mother‚ father‚ and fellow classmates. The defendant was sentenced to 111 years and eight months in jail. The Court of Appeals’ denied the appeal of the first sentence because the sentence was proven fair. The court document is successful in justifying the decisions to deny the appeal with use
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Rhetorical Analysis Prejudice is an issue that has been around for hundreds of years. It has become a part of natural human behavior. Two sides divide prejudice at the present: one fighting to eradicate prejudice and the other in defending it and claiming it can be socially productive. Most people choose the side of eradicating prejudice from society‚ but Jonathan Rauch has chosen the side with less support. In his article‚ In Defense of Prejudice: Why Incendiary Speech Must Be Protected‚ he
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are some of the important rhetorical methods that many authors use to portray their ideas. In “A Piece of Chalk” (1905)‚ G.K. Chesterton demonstrates his adept writing ability in using those methods as a means of appeal to convey that everything is beautiful and valuable in its own way. His piece of writing not only exemplifies the use of contradiction‚ humor‚ analogy and metaphor‚ but also succeeds in using relevant support and evidence. Initially‚ the first rhetorical technique that Chesterton
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Rhetorical Analysis on “Here’s Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense” In ‘Here’s Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense’‚ Alex Newhouse‚ a lawyer who resides in the area of Sunnyside‚ Washington addresses the controversial issue of the legalization of cannabis. The sole purpose of Newhouse’s article is to persuade readers and voters that marijuana should be legalized. Throughout his article‚ Newhouse focuses on the use of ethos and logos‚ while also slightly focusing on the use of pathos‚ to help persuade
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Chris Porter ENG 105-14 January 29‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis Spandex is No Good! In the essay‚ “What You Eat is Your Business”‚ Radley Balko writes to tell his audience about how the government is trying to control people’s health and eating habits by restricting food‚ taxing high calorie food‚ and considering menu labeling. Balko includes in his essay that government restricting diets and having socialist insurance is not helping the obesity problem‚ but it is only making it worse
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“Waiting for Superman” An Analysis of Thinking Critically Executive Summary The public school system in America has failed many people in our society. The money given to support education is at an all-time high. Many bad teachers are protected by powerful unions and these bad teachers could care less about low test scores. Students could accomplish anything‚ but instead bad teachers are causing many students to drop out. Lower test scores could be replaced with high test scores if bad
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The rhetorical device Antony took hold of throughout his persuasive argument is verbal irony. The use of verbal irony in his speech is so strong that it borders on sarcasm. "Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears/I come to bury Ceasar‚ not to praise him." (3.2.81-82) says Antony when introducing himself to the crowd. The use of verbal irony is exemplified in this quote with the use of “Friend” He addresses the plebeians as "Friends" with the purpose of persuading them into believing that
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