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    Rogerian Argument Over “The Chrysanthemums” What is a chrysanthemum? A chrysanthemum often called mums is a popular plant of the daisy family, having brightly colored ornamental flowers and existing in many cultivated varieties (Google). Before reading this story, by reading the title you would think this story is going to be about a chrysanthemum; what it is, what it looks like, what it is used for, and how to plant or care for it. Yet after reading this short story you quickly become aware of

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    Rogerian Argument: Tropic Thunder The movie “Tropic Thunder” is a comedy about five actors who set out to create a movie about a Vietnam veteran’s experience. The actors self-absorbed, attitudes caused them to look fake and over-dramatic. As a last minute last hope effort, the director sent these five actors to, what he believes, is where the war actually happened. Soon after arriving to this unknown land, the director is blown up by an old land mine. The actors then find themselves trapped in

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    Many people think that criminals will think twice before committing s crime because they don’t want to get executed. The author states, “Besides the arguments of retribution and deterrence, many claim that a rational alternative is life imprisonment. After all, once the criminal is detained he or she is no longer able to harm society. However, if the goal is to separate the criminal from society, capital

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    Rogerian Argument On Vegetarianism Vegetarianism has been a hot topic of discussion lately, and if becoming one should be mandatory or not. Vegetarianism is a diet choice of eating absolutely no meat, fish, or poultry. It can be a healthy and environmentally friendly decision, but vegetarianism is not for everyone. It can be hard for people to completely cut themselves off from eating meat. However, humans can slim down on meat to help the environment and live a healthier, more balanced lifestyle

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    issue on which everyone is never likely to agree. If we examine some arguments presented from both sides, opponents of the capital punishment claim that executing someone is nothing more than an immoral, state-authorized killing which undervalues the human life and destroys our respect for our government which itself says that killing is wrong. But the supporters of the death penalty think that certain murderers

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    Rogerian Paper: Genetically Modified Food “Biotechnology has been used for more than 6,000 years for lots of interesting and practical purposes: making food such as bread and cheese, preserving dairy products and fermenting beer” (Biotechnology - Promising a Brighter Future for the World). Although we do not always realize it, biotechnology is a huge part of our everyday lives, from the medicine we use to keep us healthy, the fuel we use to take us where we need to go, and even the food we

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    argumentation styles and types of reasoning a writer can use to make their argument effective. There are three main argument styles, which are called the Aristotelian approach, the Rogerian approach, and the Toulmin approach. Each of these styles incorporates evidence in different ways and have the claim stated in different sections of the argument. There are different types of reasoning that can be used to strengthen a writer’s argument, which include inductive and deductive reasoning. However, writers

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    treated, the two authors have different argumentation styles and ways of building their arguments. Fadiman writes in a Rogerian argumentation style while Skloot is more Aristotelian and Fadiman uses inductive reasoning while Skloot uses deductive reasoning. The only similarity between how the authors make their arguments is that both Fadiman and Skloot commit the red herring logical fallacy. After analyzing the arguments the authors are making and

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    English Profession Neil Gill, deductive arguments can be grouped into two categories: A Rogerian argument considers several viewpoints and selects the best one, whereas a Toulmin argument presents a single, linear argument (i.e., A therefore B) in support of a position. Fallacious • Fallacious arguments are logical-seeming arguments that are not valid. Unlike logical arguments, fallacious arguments do not arrive at valid conclusions or inferences

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    formats an argument can take, including classical, Toulmin, and Rogerian. However, the one type of argument that is displayed throughout the text Sam Walton/Jay Z is undoubtedly the classical form of an argument. The Classical form of and argument contains six different parts to make up the whole structure: Exordium, Narratio, Partitio, Confirmatio, Refutatio, and Peroratio. These Latin words can be simply broken down into five different sections: Introduction, Background, Lines of Argument, Alternative

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