2010 Tutor: Sydney Lowrie Topic: Rastafarianism Narrowed Topic: Rastafarianism and Jamaica Purpose: To Inform the General Public about Rastafarianism and how it has affected Jamaica through Reggae Music. Thesis: Rastafarianism is one of the religions that is dominant in Jamaica and has increased over the years through Reggae Music. 1. Rastafarianism is both a religion and a movement. A. Rastafarianism is a Religion in
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Informative Speech Title: Arguments for Human Cloning Specific Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform my audience about the arguments given by supporters of human cloning. Thesis: “Those who support human cloning make several claims of fact‚ value and policy to argue their case for human cloning.” I. Introduction II. The majority of the population fears cloning only because they are uneducated and believe the misconceptions spread by the popular media. a. Cloning is easier
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Outline Descartes’ Ontological Argument and explain the key objections that may be used against it. Descartes took the Ontological Argument as presented by Anselm and developed it in a different form. Descartes saw the argument in terms of necessary existence. For Descartes‚ the idea of God necessarily entails his existence. He established that our thoughts are evidence of our own existence (‘I think therefore I am’)‚ and so wanted to see what else he could prove exists. He used the example of a
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Outline Aquinas’ cosmological argument (30) St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) was a Dominican priest‚ theologian‚ and philosopher. In one of his most famous works‚ the Summa‚ Theologiae‚ Aquinas put forward five proofs for the existence of God. Three of his ways‚ which will be discussed in this essay start with the observation of motion‚ efficient causation and contingency. The other two are the argument for Degrees and Perfection and The Argument from Intelligent Design. This is a posterior argument
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Argument Synthesis An advertisement is a form of communication to the public promoting a certain product with the intention of drawing attention to the good. Marketers use advertisements to display their goods in numerous ways to appeal to their target audiences. Through the use of different sizes of text or pictures‚ marketers can produce either a positive or negative effect outcome on their audience. In addition to promoting their products‚ advertisements also reflect the values and beliefs
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Argument Outline Jennifer Hopes Ashford University: PHI 103 Informal Logic Ed Teall 08/23/2014 CONTEXT: Mr. Keyes is a Roman Catholic who is pro-choice but also believes that the death penalty is essential in some cases. Both men agree that abortion and the death penalty are on different levels and cannot be compared to each other. Mr. Keyes compares women’s rights to abortion to that of a slave holder‚ in the sense that “black” people were not developed enough and could be bought and
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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‚ I tend to disagree a lot more than I do agree. The reason for that is because I
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ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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are working mothers‚ but those who have a career away from home have an extra challenge in their life. In many families today‚ mothers continue to work because they have careers that they have spent years developing. Some mothers need to work to support their family. I’m against working mothers because 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
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Planning Stage For an argument essay to be effective‚ it must contain certain elements. For this reason‚ you must take a few minutes to plan and prepare before you jump into writing an argument essay. Find a Good Topic To find good topic for an argument essay you should consider several issues that will have two conflicting points of view or very different conclusions. As you look over a list of topics you should find one that really sparks your interest. While a strong interest in a topic is
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