Antonio Castaneda 6/19/2013 Persuasion Paper Football or Soccer Which Sport is More Dangerous? Have you ever wondered if football is a more dangerous sport than soccer? Football is a contact sport. You can get tackled in football but you can’t get tackled in soccer. You’re more prone to get injured in football than you are in soccer. A higher number of injuries result in contact sports. To help prevent injuries‚ both sports have rules that enforce the use of safety
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Writing as Inquiry GET OUT AND PLAY Get out and play. American children are lazier today than ever‚ and prefer sitting on the couch while grubbing fast food over being physically active. According to the US government‚ nearly 1 in every 5 kids is obese and1 in every 10 kids is depressed. Obesity is becoming a pandemic and could very well contribute to the psychological issues facing America’s youth. Most kids today are so fascinated by technology they become very attached. So attached‚
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Persuasive essay – bullying For many years now the issue of bullying has been present. Some people think that bullying is good on the other hand‚ other argue that bullying cause negative effects. In this essay I will try to convince you of this. I’m not the only one who thinks bullying causes victims and broken hearts. Many people argue that all young people have experienced some form of bullying. You can see that bullying is affecting some people and in many serious cases people are too scared
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In my persuasive essay I want to explain why SATs should not exist anymore. As we know SAT are tests that juniors and seniors have to take in high school. The higher the score‚ the better chance they have to get accepted into their college of choice. The only problem is that these tests are really hard. They require hours of studying and a lot of sleep. It’s a four hour test that is hard to focus. I think these tests should be banned because they take away a sense personality. As us Americans present
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Persuasive Speech Nearly two weeks ago‚ over 700 men and women signed on to play in the largest post-season tournament in professional sports‚ or should I say‚ amateur sports. The athletes in March Madness‚ the post-season basketball tournament‚ practice multiple times per day‚ all year round‚ and even on the weekends. When they aren’t busy between practice and traveling around the country‚ they are watching film to make themselves even better. That sounds a lot like a professional athlete to me
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Groucho Marx once said "While money can’t buy happiness‚ it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.” The American Dream of money is the belief that having a lot of money will satisfy the cravings people have for wealth. People strive to accomplish a life filled with money and success because money promises a life of happiness and greatness. The idea of having a large quantity of money is one that has consumed people and altered the dream of hard work and success. Although this dream brings
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There are four basic functions of money: The first is as a medium of exchange. The second is as a unit of account. The third is as a store of value. The fourth is as liquidity. The most obvious function of money is as a medium of exchange. When you hand the waiter a five-dollar bill in exchange for your hamburger‚ you are using money as a medium of exchange. You might have a hard time paying for your hamburger with five dollars worth of apples‚ but if you did‚ the apples would serve as a
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Persuasive Essay Overpopulation Overpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problems facing human civilization. This complicated‚ pervasive issue will come to be a problem of the utmost importance for people of all races‚ religions‚ and nationalities. Our planet now provides for approximately 5.8 billion people‚ with projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two billion of these are extremely poor‚ the poorest of which live in absolute poverty and misery. One very serious
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The most persuasive essay that we have read in class at the moment is From “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau. It explains why the people have the right to resistance‚ the importance of majority opinion‚ and go against the government. Thoreau uses strong logical‚ emotional‚ and ethical appeals throughout the story to express his reasons for standing against the government. Thoreau uses logical appeal throughout the story to persuade the people about how the government
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Stargirl Persuasive Essay I believe that true love is all that one needs in life‚ but being true to yourself is way more important and that can fit in any scenarios and here’s one. Leo should accept stargirl the way she is because her opinion should only matter and if he really loves her he should not try and change her and stay with her. Leo and Stargirl “Loved” each other. I know that Leo and Stargirl loved each other because in chapter 24 the author writes [Painted on the sheet in broad red
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