Breshun Thompson Mr. Trimm EN 1113-45 18 Mar 2013 The Influence of Gender on Career Choices “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” This quote by Roy Disney greatly inspires my argumentative research essay. Throughout my exploratory essay‚ I found that there is a slight effect on being raised in a female/male dominated family in regards to the upbringing of a child. Even though that gender could play a major role in any family involving children‚ one would think that
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billion annually (Nadelmann “An end to marijuana prohibition”). This enormous amount of money could be used for many other things‚ but instead is being wasted. Marijuana prohibition is a failure. In fact‚ even though marijuana remains completely illegal it is the nation’s leading cash crop. Nearly $36 billion worth of cannabis is grown each year in the US. This exceeds corn‚ grossing $23 billion‚ soybeans making $17.6 billion‚ and hay which earns $12.2 billion annually. California alone grows $13
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Explain some of the arguments for and against abortion (14) Select one argument relating to abortion and discuss critically (6) When the topic of abortion is discussed‚ people tend to assume one of two standpoints: “pro-life” (they believe that women should not have the ability to abort a human life because it would constitute murder) or “pro-choice” (they believe that the woman carrying the foetus should be given the right to decide whether to carry the baby to term or abort it). Although Americans
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one wants to work so hard for something and have others take that away from them because what they’re doing is not a “sport”. Although it seems easy to differentiate between what is and what isn’t a sport‚ there are many arguments today trying to decide if certain activities should be classified as a sport or not. The Merriam-Webster definition of a sport is “a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other”. In most
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Useful Argumentative Essay Words and Phrases Examples of Argumentative Language Below are examples of signposts that are used in argumentative essays. Signposts enable the reader to follow our arguments easily. When pointing out opposing arguments (Cons): Opponents of this idea claim/maintain that… Those who disagree/ are against these ideas may say/ assert that… Some people may disagree with this idea‚ Some people may say that…however… When stating specifically why
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state the formal reconstruction (i.e. premise 1‚ premise 2‚ and conclusion) of the Pope’s argument against abortion as it was presented in class. (1 point)!! Answer It is wrong to kill an innocent human being A fetus is an innocent human being So it is wrong to kill a fetus b. Mary Anne Warren argues that the Pope’s argument turns on an ambiguity. Which word does she say is ambiguous in the Pope’s argument? (1 word‚ 1/2 point)!! Answer Human c. What are the two meanings of that word that might
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commits abortion. Abortion is when a woman terminates her pregnancy. There has been an ongoing argument between the pro-choice and pro-life groups. Pro-choice groups in the United States support that women have right to abortion while pro-life groups argue that women should not terminate their pregnancy. Different peer articles research support the argument that abortion should not be legalized with research based facts. These articles agree that abortion should not be legal. Though abortion is a legal
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A. The ‘Conservative Argument’ is based on two premises: it is wrong to kill an innocent human‚ and fetuses are innocent humans; therefore abortion is wrong (Singer‚ 1979‚ p.107). Whilst this argument is valid‚ there have been many attempts to show that the second premise is wrong. The primary method to show this has been to find the “moral dividing line” between fetus and human‚ most notably viability‚ when the fetus can exist independently (Singer‚ 1979‚ p.107-108). This main objection is flawed
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real-world and fantasy violence.” Television shows promote violence as something that is bad‚ but tolerable. So‚ children think it is fine to be violent and when they see violence of any kind‚ it seems like a normal thing. Television should not be promoting violence‚ it should be teaching kids about the dangers and consequences. Children used to always watch shows that made them happy and included talking animal and innocent plots. Young children are now losing their innocence by watching television and
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chapters four and five to “they say” Three ways to respond to “yes/no/okay‚ but” and Distinguishing what you say from what they say. “And Yet” Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstien and Russel Durst say that “you need to be an expert in a field to have an argument at all” (p‚55). Are they referring to an actual job like a lawyer? where they are good on arguing about a certain topic. You must have some sort of topic to go off of to argue your case‚ and to make it believable for others. As for agreeing or disagreeing
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