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Examples Of Argumentative Essay
Argumentative essay presents a point of view about something and explains the reasons in order to
win readers' agreement. It is built around a specific statement (or main premise) that is debatable
within the field in which students are studying. In other words, at the center of an argumentative
essay is a statement with which readers may disagree. The argumentative essay will need to support
that statement in a manner that convinces the readers of its truth. It mainly strives to convince the
reader of the writer's point of view, using reasonable and ethical methods .The process of argument
composition varies from writer to writer, most writers follow these three stages: forming an
argument, which can consist of discovering a motive for writing and identifying an audience to
address, discovering and sharpening a position, and developing an appropriate style; supporting the
argument; and reviewing the argument, which can include considering the image projected by
argument, making substantial additions or deletions to a first draft, and adding an introduction and
conclusion (Cheng and Chen 2009, Day,1997, Liu,2005,Mayberry,2009).
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The first feature is superstructure which refers to the organizational plan of any text and the linear
progression of the text. The second feature is the quality of logical reasoning which is assessed by
analyzing the interrelationships of writers' assertions and the associated support or data provided to
substantiate those claims. The third feature is identified as persuasive appeal, including affective
appeal and establishment of writer credibility. Finally, she notes that audience awareness is an
important characteristic of successful argumentative writing. The writer must observe an awareness
of the reader's perspective by dealing implicitly or explicitly with possible
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Argumentative Writing Rough Draft
Outline, planning, revising, rough and final draft, grading. This is the typical process for writing an
essay, I however as a young high school student never followed this. I started with an idea in my
head and go on from there. I never considered a need to plan and prepare an outline, just to write a
rough draft that I would have to revise, draft, and draft again. It would just be easier to start writing
the final draft first right? No. This class has taught me many strategies on how to accustom my
writing to a college level. Over the semester in this class I have grown, learned how to effectively
draft, and experienced argumentative writing first hand.
I, over the semester, have grown in both literacy and critical thinking. A direct comment from Mr.
Gish on the first essay I wrote for the class was "Nice reading!" to this sentence in the essay "This
continues to show that people in poverty aren't charity cases, but rather they are human beings.".
This comment, along with others, shows me that I am capable to effectively write in one of the
worst essays that I have written. The reason for this growth was the support of both my friends and
family. My father would help me with grammatical errors and final revision decisions in some
essays. This growth happened slowly with a lot of effort put towards it. An example from my first
essay is "First and foremost, Gordon Park's imagery throughout his composition." this is the topic
sentence to a short paragraph in the beginning of
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Argumentative Essay About Family
When I hear the word family, I think of people who are are blood related, the people you live with,
and the people you see all the time. They provide for you and embarrass you. People are also family,
even if they aren't blood related, but are there for you no matter what and they mean everything to
you. Family is always by your side when you need them. People hear family and think about
parents, I hear family and think about my parents, aunts, cousins, friends, and my karate family.
They are all so important to me and I don't know what I would do without them. On the other hand,
Romeo and Juliet displayed family in an interesting way. When Juliet said she didn't want to marry
Paris, her mother said she would disown her if she didn't do
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Loyalty is sticking with the people who have hurt you or lost your trust. It's having someone's back
even though they might've stabbed you in yours. When you have loyalty, you don't leave someone
just because they said something mean about you or you heard something from someone else. They
might have hurt you, or you might've gotten into an argument, but at the end of the day you will
always be best friends. When you have loyalty is doesn't matter what they said or what they did, you
love them anyway. Similarly, how Romeo and Juliet get married behind their parents' backs. Also,
how when Romeo thought that Juliet was dead, he went and got a poison and killed himself.
Another example is when Tybalt kept his loyalty to the Capulet family by killing Mercutio
.
When I hear the word trust I think of friends. You have to have a lot of trust in your friends and they
need to be able to trust you. I have a huge amount of trust in my best friend, I tell her everything.
There are some people who say that you can trust them, but then it turns out that you can't and
they've told everyone your secret. I think that trust is confiding in a person or people that you know
if you say, "don't tell anyone," they won't tell anyone. For instance, in Romeo and Juliet, Friar
Laurence kept Romeo and Juliet's trust by not telling anyone about their marriage
. I think that
Romeo and Juliet trusted each other enough
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The Art of Argumentation
The art of argumentation has become very complex and multi–dimensional in a sense of the many
didn't ways you can approach it. Argumentation is communicative reason in situations where people
sole purpose is to prove something through justified acts, beliefs, attitudes, and values.
Argumentation is said to mainly rely on good reason and, that is the audience base to agree or
degree with the agreement. In any situation every audience is different so therefore good reason can
be impacted by culture, which let leaves the decision making to argumentation. Argumentation has
become a part of ones everyday life, no matter the culture or the location. An argument can be made
in a small or big way; it simple just depends on the situation. If 20 year old Tommy calls his mom
and tells her that everyone in the world is going to be at the Adam Levine concert and if he misses
the concert it will be the end of his social life. Tommy made an argument to his mother whether he
was trying to or not. Debate is a big part of argumentation because it all about persuading and
convincing the audience to understand or agree with whoever may be speaking. The process of
inquiry and advocacy is debate. Debate requires two completive sides in an engaging head to head
clash of support for or against a specific proposition. In this paper four to five different fallacies will
be discussed, defined and shown how they co–exist in real life situations as well as in debates. The
fallacies that will be
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Argumentative Essay On Stereotyping
Racial Stereotypes As a little girl, I was ashamed to be Indian. This was due to all the negative
stereotypes surrounding my race. In my childhood, I heard people say Indians were smelly, stingy,
and stuck up (alliteration). In fear of being teased and misjudged, I tried to be as "normal" as
possible to make everyone forget that I was Indian (pathos). As I grew older, I learned to be proud of
who I am, but disregarding stereotypes is still a challenge. I am sure everyone in this room has been
affected by racial stereotypes before and believe me, I know what you are going through (ethos).
You may think that only bigoted and prejudiced people used stereotypes, however, recent studies
have shown that everyone categorizes people on a daily basis without even realizing it. Most people
think stereotypes are just jokes, yet research proves that stereotypes have serious negative effects.
People should stop stereotyping because stereotypes cause "
stereotype threats", create social
division, and lead to racism (parallelism). The first effect of stereotyping is a phenomenon known as
"stereotype threat" that occurs in a situation where a person is in fear of unintentionally confirming a
negative stereotype. Several studies have been conducted to discover the effects of stereotype
threats. For example, I discovered that Toni Schmader, an assistant professor of the UA psychology
department, and Michael Johns, a UA graduate (ethos), conducted studies that showed, "college
women score lower on tests of mathematical ability, and Hispanic students might score lower on
tests of intelligence, not because they have less ability, but because reminders of negative
stereotypes temporarily decrease their 'working memory capacity' (UA News Services, "Exploring
the Negative Consequences of Stereotyping", UANews.Arizona.edu)." This demonstrates that the
students did not do worse on the test due to their lack of skills, but rather due to negative
stereotypes. In a similar study by professors Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson, African American
and White college students took the same intelligence test under two conditions. In the stereotype
threat condition the students were told the test would evaluate their intelligence, and in the
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Examples Of Discursive Essay
Discursive Essay Basics
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Introduce the topic. Give some background about the situation in your country/area. Then mention
the possible reasons for the situation.
Crime is one of the most important issues ...
In the last few years, crime has been going up/down.
The most common crimes are ...
The most worrying trend is the increase in ...
One of the reasons for this is possibly the fact that unemployment has risen ...
Another reason is that...
Note: if you are 'for' something, put the arguments 'against' first. If you are 'against' something, put
the arguments 'for' first.
Paragraph 2: A list of arguments 'for7
Express the attitudes and reasons to support this point of view. Provide examples and facts where
possible. (see Style below)
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Provide examples and facts where possible. (see Style below)
Paragraph 4: Conclusion
Finally, give your own personal opinion about the topic.
In my opinion. ... /All things considered. I believe that...
Style
In a discursive essay it is important to list the points of view of both sides of an argument as
objectively as possible. Only in the conclusion can you express your own point of view. Notice the
use of report structures (e.g. feel that), passives and formal linkers (e.g. moreover, furthermore) in
the sentences below.
Listing arguments:
Many people feel that harder sentences should be brought back.
The American system of 'three strikes and out' has supporters in Britain.
Moreover, some people say that conditions in prisons are too soft.
There are arguments for the restoration of the death penalty.
The wishes of victims' family and friends possibly need to be taken into account.
There are arguments against harder sentences and capital punishment
One of the arguments against longer prison sentence is that the prisons are already full.
Other people disagree and think that prisons should reform
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Argumentative Essay On Social Media Addiction
Social Media has become a plague in our world today, it's like a disease that is spread around very
quickly, and super–fast. For example, some old family members of mine, who I would have never
expected to use social media are now using it, and they have become very good at using it, their
black belts of social media if you will. They heard young people talking about it, so it made them
wonder "if teenagers are excited about this whole new trend might as well give it a shot, and see
how well we do with it ourselves." But what they don't know is that social media is good for us for
some good reason like keeping up with far relatives, keeping up with the news, and what's going
around the world but once you start using it for other non–good
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Facebook jealousy is bad, for that it causes so many problems and arguments with your partner
which in term can lead us to even consider cheating.
Cheating is another negative implication from using too much Facebook. By using Facebook in a
unhealthy matter it increases the chance of someone cheating, it definitely increases the odds of a
couple to cheat on each other, because Facebook has a private message feature allowing anybody to
send a message where just the two people are the only ones that can read and see the messages. To
some extent if the person doesn't want their partner to find out they're cheating, they will even create
a fake profile to reach out to the person. A great example of this is one of my uncles actually cheated
on his girlfriend using the same tactic I talked about. He used the private message feature which
allowed him to keep his affair a secret from his girlfriend. While his girlfriend thought he was at
work, he was actually cheating on another girl.
Low–self–esteem is another negative implication, that can happen to us for using Facebook for such
a long time! By using Facebook too much our self–esteem will drop, because we'll always be
thinking about what other's think about our profile, posts, updates, and also being concerned about
having the perfect life, and getting likes. There are so many great examples of this, but one that
always comes to mind is the tv–show Catfish. Mostly all of the time the person
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Argumentative Essay On Climate Change
Climate change can be traced down to since the mid–1800s, when the industrial revolution first
started taking place all around the world. Lives of human and animal species have been negatively
affected since then, with events such as natural disasters, the melting of ice in polar regions, and
change in weather and living conditions. Climate change in polar regions, in particular, has faced the
most damage compared to any other region because of its location in regard to the sun. Climate
change holds many different views and opinions about the effects, and even the existence itself, but
evidence is clear and unmistakable in global ramifications and local impact in polar regions.
"...Climate change [is] the 'greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people'", skeptics like
Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma like to say. Climate change is change in climate patterns due to an
increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by certain human activity.
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, data taken by satellite has shown that the
Arctic cover has decreased by 30% over the past 30 years, and this change, which also include
change in sea ice and permafrost, in artic weather and climate is caused by humans. Although
numerous scientists have confirmed the legitimacy of climate change, there are different views on
whether climate change is real or not. Government officials like Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma or
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida have explicitly stated that they do not believe climate change is
neither real, nor caused by humans (Tom McCarthy, 2014). On the other hand, mainstream media
and other media outlets, such as The Independent and The Economist, have reported their findings
of climate change and its legitimacy. The Independent (Conner, S. 2011) reported that records of
these changes were taken by military submarines, land measurements, and satellite data to prove ice
in polar regions are melting faster and faster. Satellites have tracked sea ice since the 1970s and by
nuclear submarines since the Cold War,
according to Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University and it was predicted that by September 2015,
there would be no more sea ice. (Conner, S. 2011). Luckily, sea ice has not
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Argumentative Essay On Sexual Abuse
Imagine being robbed of your innocence in a matter of seconds. Imagine not being able to speak out
due to threats and fear of seeking help and not being taken seriously. Troubling, is it not? Sexual
abuse has always been a problem in society that can affect anyone. Sexual abuse brings along many
negative outcomes; however, throughout the years, sexual abuse has been a factor that has always
been ignored. Even though sexual abuse has had many attempts to be avoided in various
environments, all have failed. Many individuals tend to misinterpret sexual abuse and it's true
delicacy. Although sexual abuse is often a violation against women, both genders can be victims.
Victims can succumb to mental disorders, including PTSD and depression, which can initiate an
unhealthy lifestyle to the point of triggering a contemplation of suicide
. Nevertheless, sexual abuse
has always been biased towards women relative to men for as long as we can remember.
Considering the fact that sexual abuse can occur to both genders, it is mostly known to victimize
women. One of the most common environments for sexual abuse to take place is in academic
domains. In the view of society, men are above women; in consequence, women portray a weak
image, hence making easier casualties of sexual abuse in the educational field. Due to the fact that
students may need guidance to better excel in their career, some professors begin treating it as an
opportunity to gain sexual access from the student. To better illustrate the idea that sexual abuse
makes its way through into academic environments, take the word from the victims themselves. "I
was naive enough to think that we would talk about Wittgenstein, but after he flopped over me a few
times, telling me that I had to have sex with him... I made my escape" (Whitley 39). Moreover,
another victim said "I couldn't say 'no' because he would have responded with rage and revenge. He
would have ruined my career"(Whitley 39). In both cases, these women were attacked by the
professors for being of lesser status; they were manipulated to remain silent by fear, threats, and
their dependence on the professor for academic help. Due to the idea that women are viewed lesser
than men, inflicts professors' to
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What Makes An Effective Argument Ineffective?
1. The basic parts of an effective argument are a stated clearly defined issue, makes a claim, and
offers support for that claim. Sometimes an argument may also recognize opposing viewpoints and
incorporate them into the argument
2. What makes an argument ineffective is when using emotional appeals to distract a reader from a
lack of evidence. Also the use of faulty reasoning
, and inaccurate facts.
3. An issue is a problem, controversy, or an idea that people can have different viewpoints about.
The term claim is a point in which a writer is trying to prove. This is typically the writer's viewpoint
on the issue. A refutation is recognizing and auguring against opposing viewpoints.
4. A claim of value focuses on an opinion or judgment about
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Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Essay
The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, and
hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The art
of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an
opinion, one can argue it successfully, and these folks are always surprised when others don't agree
with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons,
making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation
of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted,
or proved to be true. It clearly
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Inductive logic arrives at likely conclusions by counting up evidence, while deductive logic arrives
at necessary conclusions by examining the logical meanings of statements. According to Purdue
University English Profession Neil Gill, deductive arguments can be grouped into two categories: A
Rogerian argument considers several viewpoints and selects the best one, whereas a Toulmin
argument presents a single, linear argument (i.e., A therefore B) in support of a position. Fallacious
Fallacious arguments are logical–seeming arguments that are not valid. Unlike logical arguments,
fallacious arguments do not arrive at valid conclusions or inferences. There are literally dozens of
fallacious arguments you can commit; a fallacious argument style is one that commits one or more
fallacies frequently. For example, if a person in an argument persistently says, "the economy went
up this year, therefore the party in power caused the economy to improve," that person is engaging
in the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy
, an invalid argument of the form "x happened, y happened,
therefore x caused y." Social Argumentation Styles
Argumentation can be looked at in terms of the way the interlocutors perceive each other. According
to the textbook "Perspectives
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Argumentative Essay On Screen Time
Technology has been part of our daily live more frequently than before. Screen time has been more
popularly used on kids and adolescents. On a daily bases many kids seem to spend more time inside
on their tablets, instead of having to spend time with other kids. This is a problem that is becoming
more popular over the years,on whether kids need to spend that much time on technology or not.
Parents either seem to have strict technology usage, or they either don't. There has always been a
huge controversy with experts, who either think that screen time is beneficial or could cause
problems later on in life. There are many views towards this topic, from hurting kids brains, to
helping them during school, and socially.
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In order to balance both there has to be comparative with the parents. Technology isn't good nor bad.
It can only benefit the child if the parents put a limit to their time in the screen. Parents need to set
up a schedule in where the kids will follow the time the kids will be using the tablet
/ phone. As well
have time to play with other kids, and just interact with there own family member. In the article,
Screen time: A guide for parents states, " keeping computers out of the bedroom, and keep them in a
common area in your house. This will make sure that the child isn't using their computers/ tablets
during the time they have to rest. Kids need to have a good rest, and not having technology in their
rooms because it could cause irregular sleep. Just having the parent take action in how much kids
need to spend time in the screens can be a good start. Luscombe argues, " Take away the idea that all
screens are bad, but the face–to –face time for young people is an important part of the socialization
process". Parents seem to not understand that children need to develop good social skills, and that
can only be done by interacting with others, and get a sense on others points of views. Parents need
to stop giving the kids technology to keep them quiet for a while, because at the end it's hurting the
child
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Argumentative Essay On Organ Donation
The medical industry had been achieving more in the stage of medical advancements, though they
are still in the early phase. Artificial organs have been one of those achievements. Although they
have achieved such, artificial organs are not perfect. Most doctors as well as patients would prefer to
replace a dying organ with a compatible human organ, rather than with an artificial or animal organ.
Yet due to a there being less organs donated than recipients, artificial and animal organs are
becoming more common in transplants. Most of this issue is because people are unaware of how
organ donation works, the organs that can be donated, how many people are in need, and the
advancements that have happened in the field. Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year,
but many lives are recklessly lost due to a shortage of organ donors.
Organ donation is the medical process of voluntarily giving one or more of your organs to someone
in need, whether it be someone you know or a stranger. It is strictly voluntary, no payment for the
organ/s will be given from the hospital, the recipient or the recipients family. In organ donation,
there are two types of donations, living organ donation and deceased organ donation. Living organ
donation is when the donor is still alive and voluntarily chooses to donate one or more of their
organs to a recipient(s) in need. Whereas, deceased organ donation happens after the donor has
passed away, and consent was given to be able to donate their organs.
In living organ donation, before a donor can donate there are tests administrated to see if the donor
is suitable to donate. There is an evaluation of the donor done to make sure that no physical,
psychological, or emotional harm will happen to them before, during, or after donating
(Organdonor.gov U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation). In living
organ donation, most donations happen within family members, or between close friends, although
there are stranger donations that happen. Living organ donors should generally be physically fit, in
good health, and between the ages of 18 to 60. They should not have a history or have diabetes,
cancer, high blood pressure, kidney disease, or heart disease
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Argumentative Essay On Suicide
If you bring up the subject of suicide in a room of people, it is likely that the individuals will
become quite, begin to become uncomfortable. Why is this? Is it because of the aspect of death? Is it
the ways it is done? Society may say it is a wrong and selfish act, or that a person is not considering
others and therefore it is erroneous. We live in a society where mental health problems are rampant,
societal issues take over our daily lives and out everyday stresses impact our health, yet our
understanding of the subject that is to be avoided and carries a stigma with it that affects the way
people see those who have attempted or completed suicide
. When deciding if suicide is an ethical or
morally accepted action, we must take many factors into consideration. Some of these factors may
include the culture and society in which we live and our knowledge of psychological and biological
causes. With these factors in mind, we can then adopt our own personal philosophies on whether
suicide is an ethical or moral act. While not all individuals are going to agree on a consensus, it is
important to consider others opinions and be aware of them while discussing the subject, even if it is
uncomfortable.
Definition
The term suicide is not easily defined in that it many factors play a role on what is considered an act
of suicide. An informal definition can be that it is the deliberate and voluntary act of taking ones
own life. Even with the simplest definition, it still can present
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Sample Argumentative Essay
Skills vs. Knowledge in Education
Jonan Donaldson
Introduction
Main Idea One: The Other Side – Learning Information is needed for tests a) Tests are the best way
to compare students b) Tests measure if you understand something c) Not all students can have the
same skills, but all can have the same knowledge
Main Idea Two: My Side 1 – Education is about understanding a) Knowledge is limited, but
imagination encircles the world (
creativity
) b) Knowledge is what other people think about
something, but understanding is what you think. c) Everybody sees, hears, feels, and thinks
differently, so each person will have a different understanding of the same thing.
Main Idea Three:
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If a person knows many facts, it is impressive, but not very useful. It is of much greater importance
to be able to find information quickly, organize that information, analyze and understand the main
ideas, put different pieces of information together (synthesize), and create new information.
Together these skills make what we call information management and innovation, the skills which
are most desired in the business world. Most people in the world believe that education is about
remembering things to take tests which measure one's performance against other people who have
studied the same information. However, this idea no longer matches the reality of the modern world
in which knowledge is less important than creativity and deep understanding. To be successful in the
age of technology, education must focus on helping students gain information management and
innovation skills.
Sources Cited
Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century. New York,
NY: Basic Books.
Needle, Andrew, et al. (2007). Combining art and science in 'arts and sciences' education. College
Teaching
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Argumentative Essays
Failure is the step towards success. Do you agree?
It is often assumed that failure is a deterrent to achievement. Rather, failure should be seen as a
motivator for a person to keep trying until the objective or aim of a particular mission is fulfilled.
Failure often times leads a person to feel helpless, disappointed and depressed. However,one should
not allow this to set them back in trying to achieve the ultimate aim one has set out to do. Failure in
the beginning can often be a powerful incentive to reassess one's position in wanting to achieve the
particular aims; to analyse whether the purpose is worth the trouble the person has to undergo and
the whether the obstacles are surmountable. Practical and
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Another disadvantage of being an only is that he lacks companionship. He has no brother or sister to
confide in. Growing up as an only child can be very lonely. If you have siblings you will have to
share everything, so you get less; but you also get less of the bad things. Siblings can support and
comfort each in times of trouble. The elder siblings learn to care for the younger ones and the
younger ones learn to respect their elder siblings and have someone to look up to besides their
parents. You are more balanced person than an only child. Another advantage of having siblings is
that your parents' attention is divided among your siblings. As a result, there is less pressure on you
to perform well, be it academically or in other areas. Having siblings also means that you have
companionship, the joy of caring and sharing, and security. I, personally, am happy that I am not an
only child.
Students should not take up part time jobs. Discuss.
Nowadays, students love to have part–time jobs. Their parents approve it easily as they are said to
gain experience from working. However, having a job is a big responsibility for a student. Before,
teenagers at their age were working to help their family because of poverty. Nevertheless, they were
actually eager to study and learn at school for their future. It was not the same as the teenagers
nowadays where they are more likely competing to each other to have a job. Most of the
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Argumentative Reflection
Argumentative Essay Reflection One of my central struggles throughout high school has been
writing essays and reports for all classes not just english. I was a little worried when I signed up to
take this course, since it counted as a college credit. Even though I was worried about taking this
course, but I am thankful that I did. The main reason behind my decision to take this course is
because I thought it would better prepare me for college. This argumentative essay was one of the
hardest essay that I have written. I have never written in this style before this essay. Even though, I
have never been the best writer, I have always got good grades. After receiving my first rough draft I
knew this class was not going to be easy. The part
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One of the areas of my writing where I was struggling in using my voice. Granite, there were parts
of my essay where I successfully integrated quotes within my voice, but for the most part that was
my weakest area. For example of one of my better integrated quotes, in my third paragraph when I
say, "Today, consumers rely on social media for everything, whether it is communicating with old
friends, finding new friends, shopping, researching, and staying informed with the latest news.
Daniel adds that, "'Americans who take part in political activities on social networking sites also
tend to be highly active in other areas of political or civic life'" (29), which insinuates that people
rely on social media more today than we have in the past". This was one of my better examples
because I further explain and analyze the quote in my voice instead of just ending the sentence after
the quote. One of my poor examples is, "Many people who suffer from depression care a lot about
what others think about them. That is why many of those people tend to turn to social media as an
outlet to express their feelings". I made a bold statement and did not back up what I said with my
voice I just ended that sentence and moved on. Instead of moving on I should have explained it
further and told them why people tend to turn to social media to express their feelings. One of the
areas of my writing where I was
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Argumentative Essay
English Composition
Language and Identity
Who am I? What is it that defines that personality? Anzaldua argues in her essay that the language is
what defines one's identity. Language is indeed an important component of culture, and culture is
known to be a crucial definer of identity. People use language to connect to their identities and
communicating their realities and values to themselves and to the world around them... In other
words, language is important because people use it to express their thoughts and beliefs. "People
evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances" (Baldwin 109).
Consequently, language does not necessarily define identity as much as identity defines language.
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Tan clearly mentions in her story that she had to speak two different languages to her Asian mom
who had her own made up English. Tan relates to both her Asian descent and American belongings
by using her mom's made up English to speak with her mom, and uses the proper English to give
lectures and speak to most Americans. On the same grounds, Anzaldua learned through her life
experiences to frequently use multiple types of English, and many other Dialects of proper Spanish
and Mexican Spanish. She uses each language to communicate, connect and affiliate to specific
people according to their background. This proves that the assumption that language defines culture
and identity fails. What happens to the people who speak many languages, do they not get the
benefit and pride of belonging to a certain community
? Rather the contrary, they belong to multiple
communities and they choose which group they want to communicate with and with which
language. People have the ability to switch from a language to another to be part of a group and this
supports the idea that identity defines and shapes language, and not the opposite.
Language is used as a way to identify with people, but it is also used to distinguish between them.
People use language to differentiate between people and associate them to a specific culture and
community according to the language they speak. America is known for having a diverse
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Argument Essay On Equality
Equality Argument Essay "THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal." these are the
first words read in the short story, "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. The story is about a
future where everyone in the world is, "not only equal in front of God and the law", but also equal in
every which way, like knowledge and looks and physical ability. In the story, a couple is watching tv
and witness their arrested son break into a ballet and dance a wonderful dance only to be shot dead
by the handicapper general herself. That leaves a question, what the reader can easily tell from the
story is that the author believes that equality is a bad thing. To end, I believe that equality is not
what we should need one hundred percent but give everyone an equal chance and see where they
take it.
To start, why would equality be so bad? From the first view, equality sounds like a good thing.
Everyone gets equal treatment, pay, etc. But what about when a serial killer gets the same treatment
a veterinarian. How fair would it be for someone who saves animals lives to be treated the same
publically as someone who's murdered, multiple people? After seeing this, equality can seem fairly
split, but there's also a difference, there's equality then there's equity. Equality would be people
treated equal, especially socially and equal opportunities, while equity is definite fairness. That
means people brought down or up to meet the same level. What I believe was exhibited in the story
"
Harrison Bergeron
", was not equality, but actually equity. This can be seen by them bringing people
down from their abilities or up to meet a standard to make everyone equal. As the story states, "A
little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times", that means
they are bringing some people down to the same level but at the same time not bringing people up to
that level. "Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else", the idea of this, in theory, seems
clever. Everyone equal in every single way, even mentally. But the more the reader may think of it,
they see little holes. There's no drive to get better, no devotion to beat something, there's just what it
is and the reader can't do anything to get
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