...Argumentative Paper Peer Review Rubric. Please have a peer (friend, family member, coworker- your choice) read your paper and complete this rubric. To make using the rubric easier to submit to me please have your coworker read your paper, and highlight the appropriate level they believe you have achieved using the highlighting tool in your word processing software. In addition, please have them identify and copy and paste your thesis statement and the topic sentences for each paragraph. | |Exemplary |Proficient |Emerging |Not Yet Demonstrated | | |100% |86% |73% |60% | |INTRODUCTION / THESIS |Well-developed introduction |Introduction creates interest |Introduction adequately |Background details are a | | |engages the reader and creates |and contains background |explains the background of the|random collection of | |Background/History |interest. Contains detailed |information. Thesis clearly |problem, but may lack |information, are unclear, and | |Defining the Problem |background information and a |states a problem and the |clarity. Thesis states a |may be loosely related to the | |Thesis Statement...
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...statements (or premises) Using connectives and paragraphs in a larger argumentative text The main thesis, supporting arguments and conclusion. Adding information to relevant arguments Connectives for listing arguments. Concluding connectives In fact / Indeed More practice on using In fact and Indeed Paragraphs Showing you are aware of both sides of the issue - a model Showing you are aware of both sides of the issue - examining the model The main premise Paragraph topics Opposing arguments and supporting arguments Problematising the opposing arguments Shifting from opposing arguments to supporting arguments. More work on showing you are aware of both sides of the issue Language Summary: ways of showing that you are aware of the opposing opinion Working out the main premise from a paragraph Using connectives and problematising phrases in a paragraph Putting together a paragraph for an argumentative text Choosing your own premise and writing a paragraph Converting an informal text into a formal text Sorting arguments into topics and paragraphs A longer model argumentative essay Getting an overview of the model essay Identifying the main premise, paragraph structure and paragraph topics The internal organisation of the paragraphs - revision Including a paragraph that only presents supporting arguments Writing introductions to argumentative essays Writing conclusions to argumentative essays Writing your own argumentative essay - 13 steps to take from start to finish Appendix 1. Language summary:...
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...predispose the affected individuals to the development of cancers and may also cause the early onset of these cancers. Often show not only a high lifetime risk of developing cancer, but also the development of multiple independent primary tumors( Fulda , Allgayer ,& Rehder, 2011). Hereditary cancer underlie 5 to 10% of all cancers (Banks, Moline, Marvin, Newlin ,& Vogel, 2013). Common examples of inherited cancers are hereditary breast cancer ( Clark, & Domchek, 2011). Hereditary breast cancer is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by genetic mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes (Smith , 2012). An argumentative essay is a critical piece of writing, aimed at presenting objective analysis of the subject matter, narrowed down to a single topic. The main idea of all the criticism is to provide an opinion either of positive or negative implication. As such, a critical essay requires research and...
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...Saravanan Panneervel PCA 540‐01 (TTH) Argumentative Essay Draft 1 (12th Sep. 2012) An Ideal Situation: ’ Free Enterprise System Along With Regulated Banking’ The U.S. economy is a free enterprise system which means each individual is entitled to earn profits, own private property, compete in a market place for business and make economic decisions for themselves. In such a system some people argue that regulation of economy and economy driving entities, such as banks, may affect the U.S. free enterprise system. Henry Davis Thoreau, an influential figure in American thought and literature and a proponent of laissez faire, said: “That government is best which governs least; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe—‘That government is best which governs not at all’; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government.” If we speak of banks in the context of regulation or deregulation, I feel that regulation of an economic entity like a bank would not only protect depositors but also secure national monetary stability, preserve an efficient and competitive financial system and protect consumer interests. Businesses and individuals hold a significant portion of their funds in banks and ...
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...Name: Institution: Course: Date: Rhetorical Argumentative Essay: Charge Master The author has written the text with an aim of showing how the high cost of health care services is destroying the health care in the United States of America. The text is intended to show the long term impact of overpricing health services on the American economy. For instance, the author argues that a lot of money from the government is being spent on the provision of health care wrongly bypaying for services that are overpriced through its insurance programs. The author argues that the government and other stakeholders are contributing to the high cost of health care due to them failing take initiatives aimed at reducing this cost. Therefore, the author uses the text as a tool of convincing Americans on the need of reducing the unrealistic cost of health services in order to reduce the negative implications of the high cost of health care to the economy in the future. For purposes of ensuring that his message gets the attention of the readers he uses different persuasive strategies. First, the author uses the strategy of social proof as his persuasive strategy. The author uses the findings of other researchers to support the argument relating to the impact of the high cost of health care to the economy. For example, the author uses the study conducted by MCkinsey&Co.consultingcompany to support the theme of the text. Secondly, the author uses comparisons as a persuasive strategy. In...
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...2 of 56 Clear Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Clear Writing Students will learn to … 1. Determine acceptable and unacceptable degrees of vagueness in language 2. Understand and identify types of ambiguity 3. Identify the problems generality causes in language 4. Use definitions to increase precision and clarity and to influence attitudes 5. Understand the types of definitions 6. Acquire skills for writing an effective argumentative essay rom August 1987 until January 2007, Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (“the Fed”). Because any remark he made about U.S. monetary policy could cause markets all over the world to fluctuate wildly, he developed a complicated way of speaking that came to be known as “Fedspeak.” Here’s an example: It is a tricky problem to find the particular calibration in timing that would be appropriate to 2/9/2016 12:17 PM 3 of 56 stem the acceleration in risk premiums created by falling incomes without prematurely aborting the decline in the inflation-generated risk premiums.* Greenspan has admitted that such remarks were not really intended to be understood. Asked to give an example by commenting on the weather, Greenspan replied, I would generally expect that today in Washington, D.C., the probability of changes in the weather is highly uncertain. But we are monitoring the data in such a manner that we will be able to update people on changes that are important.* Page 70 2/9/2016 12:17 PM This tells us nothing about the weather...
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...distance and also enable the tags to operate independently of the reader whereas passive tags do not have power source and do not have writing capability. This RFID system does not require line of sight to detect data like in bar code system. The reader transmits wave signal where the tags use this signal as power source or use the power in circuit to transmit data stored in tags back to the reader. The data acquired by the reader is then passed to a host computer or any other devices (Jones et.al, 2005). Many people argue that RFID technology has positive impacts on business and society. However, RFID technology creates negative impacts on business and society. This essay will outline the impacts of RFID in the efficiency of business, its cost analysis, and impacts in large sectors of society. The most argumentative issue in the debate is whether RFID...
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...Argumentative Essay Name: Class: Course: Instructor Name: Date: Taxing Unhealthy Food and Drinks I feel that by putting an assessment on Unhealthy sustenance ought to be a powerful path in fighting Obesity and may even help in the bettering the dental Health of our kids and in the meantime sufficiently gathering cash to purchase some new rockets for the war on fear as well. It may appear at first look that by putting a duty on Unhealthy nourishment that the legislature has no privilege to do this. Investigate and what do you see? Corpulence is a plague in America! The administration's occupation is to lead us in a manner that is BEST for our country. Is permitting individuals to keep going down a way that will in the long run lead to a greater number of issues than Obesity OK? Our legislature permits Unhealthy nourishment to be shoddy and simple for all nationals to get. Putting an assessment on Unhealthy sustenance would at present consider natives in charge of what they put in their bodies yet would help them in settling on healthier and more astute decisions. Arguments for a Tax on Unhealthy Foods The way that the administration charge Unhealthy sustenance will ideally stop individuals eating so much additionally, the expenses can go towards the treatment for individuals with sicknesses or conditions created by Unhealthy nourishment implying that the individuals who eat Unhealthy sustenance will pay for their doctor's facility charge, that way, regardless of the fact...
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...Increase in projected benefit obligation due to changes in actuarial assumptions | 87,000 | 0 | Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31 | 721,800 | 789,000 | Average service life of all employees | | 20 years | Vested benefit obligation at December 31 | | 464,000 | (a) Prepare a pension worksheet presenting both years 20X2 and 20X3 and accompanying computations and amortization of the loss (20X3) using the corridor approach. (b) Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each year. (c) For 20X3, indicate the pension amounts reported in the financial statements. Part II: The accounting records of Scotty inc show the following data for 20X2. 1. Life insurance expense of officers was $9,000. 2. Equipment was acquired in early January for $300,000. Straight-line depreciation over a 5-year life is used, with no salvage value. For tax purposes Scotty used a 30% rate to calculate depreciation. 3. Interest revenue on State of New York bonds totaled $4,000. 4. Product warranties in 20X2 were $10,000. The reminder is estimated...
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...RESEARCH and WRITING CUSTOM EDITION Taken from: Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide, Eleventh Edition by James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr. To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments by Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S. Wiener ISBN 0-558-55519-5 Research and Writing, Custom Edition. Published by Pearson Custom Publishing. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Custom Publishing. Taken from: Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide, Eleventh Edition by James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Published by Pearson Longman, Inc. New York, New York 10036 To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments by Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S. Wiener Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Published by Pearson Longman, Inc. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Custom Publishing All rights reserved. Permission in writing must be obtained from the publisher before any part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system. All trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, and registered service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used herein for identification purposes only. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 0-536-97722-4 2005240359 AP Please visit our web site at www.pearsoncustom.com ISBN 0-558-55519-5 PEARSON CUSTOM PUBLISHING ...
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...section Vi essay forms Many people use the term “essay” to mean any paper written for a class. In actuality, there are many different types of essays, each of which has a unique purpose, form, and style. We call these different types of essays “modes of discourse,” and they include expository, persuasive, and comparecontrast essays to name just a few. This section of the Guide has a dual purpose. First, various types of essays are described and suggestions are included about how to approach each particular type of writing. Second, the sample essays are good tools for you to see how these different essays look in their final form. These are not templates (no essay can be a carbon copy of another even in form), but they will give you a good idea of what a final piece of writing for each mode of discourse looks like. It would be advantageous to critically analyze the form and content of each sample against the instruction for how to write each type of essay. chapter 21 expository essays Jennifer propp An expository essay explains something using facts rather than opinions. The purpose of this type of essay is to inform an audience about a subject. It is not intended to persuade or present an argument of any kind. Writing this type of essay is a good way to learn about all the different perspectives on a topic. Many students use the expository essay to explore a variety of topics, and do so in a wide range of formats, including “process” and “definition”...
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...this situation sounds familiar, you may find it reassuring to know that many professionals undergo these same strange compulsions before they begin writing. Jean Kerr, author of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, admits that she often finds herself in the kitchen reading soup-can labels—or anything—in order to prolong the moments before taking pen in hand. John C. Calhoun, vice president under Andrew Jackson, insisted he had to plow his fields before he could write, and Joseph Conrad, author of Lord Jim and other novels, is said to have cried on occasion from the sheer dread of sitting down to compose his stories. To spare you as much hand-wringing as possible, this chapter presents some practical suggestions on how to begin writing your short essay. Although all writers must find the methods that work best for them, you may find some of the following ideas helpful. But no matter how you actually begin putting words on paper, it is absolutely essential to maintain two basic ideas concerning your writing task. Before you write a single sentence, you should always remind yourself that 1. You have some valuable ideas to tell your reader, and 2. More than anything, you want to communicate those ideas to your reader. These reminders may seem obvious to you, but without a solid commitment to your own opinions as well as to your reader, your prose will be lifeless and boring. If you don’t care about your subject, you can’t very well expect anyone else to. Have confidence that your ideas are...
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...Senior School Prospectus 2014 Yr 10/VCE/VCAL/VET 2013 College Captains [pic] Madeline Hallett, Jake Thomas, Arnela Dug, Elias Joseph Contents |Contact Details |Page 3 | |Glossary of Terms |Page 4 | |Key Dates |Page 5 | |Year 10 overview |Pages 6 -10 | |Core Unit Descriptions |11 -30 | |Vocational Pathway Course Overview |31 - 32 | |Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Overview |33 - 37 | |Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Subjects |38 - 66 | |Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Overview ...
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...fourth EDItION fourth EDItION This clear, learner-friendly text helps today’s students bridge the gap between Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text. Highlights of the Fourth Edition: Additional readings and essays in a new Appendix as well as in Chapters 7 and 8 nearly double the number of readings available for critical analysis and classroom discussion. An online chapter, available on the instructor portion of the book’s Web site, addresses critical reading, a vital skill for success in college and beyond. Visit www.mhhe.com/bassham4e for a wealth of additional student and instructor resources. Bassham I Irwin Nardone I Wallace New and updated exercises and examples throughout the text allow students to practice and apply what they learn. MD DALIM #1062017 12/13/09 CYAN MAG YELO BLK Chapter 12 features an expanded and reorganized discussion of evaluating Internet sources. Critical Thinking thinking, using real-world examples and a proven step-by-step approach. A student ' s Introduction A student's Introduction everyday culture and critical thinking. It covers all the basics of critical Critical Thinking Ba ssha m I Irwin I Nardone I Wall ace CRITICAL THINKING A STUDENT’S INTRODUCTION FOURTH EDITION Gregory Bassham William Irwin Henry Nardone James M. Wallace King’s College TM bas07437_fm_i-xvi.indd i 11/24/09 9:53:56 AM TM Published by McGraw-Hill...
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...fourth EDItION Critical Thinking A student ' s Introduction Ba ssha m I I rwi n I N ardon e I Wal l ac e CRITICAL THINKING A STUDENT’S INTRODUCTION FOURTH EDITION Gregory Bassham William Irwin Henry Nardone James M. Wallace King’s College TM TM Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2011, 2008, 2005, 2002. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 0 ISBN: 978-0-07-340743-2 MHID: 0-07-340743-7 Vice President, Editorial: Michael Ryan Director, Editorial: Beth Mejia Sponsoring Editor: Mark Georgiev Marketing Manager: Pam Cooper Managing Editor: Nicole Bridge Developmental Editor: Phil Butcher Project Manager: Lindsay Burt Manuscript Editor: Maura P. Brown Design Manager: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Laurie Entringer Production Supervisor: Louis Swaim Composition: 11/12.5 Bembo by MPS Limited, A Macmillan Company Printing: 45# New Era Matte, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Cover Image: © Brand X/JupiterImages Credits: The credits section for this book begins on page C-1 and is considered...
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