Writing An Argumentative Essay

Failure is the step towards success. Do you agree?

It is often assumed that failure is a deterrent to achievement. Rather, failure should be seen as a motivator for a person to keep trying until the objective or aim of a particular mission is fulfilled. Failure often times leads a person to feel helpless, disappointed and depressed. However,one should not allow this to set them back in trying to achieve the ultimate aim one has set out to do. Failure in the beginning can often be a powerful incentive to reassess one's position in wanting to achieve the particular aims; to analyse whether the purpose is worth the trouble the person has to undergo and the whether the obstacles are surmountable. Practical and...show more content... Another disadvantage of being an only is that he lacks companionship. He has no brother or sister to confide in. Growing up as an only child can be very lonely. If you have siblings you will have to share everything, so you get less; but you also get less of the bad things. Siblings can support and comfort each in times of trouble. The elder siblings learn to care for the younger ones and the younger ones learn to respect their elder siblings and have someone to look up to besides their parents. You are more balanced person than an only child. Another advantage of having siblings is that your parents' attention is divided among your siblings. As a result, there is less pressure on you to perform well, be it academically or in other areas. Having siblings also means that you have companionship, the joy of caring and sharing, and security. I, personally, am happy that I am not an only child.

Students should not take up part time jobs. Discuss.

Nowadays, students love to have part–time jobs. Their parents approve it easily as they are said to gain experience from working. However, having a job is a big responsibility for a student. Before, teenagers at their age were working to help their family because of poverty. Nevertheless, they were actually eager to study and learn at school for their future. It was not the same as the teenagers nowadays where they are more likely competing to each other to have a job. Most of the

Argumentative Essay Quotes

Cabute, Jeanette Anne H. BSIE–HE 4A

Quotation:

1."Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." –Maria Robinson

Explanation: Our lives are full of ups and downs. Often we get so caught up with the downs in our lives that we fall into depression. We feel that everything in life is falling apart. You regret the choices you've made in the past and feel that you have failed in life. Understand that you cannot go back in time and undo choices you've made but that you can stop yourself from repeating the past by making smarter decisions so that you can have a better future.

Reaction: Yes, our life is full of up and downs. We also cannot change the past, but we can make better things or choices...show more content... If we try new things we're going to make a few mistakes but we are learning from that mistake. If you don't make any mistakes, you're in a rut and not trying anything new. Mistakes are part of our lives, we cannot change it, and we just have to take the risk. Nothing is impossible if we try new things and nothing will lose if you try right.

4."The heart has its reasons which reason knows not." –Blaise Pascal

Explanation: The heart, the organ capable of storing love can also reason. Its reasoning makes all the sense in the world to the heart and to the heart's owner when the owner first hears it. It's the reasoning that makes you fall in love at first sight. It's the reasoning that somehow makes it so hard to let somebody go even though you have no logical reason to want that person to stay.

Reaction: The quote means that you have to listen to your heart. Just like in love, you just only knew that you love that person but you don't know why. We fall in love in a mutual weirdness and called it love.

5."When love is not madness it is not love." –Pedro CalderГіn de la Barca

Explanation: The actual quote is when love is not madness, it is not love, and it is by Pedro Calderon. Love in its self is madness. Love brings to life so many different emotions that it is like a chaos in your

As a student in a beginning English class some elements may seem difficult at the beginning but with practice they become long lasting skills. Writing an argumentative is not an easy task there is a lot of elements that have to come together to create a successful essay but as many other things, it requires constant practice and effort. At the start of this course I wasn't a very good writer myself, and I can see the huge improvement this course made by looking at my first argumentative essay. I was able to identify and apply the requisites of a good argument essay. A well thought structure, reliable evidence, and a counterargument are three essential components of argumentative writing. The structure of an essay is the foundation to a good argumentative paper. Throughout this course I learned the importance of having an essay structure, before I started this class I didn't have a very clear vision of how to correctly format my essay. In my diagnostic essay, which was the first one I wrote for English 1302, had five paragraphs. That is considered a standard structure of many essays but it is more of a skeleton. Looking back at that essay I see how poor my introduction was, I did not even have a clear thesis. One only thing even close to one that I could spot was, "The "millennials," people born in the last two decades of the 20th century, are failing to reflect Rich's model for a good education." It merely addresses the topic in a simple way. It did not serve the purpose a

Should Musicians Change Their Tune?

Should Musicians Change Their Tune ? Musicians shouldn't change they tune because lots of people attract to things like that , Source number one is telling us that they are going to start changing the music business. Part two of the story is basically saying something similar to the first one , they are saying some of the rappers putting others life at risk ! Story is saying what is more important, your life or your favorite artist. Part three of the story is informing us that the that was from 1987 is totally different from the music in 2017 the music have got worst and dangerous of the young kids. I have been asked to to write an argumentative essay for my "Schools Blog" which in my support or opposite the use of an artist.

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Writing An Argumentative Essay

During this course I have learned there is in fact a great deal to writing. Throughout my lifetime I have had to write numerous amounts of essays and papers for various subjects, all requiring different styles and techniques. Before engulfing myself into the writing process I would try and think of whom I am writing to and what I am writing about. I always just assumed I was writing for my audience, that being my teacher. Writing an argumentative research paper is something I had yet to accomplish in my college career. Not only was it thought provoking but this paper challenged me in many ways, such as, knowing who I should be directing throughout the essay to as well as the simple steps of organizing my thoughts and ideas. Also, simply reflecting on what information needs to be apart of the essay and what doesn't. While writing for academic reasons I would always write for the grade, not for the purpose to write and truly convince the reader that what I am writing about is in fact important. I have learned that when writing an argumentative research paper you are writing for an audience of people not just to one person. You are writing to convince the reader why they should care about the topic, and the reader should be able to feel that passion in your writing. You are writing to broaden the thoughts regarding this topic to whom ever chooses to read your paper not just for that grade. Thinking of who I should direct my paper to is something I still struggle with, however, Get more content

During my process of writing the argumentative essay I had some concerns and barriers since I do not know what exactly this type of essay entails. Throughout my education life I have mostly wrote fiction stories, narrative essays, and informational essays, but I was never well introduces to argumentative essays. Having two essays introduced at the same time made it confusing and difficult. As usual starting theessay was the hardest part of my writing process. I had first planned to start with my introduction but I wasn't able to think of good ideas therefore I decided to start it until the end. In order to make my process of writing the essay easier I first took notes to gather all my ideas. When I took notes I separated each idea into a

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Argumentative Essay : Pointless Argument

Argumentative Essays: The Pointless Argument Her baggy eyes struggle to stay open as she types each dreaded letter. She has not slept and the sun comes out to tell her that she cannot anyways. Class starts in an hour and her morning routine takes half of that time that she should use to finish her work. It takes her ten minutes to walk to class but she is running on no sleep; she needs twenty minutes to make it there on time. That gives her ten minutes to complete her argumentative essay for College Writing, enough time to pull all of her ideas together. However, she slowly gives up, and while rubbing her eyes and closing her laptop, she thinks to herself, "What's the point?" Teachers and professors who cannot find better things to assign have assigned argumentative essays for years. These essays are not only a nuisance, but also useless. The assigning of this essay is pointless and may actually harm the student more than help him. The increase in stress and the decrease in sleep hours and food consumed are greater than the increase in knowledge one can gain from writing an argumentative essay. Argumentative essays are paragraphs pulled together by students trying to pull themselves together. To write an argumentative essay, one must gather evidence and present an organized argument over a debatable topic, making sure to argue his side more. How can one do so when the point of doing the essay is debatable itself? Professors and teachers should not assign argumentative Get more content

In order to have a good argumentative essay, there are a few important standards of critical thinking that is needed to be found in the essay such as the clearness, accuracy, importance or relevance, sufficiency, depth, breath and precision that is stated by Nosich. The strength of this argumentative essay is consider weak because it does not capture the interest of the reader and was not persuasive enough; even though from the introduction of the argumentative essay includes full sentences and a good opinion, the argumentative essay is all objective. The introduction includes too much of the emotional appeals, such as when it wrote " Day after day the number of people worshipping this icon has been growing since the birth of this creature. well to many it may seem harmless idol but in my opinion, Mickey Mouse is an 'devil in disguise' influencing the minds of young and old people to adopt the culture of the 'devil' which doesn't blend will with the moral values of society and should be banned". To improve the introduction, the writer should include of all objectives statements relative facts and appeals to the mind of people who agree or disagree with the topic.

Argumentative Essay About Depression

Nowadays, depression has become the most common illness in the world. Nearly 1 in 10 adults are suffering from depression each year, but, what is this vastly propagating disease? Depression, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association, is a serious medical illness that negatively affects mood, thoughts, and the individual's ways of eating, sleeping and the associations and relationships he keeps (in text citation). Depression also leads to several emotional and physical problems and can decrease the person's ability to function at home and at work. Some well–known symptoms of depression are the loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed, having trouble sleeping, feeling worthless, and having thoughts of death and suicide. Fortunately, this disease can be treated and is considered amongst the most treatable mental disorders. People suffering from depression can undergo different therapies in order to heal. The most responsive treatments are medication, psychotherapy (including cognitive behavioral therapy), and electroconvulsive therapy (especially for those with severe major depression who have not responded to other treatments). In addition to these treatments, the patient can reduce considerably the symptoms of depression by himself, and it is called...show more content...

It releases oppressed feeling and allows the patient opportunities the express his/her feelings. The person feels comfortable psychologically with music and can express emotions and feelings he can't reveal outside. However, even if this kind of treatment doesn't work, music can't be of any harm for the patient, it'll only be a great companion during his/her sessions. And as the king of reggae, Bob Marley, once said: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no

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To whether or not college tuition should be free, is an argument often brought to the table. On average college tuition is fourteen thousand dollars, more than the average person's car. In 1963 the cost of college wasn't even close to that, a student could work a summer job (an estimate of 13–14 week) and be able to afford college. The cost of college is rising faster than minimum wage, it is a race in which those who make fifteen thousand annually are majorly trailing behind. You may ask what has happened to change the tuition from being able to afford college by working a minimum wage job for 14 weeks to now in 2016 when you are still paying off student loans ten years after graduation. It is that state legislators have cut funding from schools,

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Persuasive Essay On Electric Cars

Climate change and transportation play a big role and it is important to be concerned for our future generations. The use of gasoline cars is a major producer in carbon dioxide emissions, although they are not entirely responsible for it–they play a role in it. Other form of transportations like buses and taxis also contribute to carbon dioxide emissions. The total amount of carbon dioxide emissions from an average car is seventy six percent which comes from usage of a vehicle containing gasoline. Efficiency has increased by twenty percent in regards to electric motors, especially when it comes to their wheels using no power when the car is at rest. Car ownership will increase and with this, improvements in technology could be a vital...show more content...

Through my research question, I hope to learn whether electric vehicles make a big enough difference to help our environment. I also want to explore why we have not gone entirely electric and specific reasons as to why people are afraid of change. People find switching to an electric vehicle to be a huge lifestyle change. Some people have also adopted the hybrid car trend, although many people think hybrid cars help the environment as well. Hybrid cars still uses some form of a gasoline when it is being used, thus creating carbon dioxide emissions. Whereas, the electric vehicle produces no emissions. People have numerous reasons as to why they do not want to make the lifestyle change of switching from vehicles that use gasoline to electric vehicles. In Graham–Rowe's article, people are often concerned with their car battery running out while they are driving. People often cannot easily adapt to huge changes. Owning an electric car vehicle is much different compared to owning an internal–combustion engine car. So how can we make this change positive and easier to jump into? Electric vehicles are typically more expensive than cars with internal combustion engines (144–147). This leads me to another question, is there a way to make electric vehicles more affordable? How can car industries minimize costs? If electric cars are more affordable, maybe more people will be Get more content

Bullying

Bullying happens everywhere, whether it is at work, school, or home, This is Where It Ends, evidence in the schools, and adult psychiatric health problems later on in life, are some supporting evidence to show that this is an ongoing problem. According to stopbullying.gov bullying is described as "An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power–such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity–to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people." Bullying helps someone have dominance over another, it can boost their confidence, and self–esteem. Although bullying has been around for as long as anyone can remember, it is just recently in the 2000s that is has received serious attention and research (Hymel). There have been many recent events that have focused on this subject.

"13 Reasons Why", this is a very popular title that most teens, adults, and parents may know. This year, Netflix came out with the original series to show what bullying can do. In the year of 2011 a 15 year–old girl named Amanda Todd, posted her story on Youtube (Dean). Amanda was seriously bullied for something that she had done in her middle school past, and was now in high school. One day after school, Amanda was found lying in a ditch by her father, right before she had been beaten up by a group of girl from her school. After, Amanda went home and drank bleach, it did not kill her, a few months later, she tried to overdose on pill, that also did not kill her. After, she posted her story on YouTube, people were saying "you should try killing yourself again", or "you deserve to die", "try drinking a different bleach next time". A month later she attempted suicide. Not only was Amanda the victim of physical and social bullying, but she was also the victim of cyberbullying (Dean). Cyberbullying is social network bullying, it can happen over Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat etc. This is now becoming more, and more popular as the world enters into a more technology based times. Although cyberbullying is now very popular, physical and social bullying are still used today. There are many stories on the internet about Get more content

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02 December 2015

Do TV Shows Like 16 and Pregnant Promote or Discourage Teenage Pregnancy?

Teenage pregnancy has become a major issue in today's society for our adolescents. This is a major problem for all who are involved. It creates hurt and a struggle for on the parents, especially for the mother (Gonchar and Schulten). Also for the parent(s) of the teenager this creates struggles for them because more often than not, they end up with the load of caring and looking after the child while the teenage parents are at school or out doing other things that teenagers do. Raising a child as a teenager is not easy. Teen parents are more likely to struggle to deal with parenthood, and the child...show more content...

The television show 16 and Pregnant was initially created to try to symbolize the hardship of being a teenage parent (Taylor). The stories of these young girls are often times very similar being that they have a miserable nine months of pregnancy just to give birth as a single mother, no longer with the father of their child. This show displays the sorrow and struggle that the mother has in just the first few weeks into being a new mother. On the other hand, some view that these types of shows somewhat "glorify" the reality of having a baby as a teenager. Both Teen Moms and 16 and Pregnant offer the young teenage girls that they document great deals of money in order to record their pregnancy, birth giving, and first couple of weeks of motherhood. This in itself, to some teenagers, shows that it isn't all that bad. Many teen moms believe that they could possibly become one of the documented females if they end up in the situation of being a teen parent and could earn money off of it and a little fifteen minutes of fame (Henson). Also, they think that they could be featured in Teen Moms, the spinoff of 16 and Pregnant. This would just introduce even more money to the teen. The show is not intentionally trying to promote teenage pregnancy. This is just the viewpoint that some uneducated teenagers take from watching it. This is definitely not the realistic and commonsensical way of viewing teenage pregnancy. In Get more

"Standard immunization currently averts an estimated two to three million deaths every year in all age groups" ("General Information"). Children along with adults should be vaccinated because these Inoculations prevent diseases, even deaths, from going around, along with keeping the environment a safer place. As people know, kids get vaccinated from the time born to about the time the child reaches teen years, although getting immunized does not precisely stop at any age. In fact, required vaccinations continue throughout the years. Of course these medical treatments must be tested in order to be given to anyone. In spite of the fact many people themselves argue that inoculations are not safe for children, others are thoroughly certain in...show more content...

"Proponents argue that vaccination is safe and one of the greatest health developments of the 20th century. They point out that illnesses, including rubella, diphtheria, and whooping cough, which once killed thousands of infants annually are now prevented by vaccination" ("Vaccines"). Many deaths occur simply because children, along with adults, do not get the required shots needed. Medical treatments are not given to do a person any harm, but to keep a person and environment safe. Kids being vaccinated will give them less of a possibility to obtain a disease that could lead to death. Benefits outweigh any possibility of risking accumulating a disease. When people say that vaccinations are harmful, does not necessarily mean to develop a deadly disease, simply means some small risks. "Vaccines are not entirely harmless, but the small risks are outweighed by the benefits of a disease prevention" (Offit). Indeed flu shots must be tested in order to be able to give anyone the shot. Receiving vaccinations is only meant to help people prevent many illnesses and deaths. Although some small risks could be accumulated, those small risks are very small possibilities of anything happening to anyone. Getting immunized is not a one–time thing; people must follow up on required dates to receive them. To maintain a longer life span the body must be taken care of and well oriented in facts about

Running head: RESEARCH ESSAY

In today's society, there are many different diets that people can follow. One of those diets is called veganism. People who follow this diet refuse to consume meat or other animal products, including eggs and dairy. Veganism is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons. Some people go vegan because they do not want to be responsible for cruelty against animals. Others choose the vegan diet for their health or to help protect the environment. No matter what the reason, the truth is clear: the vegan diet is simply the best choice. It is better for animals, better for us, and better for the Earth.

Farm animals' lives are degrading, painful, and they endure a lot of abuse. The majority of our meat...show more content... In addition to their clean consciences, vegans can boast of healthy bodies. A meat–heavy diet can be disastrous for one's health. The World Health Organization, for instance, has linked red and processed meats to colorectal cancer (O'Connor, October 2015). Plant–based diets, on the other hand, benefit our bodies in many ways. The advantages of avoiding meat are summarized in a recent article from The Duke Health Medicine News: "Vegetarian dietary patterns are associated with lower body mass, lower prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus, lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components (abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure and fasting blood sugar, high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol levels), lower hypertension, lower all–cause mortality, and in some cases, lower risk of cancer" ("Vegetarian Diets", 2015, p. 4). A vegan diet offers all of the above benefits, as well as several that aren't associated withvegetarianism: "Compared to lacto–ovo–vegetarian diets, vegan diets seem to provide some added protection against obesity, hypertension, type–2 diabetes; and cardiovascular mortality" (Le & SabatГ©, 2014, p. 2142). Despite these facts, many people remain skeptical. That vegans can obtain all the nutrients their bodies need, such as protein. This skepticism is unfounded: legumes, tofu, and other staples of the vegan diet provide plenty of protein. For example, according to the Get more content

Many people struggle with writing a paper because they do not know how to make their paper appealing to the audience. If you don 't know who the audience is it can lead to many disadvantages because you would have a lot of criticism.Also, your paper wouldnt be interesting to someone who doesn't know much about the topic. The audience is the most important thing to worry about in writing. Sometimes you forget that you're writing not only for your benefits but also the reader 's benefits too. There are ways to show you how to appeal to and know your type of audience. Before you can make your paper appealing to the audience, you have to know who your audience is and why the audience can be important to your paper. "Knowing your audience helps you make decisions about what information you should include, how you should arrange that information, and what kind of supporting details will be necessary for the reader to understand what you are presenting" ("Writing for").Knowing this information can make your paper so much easier because if you know what your audience is looking for and explaining your topic many people would be interested in your paper. If you don't know how to arrange a paper to make it revealing it would be very hard for the audience to know what's going on in your paper. If you want to make yourargument appealing you should dissert your readers. Writing a paper can be lengthy if you don't know much about the topic you are writing about. You could

Some students prefer to write in there own style of writing, while others believe that following a template is not only beneficial but also constructive. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein say "Academic writing calls upon writers not to simply express their own ideas, but to do so as a response to what others have said." Templates give weak writers, a chance, to improve on theirwriting in an organized fashion, while others believe that such templates may hinder there creativity and retract from the originality of the writer. Many other templates exist other than the ones taught in schools. The writers of "They Say, I Say' seek to convey that these "other" templates provide a structured pattern of ideas that lead to well formed arguments. Using an opposing arguments, to your argument, is proposed to be the better alternative in writing an debate essay. Although templates serve...show more content...

Throwing information at readers without explanation may prove to be more difficult for learners. Cathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff do an impeccable job of relaying the information on templates while using thorough explanation on how and when a template is useful. While an huge amount of writers believe that using a template might deflate the writers creativity and originality, an alternate group of illustrators exists which believes that templates provide a basis for great writing. Numerous amounts of individuals consider templates to provide a clearer way of writing, and may help a writer focus on delivering a point without overstating facts. Birkenstein and Graff believe "That working with these templates can give you an immediate sense of how to engage in the kinds of critical thinking you are required to do on a college level." or the higher type of Get

Surprisingly, Many people today are still saying college is important. This unfortunately is the old way which now barely helps you today. Most of the time the degree can do more damage to you than help you. This article will show you three reasons why college may not be the best choice for now.

Most jobs don't need the "high level of learning" that colleges offer. Fun fact! You don't need to study at an overpriced school for four years just to learn coding or IT while most people can hop on a website and learn pretty much the same stuff you learned (Patel 2017). Now, most jobs that are being made are in the tech community which is a community that makes it really easy to make a website or a YouTube video teaching it. This allows for the people who don't have a lot of money to learn skills that can help them later on. This way the economy is growing can open the doors for many poor people to have a chance.

Grit is perseverance and passion for our long–term goals. Grit cannot be learned from projects and exams, but from trying...show more content...

The average tuition for a public college is $25,290 and $50,900 for a private one, but you probably don't have that money sitting around, so you probably have to get a loan. A loan for which you can never pay back. According to Adam from Adam Ruins everything Sallie Mae, which is a student loan company, takes loans from a bank to give to students and their charges are so low they don't even cover the interest (Adam Ruins Everything 2017). That being said basically student loans are designed to make you pay for the rest of your life so the greedy corporations can make a quick buck off of people who want to survive in today's economy. You could say it is worth it to get a higher paying job, which I agree with to a certain extent, but today's economy is changing to fit more people willing to devote time and effort to their job not people with a four–year degree. College is just too expensive for

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To whom this may concern, Good Afternoon, the reason for this letter is to appeal the decision of me being denied unemployment benefits. The reasons stated for my termination were incorrect and false. The decision made by Unemployment Insurance was based off incorrect information. I worked as the Security Supervisor for Colonial Security Services. We were contracted to work for a private school called Pingry School. My hours were overnight from Sunday 11pm–8am. Overnight there wasn't anyone in the building that allowed us to not wear our full uniform until it was time to be posted at the front desk at 6am. (Pants and shirt) Those were the words of Jim Westgate from Colonial Security. (However, he will dispute it now that I was terminated)...show more content...

At 0745 that morning, I did take my cell phone out of my pocket while at the front desk. There weren't any visitors present; it was 15 minutes until the end of my shift. I do have a daughter and checked if I had any messages regarding her. The time it took to check was 10 seconds (if that). All actions done as to my supervisor duties were done via my personal cell phone. Never was there a policy or conversation told to me about being on my cell phone. Not with Colonial Security or Pingry School. Pingry employees working outside, inside, office, and front desk, all walked around talking, texting, using their personal cell phones. Employees of Colonial Security all contacted me via my personal cell phone during my working hours. On the morning of July 5th, Mike Virzi (main boss with Pingry) walked up to the front desk talking loudly on his personal phone. At that time, I was taking my phone out of my pocket to check messages. He asked if I was playing games, I replied "No". He then asked what I was doing. I answered checking something. He stated to put your phone away. I paused for a second and looked at him, while putting my phone away, I did ask him why? It was never an issue of me using my phone for the past 7 months working there. Mike Virzi was in a bad mood and had a very disgusting attitude. He decided to project his personal problems unto me. I was then asked to leave for the remainder of my shift, Get more content