Cogent Argument Analysis

Do you judge your own ideas before others can? In “Are Your Words Holding You Back,” Ellen Welty explores how many women are often feeling less confident of themselves when speaking with non-intelligent words to get their point across. Using phrases with hesitancy is often frowned upon and will make others not take women seriously. In the past I felt unconfident about how I would use my words but with time and practice I learned to feel more confident when I speak.Being assured of the way one speaks will show people that they are confident and will be looked at differently.

In this article titled “Analyzing Arguments: Those You Read and Those You Write” goes over multiple strategies and examples to help you analyze the meaning and purpose of a specific argument and how to strengthen your own.

This here is portraying how the intellectually strong can survive, and the lesser minds cannot bear to compete with someone strong like

When I started working on my devil's advocate, I appeared to have contradicted myself. The whole time I was researching information that was appealing to my argument. However, I completely ignored all the valid arguments surrounding pro-gun control. The psychological term was confirmation bias. I was seeking evidence that confirmed my reasoning. However, ignored the information that would oppose my case. I paused and highlighted everything I had typed and hit the delete button on my laptop. Time was ticking, and I had less than two days to submit the final copy of the essay to my teacher. Procrastinating was not helping the

The short story “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is set in 2081, a future where the 211th-213th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution enforce “total equality.” This is not equality of rights as we assume the Constitution is supposed to protect. This is a kind of social equality that wants every person to be like everyone else, so it is really talking about conformity, not equality. In the story, people who are smarter than average, or stronger, or more talented in any way are forced to suffer a handicap. For example, Harrison’s father, George, is forced to listen to a disturbing sound in his brain to prevent him from thinking about what is happening around him. Harrison himself is so talented that he has multiple handicaps

Since the beginning of time, humans have struggled with the idea of whether an individual is more important than society as a whole. If people should make a sacrifice to let one suffer for the greater good rather than to let all suffer. Just as there can not be happiness without sadness, individuals cannot thrive without equality and conformity from those who are unwilling to show their true potential. Although equality in opportunity is necessary for a society to thrive, it can not be brought upon after the opportunity is stripped away from the individuals who worked to achieve it. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, a fantastical tale where those who are naturally gifted are handicapped, nobody is smarter, faster or better

The first objection Smart presented was the question of how someone could describe sensations without any knowledge of neurophysiology. The seventh objection Smart presented stated, "I can imagine myself turned to stone and yet having sensations" . Smarts responds with the same rebuttal to both of these objections; that even if A is identical with B, one can know about A without having knowledge of B. Smart uses the example of lightning being one and the same as electric discharge. People having knowledge of lightning but not electricity does not imply that lightning is not electric discharge. This response also defeats objection 7, since this conceivability argument only ensues when the person conceiving has an incomplete understanding of

On the third day of class, a question was displayed on a PowerPoint slide. The question read “What is your personal epistemology of ‘social problems’ ‘social welfare,’ ‘social policy,’ and ‘social work’?” I was instantly blown away and wanted nothing to do with answering such a question. I proceeded to look for the term “epistemology.” This was the first time I had seen or heard this term, consequently, I had no idea how to answer this question. To my surprise, I was chosen to answer this question. I felt very nervous, however, it was brought to my attention that I had been caught searching the definition for this term. Something clicked that day, and I proceeded to acknowledge that I didn’t know what the term meant. Although I am a graduate student, my day to day work includes working with individuals who don’t understand complex verbiage. Given this custom, I find myself using simplified terms, inadvertently this can be seen in my writing. From day one, I always advise professors of my limited writing proficiencies, and time after time, my grades suffer from such incapacities. Moreover, this experience set the tone for future experiences. I can now acknowledge my limitations in front of peers, without the feeling of shame. As a minority student, I have faced many disappointing experiences, and I felt this incident would be added to my list of

Once you have proven yourself you will find peace in realizing the opinions of idiots do not matter. It is not hurting anyone on purpose but it stings because that person cannot do anything about it. What can they do? Call the police and say "Arrest him/her are doing better than me!’ This quote does not mean you are "proving yourself" to anyone because someone can just mind their business and do very well in life and cross paths with someone from their past. If you feel humiliated in front of known people and want to regain you dignity, then you have to prove yourself worthy among them. Now that is called massive success you can take Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg as

You're identifying people who disagree with your idol, Peterson's, perspective, as 'uninformed', gullible, naive, and I'm simply saying that kind of talk is elitist, because you identify yourself as superior to other people in your community (i.e., people whose background, education and skills are unknown to you) and it is 'monkey talk' because like lower primates, it is merely imitative (or mimetic) - you're basically agreeing with someone who has high status whom you perceive to be an authority - just as baby monkeys look up to the Alpha male for guidance and protection. You offer nothing aside from your unbridled support of Peterson, which means you're saying essentially 'nothing' worthy of consideration. I don't view you as superior, Norma,

It's possible that you lack a solid knowledge of the principles of evaluating an argument and identifying rhetorical strategies an author

What stops me from putting my views out there or trying to make a differences is one i'm young so you will always have people who are much older say she or he is too young to know what they're talking about. Or that I don't have enough schooling about politics in order to know what saying or to know what i'm trying to debate about for example would you lesson to the person who's had more experiences in learning in general or to a high school whose only taking civics for one semester . if i were to wait a few years later and made the effort to study more about politics ,law or economics and i was compared to the same person again i would have a much greater chance of being lesson to about my views ,and ideas to help out and get my ideas out

First of all, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s dystopian society’s ideals in “Harrison Bergeron” substantiates why erasing competition leads to low-grade standards. People consider Hazel Bergeron, George Bergeron’s wife, average in pretty much every way, including intellect, where her “average intelligence” only allows her to think in “short bursts” (Vonnegut Jr. 1). Because it is easier to make better people worse with handicaps, what would be dim-witted today becomes what’s accepted as ordinary in this dystopian world. The inability to have a clear conscience makes many unable to compete in areas requiring thought processes, which would be disadvantageous for an adult trying to fit into society today. However, George has an “above average intelligence,” so he must wear a handicap radio to scatters his thoughts, so George doesn’t “[take] unfair advantage of [his] brain” (Vonnegut, Jr. 1). Throughout the story, George and others display severe discomfort because of the radio, shown through

point. I do feel, however, if I had been afforded more time to speak, I would have balanced my points out more effectively. As I gain more experience in the public

Under these consequences, I remember becoming very frustrated as I learned how to read. I struggled with reading, prior to my early years in school I had not been exposed to English literature. I remember feeling inferior to many class members as they caught on faster to the way words should be pronounced. The period in which reading was taught I did my best to participate as little as possible. In any case, I was able to catch on for the most part and later taught how to write in English. Although I struggled with this as well since I tried to apply some of my Spanish literacy knowledge when writing English. Once I began writing reading helped and made some words familiar. A key moment in learning English was writing words just as my ears heard them, I remember my mother saying that was how one wrote in Spanish. Thus, my way of thinking was if by writing as I heard was done in Spanish, then it should be done in English too, nonetheless, I soon realized that wasn’t the way English