Kylie Korn Ms. Norma Darr English 105 10 October 2011 Parents will always want what is best for their child. It is true that parents need help and rely on television as a babysitter‚ but it is taking it’s toll on the children’s learning capabilities. Parents need to take responsibility for their children and choose what their children are watching. Mary Chastain writes for Breitbart.com and as a concerned parent‚ she mostly covers semi-controversial subjects of the news that focus on mental
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Fallacies are defects that have the power to weaken an argument. Fallacious arguments are much more common than we may think‚ and they tend be persuasive to the casual listener or reader. Politicians‚ celebrities‚ and advertisement commercials constantly make use of them. As an example of a fallacy‚ I’m going to use the Hollywood celebrity Alec Baldwin in the commercial for Hulu. Alec Baldwin is known for his success in the movie industry. His career began on television in an NBC soap opera called
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In academic writing‚ an argument is usually a main idea‚ often called a “claim” or “thesis statement‚” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. In most college papers‚ one needs to make some sort of claim and use evidence to support it. One’s ability to do this will separate a good paper from other papers. We use argument in everyday life to convince somebody of my ideas or opinion‚ convince our teachers we deserve a better grade. A better argument is accomplished if no emotion is involved
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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 they think like that:
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The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into
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members of the audience. With the key terms explained by the first speaker‚ let us examine our motion once again. Mass media is the major contributor to teenage social problems today. In the light of our definitions‚ is this a valid proposition? Let us consider some arguments in favor of this proposition. I‚ as the opposition’s deputy minister‚ disagree with the motion because I believe that teenagers can make use of the mass media as a platform to voice out their opinions on current issues. With
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common debatable topic is text-messaging. Or more specifically the use of text-speak‚ otherwise referred to as “textese.” David Crystal and John Humphrys have both written articles on text-speak. Both of the articles mention the texting; history‚ effects‚ usage and etc. According to the author David Crystal in the online article “2B OR NOT 2B”?‚ text messages developed in the “early 90s”. He also brings up the idea of “textese”‚ which is basically the language of text messages. In the article he
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Ethics‚ simply put is one’s belief about what is good or bad. It is also refer to as moral philosophy. There are two perspectives that help define our knowledge or awareness of moral values or moral reason: ethical subjectivism and ethical egoism. Ethical subjectivism states that morality is merely about feelings‚ attitudes and beliefs‚ none of which are objectively justified or any better than others. For example‚ in the forefront in American politics today some feel that women have the right to
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she will be bad mood most of the time‚ she will not have time for her home and children‚ and can’t have fun time because she is busy every weekend. The first reason against working is that they mothers have less time to rest because they have two jobs their home and the work. They are in a bad mood all day because of the pressure of working at a business. Because they haven’t time to fun or visit family and friends‚ they become in a gloomy mode. Working mothers most of the time be in a bad mood
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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ the word "argument" means "A statement or series of statements for or against something‚" or "A discussion in which people express different opinions about something‚" or "An angry disagreement." I completely agree with these definitions‚ except there is more to the word that may be very hard to explain. the word argument is an abstract word‚ meaning it is an intangible thing. No one can hear‚ see‚ touch‚ smell and‚ or taste an argument‚ However‚ when
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