structured arguments such as a speech or a certain subject in democracy has brought about the nations patriotic proclamation to demonstrate a country of free speech and democracy. The Toulmin Argument was introduced by a man by the name of Stephen Toulmin a British philosopher who thought to research the idea and method that describes the way people make such convincing arguments. Toulims’ argument takes into account situations in which people have to deal with throughout their lives with words such
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The Claim: The nuclear power industry is lobbying for the US government to not pass negative legislation. The qualifier (the precedent): There is a long and well recorded history of interest groups in Washington lobbying for beneficial legislation to their interests. The Support: because a recent press release states that the biggest nuclear power lobbying firm has recently committed itself to make a $$$ donation over the next 5 years. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51367.html The
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MEMORANDUM To: DCCCD President and Board of Directors From: Adrieanne McClelon‚ student Date: July 16‚ 2013 Subject: Smoking should be banned on campus Introduction and Recommendation Second hand smoke affects approximately 126 million nonsmoking Americans per year. 72.2% of students‚ age 18-24‚ enrolled in a single campus are not smokers but are at risk of developing lung cancer and other diseases associated with smoking all because of the 24.8% of students who do. Recent studies
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1301 November 5‚ 2013 Argument Rough Draft Do minimum wage workers deserve a better paying wage? Perhaps a wage that they are believed to be able to live off of? Will raising the minimum wage help those it really intends to? With unemployment pushing 8% nationwide and costs rising‚ nationwide people are pushing for minimum wage to be increased. The minimum wage was established by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal in the 1930’s. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938‚ as stated by Jonathan
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September 2013 Most startups that raise money do it more than once. A typical trajectory might be (1) to get started with a few tens of thousands from something like Y Combinator or individual angels‚ then (2) raise a few hundred thousand to a few million to build the company‚ and then (3) once the company is clearly succeeding‚ raise one or more later rounds to accelerate growth. Reality can be messier. Some companies raise money twice in phase 2. Others skip phase 1 and go straight to phase
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greater resilience to stress and an overall satisfying and longer lifespan.http://www.happify.com/hd/10-reasons-to-think-like-an-optimist/ As a parent‚ you may mold your child into looking on the brighter side so they‚ too‚ can reap these benefits. Raise an optimist by helping your child drop pessimistic views‚ adopting positive practices for your whole family‚ and being a good role model. ==Steps== ===Challenging Pessimism=== #Investigate pessimistic behaviors. You might notice your child being especially
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Gay Marriages Subjective Claim Throughout history‚ a marriage has been a male and female exchanging vows‚ promising their lives to eachother. Never did anyone think‚ that gays had a right to get married‚ it was always considered a sin to be gay. Legal binding marriage between two homosexuals nowadays‚ whether it be a male and male or a female and female relationship‚ should not be legalized after following a long history of marriages. There are too many factors that need to be addressed when
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traditions that led to family instability. To begin with‚ one of the major problems that hindered the Chinese family is customs and rituals. On the other hand‚ some of these family traditions allowed the family to flourish as a group. In the movie Raise the Red Lantern‚ many types of customs and rituals were shown. For example‚ according to the master’s tradition‚ lanterns are lit outside the house of which the master chooses to join for the night. Each night the wives wait to be honored with his
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The case for reparation Introduction Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher who had devoted himself in the work of moral reasoning. Throughout his writing‚ he had sought to develop practical arguments that can be used in evaluating the ethics behind the moral issues. Toulmin model of argumentation has a diagram that contains six interrelated components that are considered when analyzing arguments. On the other hand‚ The Case for Reparation that has two hundred and fifty years of slavery‚ Jim
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Learning Team Toulmin Analysis Team A Contributors: Allison Cloutier‚ Christopher Etheridge‚ Genevieve Thompson‚ and Dionna Mark ENG/215 October 17‚ 2011 PHILIP SCHUNK Body Paragraphs Crichton makes the claim that environmentalism is becoming one of the most influential religions in the Western world. He presents the idea that environmentalists are religious fanatics who are making extreme predictions for the Earth’s future. Crichton does a minimal job at supporting
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