...statements (or premises) Using connectives and paragraphs in a larger argumentative text The main thesis, supporting arguments and conclusion. Adding information to relevant arguments Connectives for listing arguments. Concluding connectives In fact / Indeed More practice on using In fact and Indeed Paragraphs Showing you are aware of both sides of the issue - a model Showing you are aware of both sides of the issue - examining the model The main premise Paragraph topics Opposing arguments and supporting arguments Problematising the opposing arguments Shifting from opposing arguments to supporting arguments. More work on showing you are aware of both sides of the issue Language Summary: ways of showing that you are aware of the opposing opinion Working out the main premise from a paragraph Using connectives and problematising phrases in a paragraph Putting together a paragraph for an argumentative text Choosing your own premise and writing a paragraph Converting an informal text into a formal text Sorting arguments into topics and paragraphs A longer model argumentative essay Getting an overview of the model essay Identifying the main premise, paragraph structure and paragraph topics The internal organisation of the paragraphs - revision Including a paragraph that only presents supporting arguments Writing introductions to argumentative essays Writing conclusions to argumentative essays Writing your own argumentative essay - 13 steps to take from start to finish Appendix 1. Language summary:...
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...individual with a mutation in BRCA1 has a 65% cumulative risk of breast cancer. The results of predictive testing can provide information about a person’s risk of developing a specific disorder and help with making decisions about medical care (American Cancer Society, 2013). Inherited cancer is a genetic disorder in which inherited genetic mutations in one or more genes predispose the affected individuals to the development of cancers and may also cause the early onset of these cancers. Often show not only a high lifetime risk of developing cancer, but also the development of multiple independent primary tumors( Fulda , Allgayer ,& Rehder, 2011). Hereditary cancer underlie 5 to 10% of all cancers (Banks, Moline, Marvin, Newlin ,& Vogel, 2013). Common examples of inherited cancers are hereditary breast cancer ( Clark, & Domchek, 2011). Hereditary breast cancer is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by genetic mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes (Smith , 2012). An argumentative essay is a critical piece of writing, aimed at presenting objective analysis of the subject matter, narrowed down to a single topic. The main idea of all the criticism is to provide an opinion either of positive or negative implication. As such, a critical essay requires research and...
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...UNIT 1 Special Note: The argumentative essay is a very useful test of a student’s ability to think logically. Argue: v. 1. to persuade someone to do or not do something. 2. to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc. Argumentative: adj. someone who is argumentative often argues or like arguing. Argument: n. a set of reasons that show that something is true or untrue, right or wrong etc. When you have an opinion and try to convince your listener or reader to accept your opinion, you are agreeing with or disagreeing with something. For example: In an everyday situation, you may try to convince a friend to go somewhere or in a composition or speech class, the instructor may make an assignment in which you must support or oppose the use of nuclear energy to produce electricity. If you agree or disagree on an issue, you will want your reader or listener to accept your point of view. There are a few types of argumentative compositions such as: 1. Advantages and disadvantages 2. Expressing opinions/providing solutions to problems 3. Expressing arguments for and against a topic 4. Compare and contrast something or somebody PURPOSE of ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS * An argument follows when two groups disagree about something. * People can have different opinions and can offer reasons in support...
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...Warning You do not have permissions to perform this activity Courses Download Save Link Courses View Syllabus English Composition II Details | This course explores various types of research writing, with a focus on constructing essays, arguments, and research reports based on primary and secondary sources. A writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: ENG-105 | Credit Hours | 4.0 | Pre-requisites | ENG-105 | Co-requisites | None | Course Add-Ons | Textbook1. Finding Purpose Through Argumentative WritingGrand Canyon University (Ed.). (2015). Finding purpose through argumentative writing.http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2015/finding-purpose-through-argumentative-writing_ebook_1e.phpElectronic Resource1. The Writing Process Mediahttp://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/eng105_writingProcess.php 2. Rubric Peer Review Mediahttp://cola.gcumedia.com/phi105/rubric/rubricCompare.html 3. Flashcard DeckUtilize the flashcard deck to review key terms and definitions.http://lc.gcumedia.com/mediaElements/gcu-flashcard-application/v1.1/#/add/ENG-106 Additional Material1. Developing Academic Skills GuideReview this resource as you move forward in the course. It will be important to come back to this resource periodically.ENG106_DevelopingAcademicSkillsGuide.docx 2. Academic Writing GuidelinesReview this resource as you move forward in the course. It will be important to start your assignments. Come back to this resource periodically...
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...Freshman Composition 111 -11:00 MWF November 19, 2014 Argumentative Essay. Condom Distribution Programs In relation to sex education one frequently debated issue which often occurs is the issue of condom distribution on high school and college campuses. The arguments vary among different groups of people. Should schools take the responsibility and make it easy for teens to obtain a condom? Should schools encourage safe sex, or only push for abstinence? These are some of the questions that arise as a result of the issue. However with many studies and research done it is a fact that teens and young adults are engaging in sexual activity. Due to that fact I concur with others that condoms should be made available on school campuses. Condoms should be made available for it decreases the risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies, it encourages safe sex practices and the results of condom distribution not only benefit individuals but also benefits other parties such as health care systems and governments. As a result of sexual activity among teens and young adults the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies have increased. The research is clear about the efficacy of condoms. Condoms are highly effective against the most dangerous of sexually transmitted infections—HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They are also effective against unintended pregnancy as well as against gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis...
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...Name: Institution: Course: Date: Rhetorical Argumentative Essay: Charge Master The author has written the text with an aim of showing how the high cost of health care services is destroying the health care in the United States of America. The text is intended to show the long term impact of overpricing health services on the American economy. For instance, the author argues that a lot of money from the government is being spent on the provision of health care wrongly bypaying for services that are overpriced through its insurance programs. The author argues that the government and other stakeholders are contributing to the high cost of health care due to them failing take initiatives aimed at reducing this cost. Therefore, the author uses the text as a tool of convincing Americans on the need of reducing the unrealistic cost of health services in order to reduce the negative implications of the high cost of health care to the economy in the future. For purposes of ensuring that his message gets the attention of the readers he uses different persuasive strategies. First, the author uses the strategy of social proof as his persuasive strategy. The author uses the findings of other researchers to support the argument relating to the impact of the high cost of health care to the economy. For example, the author uses the study conducted by MCkinsey&Co.consultingcompany to support the theme of the text. Secondly, the author uses comparisons as a persuasive strategy. In...
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...Final Draft of Argumentative Essay Poverty is one of the most significant and serious issues in the world. Today, millions of people are dealing with the cruel life conditions and trying to reach proper health care, nutrition, and shelter to survive. While the awareness of poverty is increasing, the majority of societies still display less attention to the causes and outcomes of poverty. It has been argued that people are poor because of their own personal shortcomings. However, rather than blaming the poor people, we should focus on the real causes of poverty, such as, effects of the economic system, economic disadvantages caused by geographical factors, and the limitations of possible solutions. It has been claimed that because of cultural, religious, physical, or intellectual deficiencies, people are poor. In other words, many people believe that poverty is the fault of those poor people. However, the tendency of “blaming the victim” is actually the main cause of poverty (Boleria and Wotherspoon, 2000). Capitalism dominates almost all of the countries and creates enormous inequalities between social classes. Since capitalism is a profit-based system, wages of working class are restrained to maintain surplus value and reinforce the segmentation between well paid jobs and marginalized jobs. Poverty is one of the reflections of this profit-based system and it is particularly derived from the high unemployment rates, the huge gap between rich and poor, and unequal distribution...
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...Geriatric Field Argumentative Essay Jazmine Capel Critical Thinking 2:00pm-3:20pm Formal Analysis 1) The impact that my grandparents have made in my life has influenced me to make working with the elderly a career. 2) The elderly are an ever so rapidly growing population and there is a need for professionals in the geriatric field. 3) The many issues that accompany the elderly are a growing concern of mine. 4) I believe that caring for the elderly is one of the most challenging and exciting areas of health care. Therefore, I have chosen Geriatric Social Work as a career objective. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ~John Bunyan I believe that we were given two hands, one to help ourselves and one to help others. As an aspiring social worker, I have learned that helping others who cannot sufficiently help themselves is one of the main objectives of the profession. My career objectives upon graduation include being a social worker in a hospital, care facility or an agency focused on helping families but specifically the elderly. The impact that my grandparents have made in my life has influenced me to make working with the elderly a career. The elderly are an ever so rapidly growing population and there is a need for professionals in the geriatric field. The many issues that accompany the elderly are a growing concern of mine. I believe that caring for the elderly is one of the most challenging...
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...the world. This essay will focus on the benefits of exercise for both physical and mental health. It is obvious that exercise helps people prevent a variety of diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular, depression and Parkinson’s. This also raises an argument on whether government should play an important role in promoting physical activity. This essay will clarify that it is reasonable for the state to take responsibilities in order to make sure that social health would be improved in the following years. 1/ Introduction A healthy lifestyle and longer lives are always the target that everyone wants to achieve, specifically; it is obvious that one of the most effective ways to do this is through exercise. Exercise generally means physical activity that makes your body strong and healthy. In addition, exercise also benefits mental health, especially in stressful work conditions which can affect individuals who lead busy lives. Therefore, in my opinion, it will be reasonable for the government (the state) to be responsible for ensuring regular exercise of all citizens. This essay consists of three main parts which will discuss the reasons why physical activity is beneficial to everybody. Firstly, the piece shall discuss the positive effects that exercise brings to our physical health. After that, it will focus on mental health as it is clear that physical activity plays a crucial role in keeping our mind active and productive. Finally, as a result, the essay shall represent...
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...2 of 56 Clear Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Clear Writing Students will learn to … 1. Determine acceptable and unacceptable degrees of vagueness in language 2. Understand and identify types of ambiguity 3. Identify the problems generality causes in language 4. Use definitions to increase precision and clarity and to influence attitudes 5. Understand the types of definitions 6. Acquire skills for writing an effective argumentative essay rom August 1987 until January 2007, Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (“the Fed”). Because any remark he made about U.S. monetary policy could cause markets all over the world to fluctuate wildly, he developed a complicated way of speaking that came to be known as “Fedspeak.” Here’s an example: It is a tricky problem to find the particular calibration in timing that would be appropriate to 2/9/2016 12:17 PM 3 of 56 stem the acceleration in risk premiums created by falling incomes without prematurely aborting the decline in the inflation-generated risk premiums.* Greenspan has admitted that such remarks were not really intended to be understood. Asked to give an example by commenting on the weather, Greenspan replied, I would generally expect that today in Washington, D.C., the probability of changes in the weather is highly uncertain. But we are monitoring the data in such a manner that we will be able to update people on changes that are important.* Page 70 2/9/2016 12:17 PM This tells us nothing about the weather...
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...Comp 1 Mr. Croomer Argumentative Essay April 26, 2013 Death Penalty Should the death penalty be used to punish violent criminals? No one should ever take another humans life no matter what. Killing people who kill just makes us the killers. Some people have been proven innocent after they have been executed. Criminals should expect to be killed if they killed someone else. The death penalty helps prevent future murders. It also gives closer to the victims family. It cost less money to kill someone than to keep them alive in jail. Tax payers should not have to pay for a criminal to live. Every year a prisoner gets older so their health care goes up. If you are proven guilty in a court of law of a crime that is so horrible, like murder with no reason, then you should be put to death. Killers should expect to be killed. With the death penalty in place less people die. If we go ahead and kill them now after they have killed some one then it prevents them from killing again. They cant kill the wittiness. They wont have the chance to plot any other killings. It gives closer to the victims family. The family gets to watch him die like he watched their family member die. Either way it cost a lot of money for someone to live in prison or be put to death. It cost more money to keep someone alive instead of killing them. Tax payers should not have to pay for a criminals life in jail. They have to pay for everything their clothes, shelter, and food. They also pay for their chance...
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...worldwide concern, although thirteen states already have legalized marijuana for medical reasons. The legality of marijuana has been a hotly debated subject for decades until the government of US and many other established countries outlawed its use, smoking marijuana had been a widespread activity for thousands of years (Meltzer, 2004). Marijuana has been illegal in America since 1923. Since the authorities banned the recreational use, sale, and growth of this substance many groups have sprung up and protests have been organized to fight for the right to possess and use the plant (Meltzer, 2004). Opinions appear to be pulled in two directions: that the use of marijuana is an extreme social, moral, and health ‘danger’ that must be stamped out, or that it is an innocuous, pleasant pastime that possesses health benefits and should be legalized(Zimmer,1997). It may be some time before all the truths concerning the use of this ancient drug in our society are fully known. An understanding of the history and attitudes of peoples who have long used the plant may play a large role in furthering our handling of the situation in modern society (Zimmer, 1997). It behooves us to consider the role of marijuana in man’s past and to learn what lessons it can teach us: to maintain wise restraint in our urbanized, industrialized life or, to free it for general use. It appears that Marijuana may be with us well...
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...Arrangement Recognizing Patterns A. The essay question you are given will reveal what type of essay you are going to write. 1. Process Essay: Explain the rituals and activities of a church service you’ve attended. 2. Compare and Contrast: What scholastic habits among men and women lead to differences in their academic performances? 3. Argumentative: Is universal health care an unnecessary tax burden on the self-employed? Introduction - 3 STEP Intro: Creating interest > presenting the subject > stating thesis STEP ONE: Attention Catching Device (first sentence): An interesting or entertaining statement or question at the beginning of an essay that draws the reader’s attention and relates directly to the subject of the essay. Examples of Attention Catching Device: 1. Definition – Create an original definition of a relevant term or concept. (Ex. Democracy is a form of government in which power is given to and exercised by the people. This may be true in theory, but ….(lead reader to your thesis).) 2. Anecdote - A brief (half-paragraph) story that leads to your thesis statement. Note: This technique works best with narratives and works less well with more fact based papers. Ex. Kevin Barrington is a sixth grade student at Gregory College Prep. He awakes at 6:00am and departs his home at 6:30am with a juice box and a box of cereal in order to catch the bus. His commute is more than...
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...Argument Essay Rough Draft Local Views and Legislation of Euthanasia Euthanasia is defined in Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary as; “1. Dying easily, quietly, and painlessly. 2. The act of willfully ending life in individuals with an incurable disease. Ethical considerations of this act are being actively debated. One difficulty is how will the physician or society determine that the time for acting to kill the patient has come.” (Taber, Pg. 683). I choose this particular dictionary to reference the definition of euthanasia specifically because of the detailed explanation that ethical considerations are being actively debated. Some may contend that euthanasia is a practice to be upheld in the U.S.A. due to being a country of freedom and liberty, and that is kind to allow one’s suffering to stop. However, others remain opposed and stand firm on the notion that assisting death is unethical, un-Godly, and to be illegal. The debate of assisted-suicide is argumentative amongst society, doctors, and legislators in Hawaii and throughout the nation; with recent regards to changing current law, euthanasia should remain to be illegal. Assisting in death, encouraging death, and advocating for death is wrong in many ways. Societal opinions differ and are found to be expressed throughout Hawaii in organizations, churches, and personal testimonials. What causes one to even think that assisted suicide is an acceptable foreseeable option? An example pros for debate is the notion...
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...In Allan's, Garriot's, and Keene's experimental process they perform their study on 1,225 college students. All of whom attended the same research university in the Midwest (489). Based upon the three types of classism, the authors conducted an experiment to decipher the specific factors influenced by each type of classism. The researchers initially hypothesized that social class and first-generation status acted as indicators for perceptions of classism. These perceptions, then correlated with the life satisfaction, academic satisfaction, and GPA of said...
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