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    presenting himself as their peer, and his purpose will be to convince them on the absurdity of grades being inflated because “of an absence of legitimate data” (2). He will persuade them by systematically acknowledging each of the grade-inflation-exists arguments and then using logic to discredit them, citing credible sources, and tapping into the audience’s emotions and identity as educators by illustrating how the obsession with the “myth” of grade inflation has crowded out any real intellectual engagement

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    assignment to analyze different arguments that have been made in the “real world.” The argument text(s) that I have chosen are 3 different commercials from “Top 10 Super Bowl Ads.” I have chosen the Dove ad, the Geico ad, and the Victoria Secret ad to complete my analysis. I chose these three particular ads because they will allow me to use several of the concepts that I have learned in class to analyze them. The videos also make it easier to visualize and understand the arguments each ad makes, rather than

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    opinion is your own belief, and a fact is something that has been proven. 2. Facts are the basic outline of the essay which could easily be turned into opinions. 3. Opinions are not always equally good. Some opinions could be better if they start an argument because it means that not everyone agrees with it. 4. I think overall it would be a good essay topic because tend to disagree a lot with this topic. 5. Letter C. because you could state your own opinion. Letter F. because you could talk about

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    René Descartes’ First Meditations, he introduces three main sceptical arguments for the possibility of doubt: illusion, dreaming and error. Descartes’ purpose in his First Meditations is to define knowledge by placing doubt on the sceptical arguments capacity to provide truth. In this essay, I will focus on the argument from dreaming. There are many objections against the argument; therefore I will assess the soundness of the argument and whether it establishes universal doubt based on the plausibility

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    Brittany Zeock James Holland & Michael Martin Government & Politics in the US 4/30/15 Ramblings of the Ill-informed In Godless: The Church of Liberalism, published by Three Rivers Press in 2007, author Ann Coulter argues that liberalism has become a religion despite liberals rejecting god and religion. On the first page Coulter writes, “Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles . . . its own churches, its own high priests, its own saints, its own total worldview

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    This literature review provides information about the best interventions for young adults living with autism. The introduction highlights the importance of the topic and provides crucial information about the major constituents of the literature review. An analysis of four academic journals follows, and they emphasize the importance of loxapine as a fundamental drug in the treatment of autism. The literature review also focuses on showing the contribution of each article to the thesis of this review

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    Debunking the Arguments Against Women in Combat There are many who would argue that allowing women, who are physically unprepared, to fight in combat would affect the cohesiveness and combat readiness of the units in which they serve. Government officials and military personnel are a just a few of the leaders behind this opposing argument. When asked about women in ground combat, President Bush summed up his position in four words, “No women in combat” (Curl and Scarborough A01). He supported

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    Famine Relief Argument. Rachels argues that the cost of raising a child today, over two-hundred thousand, is so staggering that it would be better spent on donations towards famine relief projects. Throughout the paper, Rachels provides substantial arguments that emphasize the point that having children is the biggest decision that someone will ever make in their life rather than what to believe or whether to get married, and the decision should not be taken lightly. All the arguments presented are

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    was only created to give people wishful thinking. However, Lewis ultimately makes the strongest argument for his worldview and effectively shows his audience the profound relationship that is made between humans and God. First of all, Lewis at one point in time was an atheist, so it is clear why he would have an explanation as to why the atheistic worldview is incorrect. One of the strongest arguments that Lewis makes for his spiritual worldview is a concept that countless amount of unbelievers

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    coming home after work until after midnight. I would usually go to bed before he got home just to avoid him, as our conversations had grown droll, and obnoxious, but this night I had decided to wait for his return. This time it would be no simple argument. No, this time it was war. I was going to strike every nerve I could, holding nothing back.

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