...Argument is everywhere when it comes to violent video games, the best noticeable game or games of the decade would be the Grand Theft Auto series. Since the new GTA game is out GTA5 lets focus on this one. Grand Theft Auto 5 is about two fellow convicts that got away with all sorts of crimes out of the four original members three are left, Dave the FIB agent a knock off of an FBI agent, Michael a rich ex-convict that faked his death, and Trevor a white trash small business meth head that could possibly be insane. Before I get ahead of myself let’s talk about Michael, he is a higher middle class lower high class family, he has a wife, a son and a daughter, the son and daughter are about high school/college age. His family is falling apart his wife wants a divorce and has been cheating on him with her tennis coach, at this point of time Michael is going through his midlife crisis his son doesn’t have a job he sits home and plays video games all day (the game they show is a knock off of call of duty series) he is a slag talking overweight drug smoking want to be gangster. Michael’s daughter is one of those kinds of girls that no father wants to see his little girl become. She wants fame and attention hanging out with drug dealing porn starts and does whatever she needs to do to be on TV. The family has no respect for Michael because they know of his past and keep blaming him for the family wanting to slip up. This is where Franklin comes into play. He is an ex street thug that...
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...1). What background information do you need to know in order to read this image intelligibly? You do not need any background information to read this visual argument. This photo is self-explanatory. 2). What do you see? I see a man verbally abusing a lady. What are the key details or features here that stand out? The man’s face, fist punching the lady from his mouth, and the pain on the ladies face all stand out to support my theory. What images? The image is self-explanatory. What text? There was no text to support this visual argument. What supporting details? Every aspect of this photo supports my argument. 3). Identify the issue(s): Based on the picture it presents, what issue does this visual seem to be referencing? This visual seem to be referencing verbal abuse. This is a great picture to really explain how words can be painful. What debate is it part of? The visual debates the seriousness of verbal abuse and the effects. 4). Defining the Perspective: What side in this debate is this visual taking? The visual is taking the side of women, showing how men verbally abuse women. What perspective on this issue does this visual seem to take? This visual seem to support the seriousness of verbal abuse. It shows how people’s words can really be as painful as a punch in the face. 5). Defining the Argument: How do we know what side of this debate the visual is taking? This visual is taking the side of women. It is showing how men can verbally abuse a women with...
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...Unit 1 Assignment 1 1. What did you think when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this chapter? What do you think now? A. When I first encountered the word “argument” in this chapter, I immediately thought of the shouting matches that I would so often engage in with my father. However, upon further reading, I have discovered that in reality, argument means any subject upon which there is the possibility of having more than one view or standpoint. 2. Provide three examples of your own to illustrate the statement “Argument is everywhere.” One of your examples should be a visual argument. A. Argument is everywhere. This statement is evidenced by the fact that people everywhere are arguing. Whether is be about Romney's inane babble, or the fact that Obama hasn't fixed the Universe yet, people continue to argue their side of any disagreement. Another good example is bow ties. Some people think that bow ties are not cool. These people would be wrong because bow ties are in fact, very cool. 3. Describe traditional and consensual argument. Give two examples of each. A. Traditional argument is based around winning. It is where two parties are engaged in an argument, not with the goal of convincing the other party that they are right, but instead trying to prove that the other party is wrong. An example of consensual argument is where a group considers all sides of an argument and then tries to reach consensus or agreement about which side pleases most...
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...of approximately 1,000 women and was, at the time the letter was written, the beneficial owner of a number of Cypress shares. The letter was a form letter, and it carried the stamped signature of Doris Gormley, OSF. In the letter, Sister Doris, speaking for the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia as a Cypress shareholder, expressed the view that a company "is best represented by a Board of qualified Directors reflecting the equality of the sexes, races, and ethnic groups." The letter went on to say that it is the congregation's policy "to withhold authority to vote for nominees of a Board of Directors that does not include women and minorities." In response to the letter, an individual wrote an argument in defense of our current selection process. On top of this defensive argument, the writer outlined the pitfalls associated with investors questioning our practices on the grounds of creating “responsible corporations”. This response letter is detailed and outlines facts and figures to support its claims concerning these pitfalls. Yet, this letter espouses its point using a confrontational tone and terminology designed to insult the intended audience. The individual has also proposed sending this letter to all Cypress shareholders and a select group of sympathetic veterans of the affirmative-action debate. Discussion The response letter can be broken down into three parts. The first part is outlines the current selection process for the board of directors as well...
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...1) Before I started to read Chapter 1, I thought that the word argument had to do with a discussion two or more people; whether calm or severe to argue the difference in their opinions. After reading the chapter, I found that there are various types and forms of arguments. 2) Arguments are everywhere! If doesn’t matter whether there is a child/teenager arguing with their parents over being disciplined, to friendly conversation on two or more sports fans and their favorite team, and/or a returning military member/veteran coming from war and finding that there is no government support or jobs for them as they come home from war. 3) A Traditional argument is a person or persons that are making an argument with the means of persuading to convince an audience to change positions and agree with the arguer. An example of a (n) traditional argument is public debates (i.e.: presidential debates) or court hearing. A Consensual argument emphasizes an agreement. An example of a consensual argument are two team members that dialogue all their ideas to try and discover what will be their best position to on any issue or idea. 4) Conditions which are necessary for an argument to work best are: * An issue: An argument needs as its central focus an issue that has not yet been settled, or has become unsettled. * An arguer: Ideally every argument requires a person who is motivated to initiate the argument, to take a position on the issue, to obtain and consider information, and to...
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...with numerous awards for his work, this is a specific one that he tells from his personal experiences in the past (Scenters-Zapico 122). Then my last article is how after third grade, kids tend to fail unless they are heavy regulated or in a sport. This was called “Equity and school time” by James H. Lytle. He is a practice professor at the Graduate School of Education and the University of Pennsylvania, he was also a former urban principal and superintendent. Davidson, Rose, and Lytle all urge readers to understand that minority students are discriminated against in the education system (Kappan). However, Davidson’s argument is the most rhetorically effective because her story that was told was her own story and there were points from other sources only to back up her credibility. The “bad” essay would have to be Lytle’s article about school time. His main argument is that students who lives...
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...1) When I first started read the chapter and encountered argument I really didn’t know what to think except that most people argue about one thing or another (happens a lot with my brother and myself), but that I’ve read the chapter I have I a new respect for what it takes to put together an argument to make people understand your side of an issue. 2) Argument is everywhere. This statement true do to the fact with all the things happen now a days people are arguing about just about everything from the government passing a law that allows them to spy on people, or that people believe that all states should follow Washington and Colorado in legalizing marijuana. 3) A traditional argument is based off the ideal of winning the argument, for example when there is a presidental debate in which both side try to prove the other one wrong. An example of consensual argument is when a group looks at all side of an arugment and trys to come up with a consenus on whos ideal help/benefits most or all people involved. 4) The conditions in which an argument works best is when there are the following, 1. An issue (a central focus point), 2. An arguer (someone who knows about the issue and is motivated to initiate an argument), 3. An audience ( people that are willing to listen to the argument weather they be friendly or hostile), 4. Common ground ( an effective argument nust have some kind of common ground between the audience and arguer that is relevant to the issue), 5. A forum (...
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...kill animals, or be used as self-defense rounds. It is the weakest ammo, and usually the very cheapest to buy. Two years ago, there were boxes upon boxes of this ammo lying around everywhere. It was very easy to find and buy. However recently there has been a nationwide shortage. Manufactures and retailers can’t keep supplies on their shelves longer than a few minutes of receiving a new shipment. It should be pointed out that the ammo isn’t illegal, and it should be pointed out that it is being made, just not enough for the high demand. Finally I should point out that the prices by the retailers are usually $25.00 per box of 500 rounds. That comes to about five cents per round. This is where price gauging becomes an issue. Many consumers are acquiring these hard to find boxes of ammo and selling them online for $50-$75 dollars per box, or ten to fifteen cents a round. Basically doubling and tripling the price. The Controversial Argument The author writes how unethical re-selling this ammo is. He further writes that when people do this is creates more of an issue. He uses invalid and inaccurate information to support his argument and incorrectly sway the readers. The Rebuttal Dear Mr. “kriscamaro68” In response to your article regarding .22 ammo price gauging: I believe your entire argument lacks credibility. I checked some of your facts and have found them to be outdated or just plan false. For example you say you can purchase ammo at half the cost from Cabelas without...
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...Famine Andrea Knowles Ethics and moral reasoning PHI 208 Edwin Teall 10-29-2013 Explain Singer`s goal in this article, and then present Singer`s argument that supports his position. I think Singer`s goal here is to inform people of the famine of a Bengal, starving country, and to show us that making certain decisions, proper decisions or contributions from the more wealthy will not only benefit ourselves but the others around us. The people whom make the decisions are of course our governments and they saw that building a new Opera House in Australia or the Anglo-French Concorde project was of more importance at the time rather than helping those people live. He states in his article that people are dying and becoming refugees because of the choices someone had made. For example the Civil War, Someone told us we had to fight instead of working together and look at where it left us. It says in his article that other nations have the capacity to help, but it seems as if they were not willing. Singer suggests that it should be a morality to help those in need without causing the same disaster upon them. Explain three counter-arguments to Singer`s position that he addresses in the article, and then summarize Singer`s responses to them. Singer states, “ he shall argue that the way people in relatively affluent countries react to a situation like that in Bengal cannot be justified; indeed, the whole way we look at moral issues-our moral conceptual scheme- needs to...
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...Steps for Reading Visual Argument 1. Some history about computers 2. A beat up car and a nice new car, a tired mechanic and a happy mechanic, and computer company logos 3. Who’s computer is better 4. That Apple makes a better computer than Microsoft 5. The Apple side is new, faster looking and the mechanic looks happy 6. It wants people to buy Apple computer Review Questions 1. What did you think of when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this chapter? What do you think now? I thought an argument was when more than one person had opposing views on the same issue. After reading this chapter I feel that the word argument is much broader than just a disagreement between two people. 2. Provide three examples of your own to illustrate the statement “Argument is everywhere.” One of your examples should be a visual argument. * Who makes the better video game console Microsoft, Sony, or a PC gaming rig. * T.V. commercials * nicoleashleyrd. (Artist). (2013, Feb 4). Visual Arguments [Web Drawing]. Retrieved from http://thefamilyofblood.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/visual-arguments/ 3. Describe traditional and consensual argument. Give two examples of each. A traditional argument is when you try to change the audience point of view and a consensual argument seems to be one where the two parties must come to an agreement. Traditional * A movie trailer * Consensual * A couple trying to decide what...
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...| | | | theargumentativetheoryofreasoning The argumentative theory of reasoningBack to projects. Current philosophy and psychology are dominated by what can be called a classical, or ‘Cartesian’ view of reasoning. Even though this view goes back at least to some classical Greek philosophers, its most famous exposition is probably in Descartes. Put plainly, it’s the idea that the role of reasoning is to critically examine our beliefs so as to discard wrong-headed ones and thus create more reliable beliefs—knowledge. This knowledge is in turn supposed to help us make better decisions. This view is hard to reconcile with a wealth of evidence amassed by modern psychology. Tversky and Kahneman (and many others) have demonstrated the failures of reasoning in decision making. Johnson-Laird and Evans (and, again, many others) have shown how fallible reasoning can be. Others have shown that sometimes reasoning too much can make us worse off: it can unduly increase self-confidence, allow us to maintain erroneous beliefs, create distorted, polarized beliefs and enable us to violate our own moral intuitions by finding handy excuses. Sperber claimed that the full import of these results has not been properly gauged since most people still seem to agree, or at least fail to question, the classical, Cartesian assumptions. The theory Dan Sperber suggested—the argumentative theory of reasoning—proposes that instead of having a purely individual function, reasoning has a social and, more...
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...saying this book or novel is about love or showing someone it is about love. What debate is it part of? The part to debate is this novel or book. Is this book telling you facts on how to love or is it telling you how to love and will it work. Step 4: Defining the Perspective: What side in this debate is this visual taking? Is the book really about love or is it a love novel. What perspective on this issue does this visual seem to take? It is making Step 5: Defining the Argument: How do we know what side of this debate the visual is taking? What specific claims about this issue does the visual seem to be making? That this book will make you feel happy about been in love Step 6: Thinking in Terms of Audience: What sort of response does this visual seem to want from its viewers? They are tring to grab your attention with the lights and making a heart out of the pages What messages or lessons does it want to convey? Is it successful? 1. What did you think of when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this...
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...the conflict I have almost daily with my fiance, Derrick. I have an issue I can’t get over on my own because I can’t get away from him, We live in the same house and he’s the father of my children therefore, I am interdependent upon him (which I would never admit to his face). Sometimes the thought goes through my head, life would be great if he didn’t exist, especially when we have incompatible goals. Reality strikes and prison just isn’t the place for me. Conflict is a part of life even if it’s about picking up after yourself because without struggle there is no progress. Usually the argument will start out as something like telling myself I really don’t have time to be cleaning up after everyone in the house. I tend to have intrapersonal conflicts (Floyd p351). more often than not. Doesn’t everyone talk to themselves? If all the chores were distributed equally, I wouldn’t be late everywhere I went. I could wake up earlier, but I already go to bed at an unreasonable hour and get minimal sleep. This is would be called a pseudo conflict, because something could be done to prevent the conflict. Did Derrick really mean to leave his socks on the floor, or was it an honest accident. If asking him time and time again won’t work to persuade him in my direction, I am not quite sure what will. Derrick knows how I feel about the situation. I have verbally...
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...Get off to a good start. Avoid pretentious, vapid beginnings. If you are writing a paper on, say, British responses to the rebellion in India in 1857, don’t open with a statement like this: “Throughout human history people in all cultures everywhere in the world have engaged in many and long-running conflicts about numerous aspects of government policy and diplomatic issues, which have much interested historians and generated historical theories in many areas.” This is pure garbage, bores the reader, and is a sure sign that you have nothing substantive to say. Get to the point. Here’s a better start: “The rebellion in 1857 compelled the British to rethink their colonial administration in India.” This sentence tells the reader what your paper is actually about and clears the way for you to state your thesis in the rest of the opening paragraph. For example, you might go on to argue that greater British sensitivity to Indian customs was hypocritical. State a clear thesis. Whether you are writing an exam essay or a senior thesis, you need to have a thesis. Don’t just repeat the assignment or start writing down everything that you know about the subject. Ask yourself, “What exactly am I trying to prove?” Your thesis is your take on the subject, your perspective, your explanation—that is, the case that you’re going to argue. “Famine struck Ireland in the 1840s” is a true statement, but it is not a thesis. “The English were responsible for famine in Ireland in the...
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...Unit READING ……………………………………. 2 3 5 Overview exercise ……………………………. Article …………….……………………… Close study exercise ……………………. 4 2 7 WRITING (Argument) ………………............... Suitable Topics for an Argument ……………. Elements of an Argument ……………………. Rational or Emotional Appeal ……………. Dealing with your Opponents ……………. Discovering the Pros & Cons ……………. Organization of an Argument ……………. Strong Argument ……………………. Balanced Argument ……………………. Writing tips ……………………………. Being Concise ……………………………. Using Specific Detail ……………………. 7 7 10 10 11 13 13 16 20 20 23 REMEDIAL WORK Review ………………………... 25 ……………………………………. 25 VOCABULARY ………………………............ 31 Academic Word List (AWL) 6 ……………. 31 Word Formation 4 ................................ 32 PRESENTATIONS ……………………...… 33 Argument ……………………………………. 33 READING The article on the following pages is taken from the Science & Technology page of the BBC website. Dated 19 July 2010, the article expresses one point of view in the continuing debate about GM food, which is a significant part of the biotechnology industry. “GM” stands for “genetically modified.” Exercise 1 Overview Answer the questions below to obtain an overview of the article. Many questions can be answered by reference to the topic sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. What kind of science does Jonathan Jones specialize in? He is writing in the BBC’s “Green Room.” What is that? Read the article synopsis. What does Professor Jones think about GM food crops? Read the whole of the introductory...
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