Last Saturday our country was reminded that we are not as tolerant as we like to believe. We are shocked by the images of white men and women marching with Nazi paraphernalia. We are horrified that someone felt the right to drive his car into a crowd of counter protesters killing Heather Heyer. After last Saturday‚ we can no longer deny the presence American who hold such a deep sense racism they feel justified hurting people who are of a different skin color or disagree with their beliefs. In
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Moore−Parker: Critical Thinking‚ Eighth Edition 7. The Anatomy and Varieties of Arguments Exercises © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2007 EXERCISES 231 When a premise is unstated‚ try to supply a reasonable assumption that would make the argument valid or strong. I If you have trouble tracking the parts of an argument that appears in a written passage‚ try diagramming the passage. I Exercise 7-1 Indicate which blanks would ordinarily contain premises and which would ordinarily
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The Rhetorical Aims of “Civil Religion in America” This abstract reading written by Robert N. Bellah‚ introduces the idea of a “Civil Religion” and argues that‚ apart from the normal religious traditions our nation follows‚ there is an unrecognized “Civil Religion” that becomes evident during national crisis or during high public ceremony. According to Bellah‚ “there actually exists alongside of and rather clearly differentiated from the churches an elaborate and well-institutionalized civil
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Introduction These days‚ drugs can be found everywhere‚ and it may seem like everyone’s doing them. Lots of people are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. But learning the facts about drugs can help you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. And just as there are many kinds of drugs available‚ there are as many reasons for trying them or starting to use them regularly. People take drugs just for the pleasure they believe they can bring. Often it’s because
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that if Caesar was still alive‚ he would eventually force the people of Rome to act like his slaves‚ like a true dictator. Brutus uses a rhetorical question to appeal to logos when stating‚ “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves‚ than that Caesar were dead‚ to live all free men? (Shakespeare). This rhetorical question makes the audience think about how their lives would be if Caesar would continue to powerfully reign. Brutus compares them to the slaves of Caesar that work under his
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Cierra Washington September 30‚ 2013 Mr.Currie “The Company Man” Essay Ellen Goodman’s attitude toward Phil in “The Company Man” seems to be frustration and disappointment. She explains how Phil‚ the main subject practically worked himself to death. He was a “workaholic‚” meaning he put his work above anything and
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Analyzing Rhetorical Strategies in an Article In a blog posting from 2007‚ Pharinet asserts her beliefs about the pressing modern issue of whether or not everybody should go to college. Due to the controversial nature of this topic‚ many well-executed rhetorical strategies are needed in order for Pharinet to convey her point and convince the reader that her argument is valid. In her article‚ “Is College for Everyone?” Pharinet utilizes many rhetorical strategies such as a calm‚ reasonable tone
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Steven Liounis 2/23/13 Ms. Soltis AP Language & Composition In his novel Washington Square‚ Henry James uses a number of rhetorical and literary devices to employ‚ develop‚ and fully elaborate on the characters introduced throughout his novel. Each character is introduced after an interaction with the Sloper family‚ the activities of which are the main focus of the novel. After devoting two chapters to the establishment of the story background‚ James
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1510-120 10/18/2013 Rhetorical Analysis I picked the music video “Same Love” by rapper Macklemore and director‚ Ryan Lewis. Macklemore is confident and proud of the fact that he is fully supportive of everyone’s sexual orientations. Although Macklemore’s audience is more toward homosexual people‚ the message also reaches out to all different kinds of people because he put it in a song‚ so everyone who listens and likes the song will hear the message. Throughout the music video and lyrics‚ he
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Based on the experiment conducted by Penrose and Geisler’s I would say I am a combination of both Roger and Janet as a writer. There are times I can write about a subject with ease an importance due to the fact I relate and feel more comfortable or knowledgeable with a specific topic‚ Much like roger. Then there are times I am comparable to Janet‚ who may not understand‚ lack the knowledge or have may limited experience in a specific subject. This is when I find myself paraphrasing‚ using more definitions
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