ESSAY #1: SUMMARY / CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAY OBJECTIVES: This essay assignment will help you do the following: Improve your ability to read critically and analytically Improve your ability to respond objectively to a controversial text and evaluate a writer’s rhetorical strategies Improve your understanding of how to compose an effective thesis statement‚ and develop detailed‚ persuasive and coherent support Improve your ability to use MLA documentation style OVERVIEW: Summarizing
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11 June 2013 A Critical Response to “Delicate Friend” The essay “Delicate Friend” written by Lauren Jackson is about her social addiction to cigarettes. Lauren’s mother would smoke cigarettes with her friends in the kitchen of their home while gossiping and keeping the children out. Lauren was jealous of this secret group and saw smoking as the bond that brought it all together. Lauren sought to be part of something and she saw cigarettes as the answer to this problem. While perfecting the art
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Writing a Critical Response Essay A critique/critical response is an analysis of and a commentary on another piece of writing. A critical response essay (or review) has two missions: to summarize a source’s main idea and to respond to the source’s main ideas with reactions based on one’s own opinion/beliefs. 1. Summarizing The first step to writing is to read actively and thoughtfully‚ seeking answers to the following questions: a. What are the main points‚ ideas‚ or arguments of
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Critical Response Essay Fred’s Dilemma 1. - If Fred were a Utilitarian‚ what would he do? Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory where right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. In other words‚ utilitarian individuals are trying to bring the best system to the society than any other system. Sometimes utilitarianism is summarized as "the maximum well-being for the maximum number". We know that life is full with situations
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CRITICAL RESPONSE: “MOBILE PHONES AND LITERACY” by Samuel Tsung AND “TEXT MESSAGES AND THE DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE” by Louise Dite As SMS messages has brought significant changes to our lives by revolutionizing the way people communicate‚ using abbreviations in texting has become more popular than ever as a quick and convenient choice to exchange information. Yet‚ there remains some disagreement as to whether this useful and powerful tool of communication has been positive or negative
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: Critical response 1 In the ‘Great Human-Rights Reversal; The Democratic left has conceded human rights to the conservatives’ ‚ a Wall Street Journal of 10 May 2012‚ the author Daniel Henninger states that the human-rights agenda has downgraded since Barack Obama became president of the U.S. Henniger initiates that human-rights issues fade away from the political left into ‘its home’ on the right‚ to the neoconservatives and the evangelical Christian activists. According to the author‚ the administration
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Section 4 Assignment Response to a Critical Essay of the Play Willy Loman‚ a character in the play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ is a man who desperately wants to be successful‚ but has to deal with many setbacks in his life. He‚ like most others‚ has both positive and negative personality traits. The way Willy sees himself‚ as well as the way others see him changes between the beginning and the end of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ Willy sees himself as being successful and well-liked. This
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Thunder and Prey Essay In the two stories “A sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey” you will learn how the main characters actions almost or do end up killing them. The two stories have many similarities and differences in what they do. Their actions will get the best of them when they ignore specific warnings. In the stories you will find out about how and what they do in their life threatening situations. You will also learn more about the setting and where they are and why its’s so dangerous. In
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Josh Fuentes Ms. Apshaga English 4 April 2012 Critical response The article "The Wife-Beater" by Gayle Rosenwald Smith appeared in the newspapers‚ Chicago Tribune‚ and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article states her view on the term “wife beater”‚ and the blindness of youth under the age of 25. In this article‚ she also explains that the sleeveless undershirt is not the problem; just the term is what bothers her. The author hates how the name upsets her and how folks under the
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Christopher Mullins English 102 Heather Graves February 25‚ 2013 John Leo’s “When Life Imitates Video”: A Critical Response In his article‚ “When Life Imitates Video‚” John Leo has a very established position on the effects of violent media on children of this generation. He provides argument after argument about why violent media has taken over our youth. Most of his arguments are recollections of past events that he claims are caused by violent video games. In one section he tries to link
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