...Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation Axia College Research Writing COM/220 Katherine Luttrell April 11, 2010 Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation The speech starts off with the campaigner speaking. In his speech, he immediately begins with judgmental bias. This particular bias was chosen based on his statement concerning Jim Gettys, "There is only one man who can rid the politics of this State of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys." The campaigner's speech also coincides with several fallacies, such as scapegoating, scare tactics, and ad hominine. The movie continues to pick up with Governor hopeful Charles Kane. Governor hopeful Kane joins in with the political bias and scapegoating by making a statement that he will point out to the public the dishonesty and villainy of J.W. Gettys political machine. With the beginning statements made by both men, Kane's following statement about Jim Gettys villainy is in complete control of the government, this was a simple scare tactic. It is obvious at this point with the previous information that no one is thinking too positive of Jim, and with this statement, they have been installed with fear. In the second paragraph, Kane uses the fallacy "begging the question." He has basically made the sentiment that he will win based on the votes. In the third paragraph, he really comes on bold. Kane makes as distinguished difference in the society that he represents. The statements concerning the working...
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...1(Campbell) Section 2(Campbell) B1-07 B1-08 D3-03 GED 196 Communication Skills in Arabic 1 Section A-1(Dalal Halalat) Section A-2(Sherif Sharkawi) Section A-3(Dalal Halalat) Section A-4(Dalal Halalat) Section E-1(Sherif Sharkawi) Section E-2(Sherif Sharkawi) B2-10/B2-01 D3-07/D2-04 B2-03/B2-01 B2-07/B2-01 D3-11/ D2-04 D3-07/D3-11 D2-07/ D2-04 D2-07/ D2-04 BUS 111 Marketing of Services GED 132 MGT 405 MTH 001 GED 252 Science and Technology in Society Business Ethics and Social Responsibility College Algebra Critical Thinking Section E-1(Mustafa Tajdin) B2-03 B1-11 B2-10 GED 195 SWS 320 D3-07 D3-07 D3-07 D2-07 D2-07 D2-07 Section E-3(Sherif Sharkawi) Section E-4(Sherif Sharkawi) Descriptive Geometry(SA) Operational Research B1-08 B1-08 7th December 2013 LNG 173 Professional Communication Skills Section ARC & ENG 1-(Henrick) Section BUS 1-(Henrick) Section BUS-2(Henrick) Section ARC 1(Rama) Section ENV 1(Rama) B3-07/B3-08 B3-01/B3-08 B3-08/ B2-07 B1-07 B1-08 Section E-2(Mustafa Tajdin) Section E-3(Mustafa Tajdin) Section A-1(Rawa) Section A-2(Rawa) Section A-3(Rawa) 1 LNG 172 English II Section ARC-1(Nadine) Section BUS-1(Dima) Section BUS-2(Nadine) Section BUS-4(Dima) Section ENG-1(Rola) B1-11 B1-12 B2-01 D3-03/D3-04...
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...Drug Addiction is a Problem in Today’s Society Tony E. Harbour Research Writing/Com/220 April 3, 2011 Cheryl Drug addiction is one of the major problems in American society. Actually, almost every country faces such problems today. A lot of measures are taken to fight against drug abuse, and, definitely, some changes for the better are evident. However, this problem is not eliminated and, perhaps, will never be. Today, Americans are losing their jobs, families, and even their lives over the abuse. There are a lot of legal drugs that Americans are addicted to, but there are also a lot of Americans who are addicted to street drugs. Either way, drug abuse is drug abuse. Who does drug addiction affect? Drug addiction affects everyone from infants to adults. According to 2006 statistics from the Department of Health and Family Services concerning drug abuse there was an estimated twenty million Americans aged twelve or older who were current illicit drug users. These drugs included, but were not limited to marijuana, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or addictive prescription drugs. (Drug Addiction Support). (2006). Every day, you hear about people having babies who are addicted to crack as well as other drugs and most of us say to ourselves or other people “I’m glad that’s not me or anyone I know”, but what people fail to realize is that according to statistics, drug abuse and addiction cost Americans four hundred and eighty four billion...
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...CASE STUDY – LETTER FROM PRISON ETHICS 1. In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, Stephen Richards commented “World Com bankrupt, Enron bankrupt, Adelphia bankrupt. Computer Associates is a radically different environment to those.” Do you agree/disagree with Richards’ comment? Why/Why not? Discuss the ethical implications of the fraud committed at Computer Associates. In your response you should refer to Part A of the Code of Ethics of the Australian Accounting Profession discussed in Chapter 29 of the text. (25 marks) EARNINGS MANAGEMENT 2. “Numerous pieces of evidence suggested that earnings management – the managerial use of discretion to influence reported earnings – was a widespread corporate practice at Computer Associates.” Distinguish between accrual-based earnings management and real activities manipulation. Explain what is meant by a trade-off between the two. Which type of earnings management was practised at Computer Associates? Academic support should be provided (see the attached reference list) from at least two articles. (25 marks) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3. Corporate governance is defined as the system by which companies are directed and controlled" (Cadbury Committee, 1992). Discuss the role of specific corporate governance mechanisms that may have alleviated earnings management at Computer Associates. Academic support should be provided (see the attached reference list) from at least two articles. (25 marks) LOBBYING 4. The fraudulent...
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... |COM/220 Version 7 | | |Research Writing | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description Students focus on gathering research, evaluating and documenting sources, and developing a major research paper. Selected readings prompt discussion regarding bias, rhetorical devices, arguments, and counter arguments. Grammar exercises address commonly confused sets of words, modifiers, parallel structure, sentence variety, and sentence clarity. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Associate Level Writing Style Handbook, available online at https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secur...
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...NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WINTER 2010 COURSE 437 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS SYLLABUS Professor: Teaching Assistant Donald R. McNeeley, Ph.D. Susan O’Dea, sodea@chicagotube.com Phone: 815-834-8501 Phone: 815-834-8503 E-mail: dmcneeley@chicagotube.com Course Overview: Organizations have learned that the adage, grow or die is more than a cliché. In today’s global market, maintaining the status quo is no longer an option. As the velocity of change accelerates, historic paradigms are surrendering to new. For organizations to survive in today’s competitive environment, management must anticipate the strategic inflection of organizational evolution. Engineers have played a major role in the advancement of society. Undergraduate education for engineers is thorough, precise, and understandably micronistic. At the graduate level, we attempt to couple the micro skills with the broader macro perspective or, in other words, the proverbial big picture. The management role requires engineers to be able to envision, from a broader perspective, the operation of an organization and the market one serves. You must learn to think, act, speak, and process from the “management mind.” This capstone course draws from all functional areas of an enterprise to provide strategic direction to an organization. It also provides engineers with a management perspective as a complement to the engineering orientation, which they currently possess. Strategies are offered to ensure...
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...Hip Hop Culture and its effects on today’s society Ebony Lee COM/220 Research Writing 12/14/2011 Jessica Bryan Hip Hop music has influenced many things in American culture. According to a survey done in 2002-2011, many Americans believed that hip hop music promoted violence, demeaned women and condoned drug use. Although some people say that the lyrics in some hip hop music is violent and promote the wrong values, Hip hop “has positively affected” the way people think act and dress. In a recently taken survey, I found that many people think that rap or Hip Hop music lyrics promote violence. Do you think that Hip-Hop condones violence among its listeners? | [Writing suggestion: Unless in a quote or a title, avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers, not questions] Yes | (3; 50%) | No | (3; 50%) | | | Do you think that the Hip-Hop culture demeans women? | Yes | (5; 83%) | No | (1; 17%) | | | Do you think that Hip-Hop culture condones drug use? | Yes | (6; 100%) | ...
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...Final Project: Persuasive Research Paper Nycole Chatman COM/220 October 28, 2012 Debbi Kutner Reducing Recidivism in today’s Society Final Project: Persuasive Research Paper Reducing Recidivism in today’s Society Education and job skills are key elements to reducing recidivism therefore; prisons, county jails, and the probation offices should adopt mandatory programs so ex-offenders can become productive members of society. Every year approximately 9 million people are released from prison in the U.S. (Center, T. N.-e., 2012) and due to lack of education and job skills, 52% of those 9 million returns within three years. According to Yamatani & Spjeldnes (2011), “The United States represents only 5 percent of the world’s population, but we hold 25 percent of the world's inmates in our prisons and jails (Pew Center on the States, 2008). We have more people behind bars in total numbers and per capita than any other industrialized country--2.3 million out of nearly 300 million (750 per 100,000 residents)--one out of 100 U.S.” This essay will show the difference between recidivism and rehabilitation as well as showing how education and job training can effectively reduce the rate of recidivism in the U.S. What is recidivism you ask? The Merriam-Webster defines recidivism as a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2012)...
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...Technology, Cell phone, Texting John W. Siggers COM/220 11/21/10 Ruth Cameron In a 1928 film there was a scene where a woman appears to have a cell phone glued to her ear was, ” in fact”, a time traveler, well that is the thinking of some conspiracy logical thinkers. However, this strange scene from a Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 film, “The Circus” where a woman seems to be telegraphing or rather phoning who looks as an unscrupulously dressed Martha Stewart, is surely a voyager from the vortex of time and space (Sawyer, 2010). How can one little technological devise come to matter so much. Technology, cell phone and texting, have made a major impact to personal lives both positive and negative, and is preferred over in-person human encounters. History over time is defined by new technology used. In each age a significant impact has attributed to the advancement in the civilization of mankind. Humanity has moved from prehistoric times into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. During modern times, the ages defined as the Industrial Revolution, the age of steam, the steel age, the age of the automobile, and the computer age. With every new age, the people developed and used the new technology could dominate militarily or economically (Technology 2005). Technology has changed the face of modern day civilization. Technology has inundated grade schools colleges and universities...
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...Medical Marijuana: More than a High Your Name COM/220 – Research Writing 8/2/2012 Instructor Name There has been much debate over the years about whether marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes. There are many arguments both for and against this issue. This paper will present facts to support the legalization of medicinal marijuana. It will also go over the arguments against the medical use of marijuana and show why these ideas are invalid. This can be a very morally based issue. Some people may ask, why is marijuana illegal when there are other substances frequently used that are so much worse for the human body? Others may say that the government made marijuana illegal for a reason. Marijuana has been legalized by state law for 16 U.S. states and DC, so why is it not legal for all 50 (Medical Marijuana ProCon, n.d.)? These are some of the things that will be addressed, along with many other questions that will be answered. By the end of this paper, it should be apparent that something should change. Marijuana should be legalized for medical use because of its advantages over other traditionally used drugs which are currently legal. The use of marijuana for its medical advantages has been recognized since before recorded history. There are written references that can be found as far back as the fifteenth century B.C. (Zeese, 1997). There were over 100 articles published in medical journals on the therapeutic use of cannabis between 1840 and 1900....
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...Abstract In this technological revolution world, there is no time for anyone to know what is happening around them. They keep on moving without any care as they give importance to their work rather than others. Due to reduce in moral values one cannot get proper help when they need. This can be solved by this technology itself. Due to time laps many lives are in risk. To reduce this risk factor automatic accident detection and victim analysis plays an important role. Reducing the time laps will reduce the death rate. As reducing the time taken to take first aid will reduce the effect of accident on the victim. Probability of victim security will be more. As now a days mobile is common electronic gadget that is present with everyone and this problem can be solved by it only. By the short message service (SMS) on of the fetcher of mobile will help to solve this problem. By this embedded system we can know the place of accident, status of the victim etc. By this information rescue team will be easily help the victim. By using technologies GPS and GPRS one can easily locate the position of the accident. This project say the technologies that how an accident is detected and victim status. As prevention is better than cure, The main motive of this project is to reduce the accident rate and reduce the time for first aid. The proposed system ensures that to reduce the human death ratio by...
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...Believing in God Jehovah J. Michele Jones COM 220 Research Writing July 8, 2012 Karen Halusek Believing in God Jehovah When a person starts talking about religion, most people begin to get upset or walk away from you. Many people do not want to understand or know how someone can start believing in a God that you cannot see, feel, or touch. Everyone is entitled to believe in whoever he or she wants to believe in, just because that person cannot see, does not give the other person the right to say that no one else should. There are so many who find it joyous to get to know God. The ethics in Christianity are all in the Word of God. For many of us, we do not need to put someone else down because of the way they choose to believe. God freely gives us a choice as to whether or not we believe in Him or anything else. The people in the church are not called to deliver hate filled messages to anyone, but to encourage and help them understand that there is better way to truly living their lives. Many Christians want to preach the Gospel in a way that makes God seems as if He hates us, when in fact, it is the total opposite. There are many people who walk on this earth, and they are hurting because of experiences within the church, something happened to him or her as a child, been in bad relationships, etc. Most people highly doubt that God cannot help him or her. The true Christians, those of them that truly believe in a sovereign God, will say that it is not easy living according...
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...ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY COM 220 RESEARCH WRITING 3-01-10 TO 5-02-10 MIKKI MCDONALD The clutches that alcohol has on those dependent on it can make fleeing from it very difficult and, at times, almost impossible. Some people are able to have one or two drinks and stop - then there are those that do not know when to stop or who must drink on a regular basis. It is common for people to drink at social functions or with meals, but getting together with friends or family does not mean that alcoholic drinks need to be served to have a good time. When the person who use to be able to drink one or two and stop, now have to have alcohol drinks earlier in the day and more than usual, they would be considered an alcoholic. If the person who is drinking more; at first they seem to be happier and more in control, why would anyone want to suggest them slowing down or seeking help? After a period of time family members and loved ones start to notice signs that the alcoholic can not hide and they realize there is a problem. Trying to get the alcoholic to see and admit to these problems might be an impossible task. Those who feel they have to keep drinking once they start or who feel obsessed to drink alcohol on a steady basis and are commonly known as alcoholics. A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol regularly...
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...Affirmative Action Jackie Carter COM/220 May 18, 2011 Staci Weaver CheckPoint - Introduction and Conclusion Are affirmative action policies and programs still necessary in this day and age, even if it creates reverse discrimination? One of the country’s top debated issues is affirmative action. Affirmative Action came about when President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 that created the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity whose purpose was to ensure all employees are treated fairly, without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin (Elliott & Ewoh, 2000). Since its inception, Affirmative Action program and policies have taken on a life of their own. Affirmative action is a term that refers to mandatory and voluntary programs intended to affirm the civil rights of designated classes of individuals. Affirmative action or Executive Order 11246 (EO11246) was created, after the civil rights movement, by the federal courts to ensure companies were not using discriminatory hiring practices. Affirmative action is similar but different from equal opportunity. Equal opportunity is an attempt to avoid discrimination by applying the performance related criteria to all applicants, in other words, each individual should be given the same treatment as all other individuals. Unequal treatment of minority groups is considered discriminatory and illegal. This process ignores the past history of discrimination of an employer and also...
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...one of the very reasons that make it such a distinguished nation. Americans in their desire for more may have compromise their ethics. Are people willing to get ahead at any cost? Most people in American society live busy, hectic lives and this affects all facets of life. In the academic environment, students face grave pressure from others as well as internally to perform well (McCabe 2001). Plagiarism is one aspect of ethics in academia where students may find themselves compromising. In a study by Bill Bowers of “over 5,000 students on 99 different campuses, 75% of the respondents had engaged in one or more incidents of academic dishonesty (McCabe, 2001, pg. 220). Although this study is a frightening and awakening find, as Carter, Bishop, and Kravits (2007) stated, “Plagiarism usually starts accidentally during research” (Chap. 8, wk.2). Time restraints, improper planning or just misinformation can all lead to plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is still unethical and illegal. In America’s demanding and competitive society, ethics may have taken a back seat all in the name of progress. Technology has allowed people to enjoy a more advanced, more efficient quality of life, though this also may contribute to the ease with which students are “dishonest.” Plagiarism will certainly affect more than just students education. With the population growing in our nation, so does the number of students attending the public and private universities that this nation...
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