approaching him whilst pointing a gun to his head. After tugging onto my mother’s pink silk shirt and pointing towards my cousin‚ it was chaotic. Everyone had ran towards him except for my aunt. My aunt’s feet were glued to the pavement and her mouth stood agape. A tear ran down her cheek and she then collapsed. A couple days after my cousin’s neurosurgery‚ my aunt remained the same. During his recovery she never really spoke unless she needed
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Authors use many techniques to try to persuade their audience‚ some are subtle and you do not even realize they are doing it. The articles “The Case For Banning Guns” and “The Case Against Banning Guns” both contain many of these persuasive techniques like figurative language‚ word choice‚ ect. A helpful tool that the authors took advantage of is emotional appeal an example is when they bring up events like mass shootings and other tragedies that may have occurred and while you are thinking about
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Analytical Documented Essay According to the article‚ “Leaders: America and Guns‚” it is evident that gun control has proven ineffective when it comes to dissolving the “love affair” that exists between Americans and their guns (“Leaders: America and Guns”). This article highlights the issues that permeate throughout America regarding pro gun groups. Not only is this article persuasive‚ it infuses a degree of rhetorical strategies including logical‚ as well as emotional appeals to fortify the issue
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There is a famous quote‚ which states: "Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people." This quote is technically true. But if there are no guns‚ it will be a whole lot more difficult for people to kill people. Sure people could use different weapons such as knives and golf clubs to kill people. But the victim will have a significant better chance of defending him or herself from a weapon other than firearms. I was born in Tokyo‚ Japan and moved to the United States when I was six. I still go
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In the United States‚ guns have been a constituent of the country’s society since history. Throughout history‚ the citizens of the U.S. have used firearms to protect the nation and engage in sporting activities. Background checks could reduce mass killings and hopefully reduce the growth of it‚ as well. The issue of Guns and gun control is very complex. In the United States‚ gun control is one of these tumultuous issues. Gun control is the most growing issues that firmly entrenched in their steads
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According to the article “Gun safety‚ Texas-style” an editorial from the Los Angeles times‚ the article presents that in order to avoid campus tragedy or school shooting happens‚ the Texas government may establish a law that allow students to carry gun on campuses. As the campus shooting tragedy happened in the past‚ the law’s supporters think most of times the schools lack of ability to protect students. They believe the best defense way is the students have ability to fight back when students face
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In the poem 764 of The Norton Anthology which starts "My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -" (line 1)‚ Emily Dickinson takes on the role of a married woman of the nineteenth century whose husband owns and completely controls her. The woman‚ whose voice Dickinson wrote from‚ reflects on the importance of her husband ’s life to hers and her dependency on him being there to direct her life. Dickinson never married and lived a secluded life in her family ’s home‚ only ever leaving the house for one year
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Gun Control: If not now‚ when? The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia‚ and to use that gun for traditionally lawful purposes‚ such as self-defense within the home. When it comes to protecting freedom‚ Americans‚ including those on the Supreme Court‚ recognize that personal liberties must often be modified for the safety and protection of others. Yet today’s gun rights advocates constantly cite the Second Amendment of the
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GUN CONTROL This rhetorical analysis about gun control and the underlying blame that is spread with it. In the three sources that have been chosen for this essay each author projects their views on who is to blame for the heinous crimes involving firearms. Although each article is talking about gun control they each have different views and end up going off in different directions blaming different entities and defending others. When these acts of violence occur in the world today the the blame
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Gun Violence Sociology 1010 Kenneth Cornwell Zanestate College Carl A. Field Today in our society we have a massive problem with gun violence. Many people are abusing their right to own guns by doing was is called a shooting. A shooting is a kill spree of mostlky public areas. This happens because of people wioth a mental background not being check for illnesses and abeing allowed to purchase firearms. This is not always the case‚ for there are problems with bullies in our society. Bullies
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