I find the Toulmin method helpful in explaining and breaking down what a good argument looks like. It’s a purely logical method of making a claim based upon opinion but using facts warrants and backing to support the initial claim. I’ve noticed this argument model being used in news channels‚ economic debates‚ and some medical fields. When I applied this to my chosen major of biomedical engineering‚ I noticed that the Toulmin method is used quite often in lower scale research projects. Regarding
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Josh Jones ENG 133-040 Mrs. Wagnon 26 February 2013 Harassing Illegals Legally? In the article‚ "Special Licenses for Immigrants Draw Protests in North Carolina‚" by David Zucchino‚ he tells a story of a fight over driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in North Carolina. The key issue with the license is that it has a pink stripe running across the top of the card‚ and a phrase saying "No Lawful Status‚" as well as a restriction on the back reiterating the same fact. Many people‚ including
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around 30% of the land coverage on Earth; however‚ we are losing enormous pieces of it daily. Not all of the deforestation is deliberate‚ yet there is an abundance of opportunities for people to contribute to the ending of deforestation. Using the Toulmin model for my research paper‚ I will prove the importance of raising awareness for the large-scale destruction of Earth’s forests. Raising awareness
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Running head: OBESITY 1 Obesity: A Critical Approach Student Name GEN 499 Instructor Annemarie Hamlin Date OBESITY 2 Obesity: A Critical Approach In today’s rapid-paced world‚ there are a countless number of ways to die that it almost seems freighting to go outside and function within any society; you could get hit by a car or be shot in a violent protest‚ but people fail to realize that one of the leading causes of preventable death in today’s society is obesity. As fat builds in the body‚ it
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Greg Last‚ a local doctor‚ shared the following story about obesity‚ “I’ve been a physician for nearly forty years but it wasn’t until just recent years I’ve seen staggering amounts of patients with chronic illnesses related to an inactive and overfed lifestyle‚” (Last). Here‚ in America obesity rates are on what seems to be an unstoppable incline. Recent statistics show that from 1980 to 2000 obesity rates more than doubled. It was then described as reaching epidemic proportions not much later
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One of America’s most popular controversies are about the child obesity rate; it grows more and more every year! This problem is associated with marketers selling their food products‚ more and more fattening snacks are filling front row shelves in stores. Clever food advertisements influence kids to buy their products‚ creating a pathway to an unhealthy life. Creative marketers’ food advertisements are one way to affect children’s health. This article states‚ “In a survey of 3‚342 youths aged
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Ann Vu 10-18-12 Period 3 Mr. Patton AN INSPIRATIONAL CHALLENGE Have you ever had a family member or maybe friends who you know that inspired you the most? Of all the family members and friends I knew the person I admire the most is my loving grandma‚ my mother’s mom. Her name is Vy Nguyen; she was born and raised in a poor family in Thanh Hoa‚ Vietnam. My grandma is truly an important role of my family. I’ve heard many stories told by my mom about the struggles and
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Patience Chinhondo Rhonda Davis English 291-009 09/12/14 The economic analysis of obesity I chose to evaluate a chapter of a book written by Dr Tahere Alavi Hojjat. The book is to be published in 2015. The title of the chapter I chose to evaluate is The Economic Analysis of Obesity. Dr Tahereh‚ a professor of Business at DeSales University‚ Pennsylvania. The author is credible because she holds a Ph.D in Economics. The chapter looks at the causes or major contributors to the increasing
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Epidemiological data surrounding Obesity HCA 415 Community & Public Health Argenia l. McCray Instructor: Adriane Niare June 1‚ 2015 Epidemiological data surrounding Obesity Many in the world today classify child obesity as a health hazard and there is an increased interest in the area with many researchers providing different opinions and arguments regarding the subject. This treatise will carry out an explicit analysis on the epidemiological data regarding obesity including the causes‚ risk factors
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1 Does obesity lead to poor school performance? Estimates from propensity score matching Hongyun Han Department of Sociology‚ University of Wisconsin-Madison March 26‚ 2012 ABSTRACT High body weight is negatively associated with test scores among elementary and middle school students. Are these negative outcomes due to preexisting differences‚ or are they a casual effect of childhood obesity? To better understand the causal mechanisms underlying this pattern‚ I use a propensity score matching
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