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Dedicate a paragraph to your opponent’s strongest argument; by offering a rebuttal or ceding the point (and then proving that your cumulative points are stronger), you will win credibility.

ASSIGNMENT Choose a current controversy related to diversity and persuade your reader on the topic. Accomplish this by using fact and logic, as befits your academic audience. Steer clear of arguments based on emotion or morality. Your job is not to be the cheerleader for people who already agree with you or share your morality, […]

Discuss: how do prophetic acts operate within the play? How is prophecy relevant to one or more major theme(s) in the play?

Role of Prophecy in Oedipus the King Prophecy features in Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Focus on the play and discuss: how do prophetic acts operate within the play? How is prophecy relevant to one or more major theme(s) in the play? Introduction with argument Three to four body paragraphs with examples and Conclusion

Choose one character from your novel and explain how their complexity adds meaning to the story. What makes them complex?

Book Review Book: The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande “Character chosen is Papi / Natalio Reyna” Prompt: Choose one character from your novel and explain how their complexity adds meaning to the story. What makes them complex? How do those characteristics help to create the theme? What is the theme? Include a minimum of […]

Write an argumentative essay in which you agree or disagree with the following statement “We live in an age of advanced technology beyond the understanding of most of us.”

Section 3 Argumentative Essay Story: “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Benet Prompt: Read the following quotation: “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” — Albert Einstein Think-about this statement from Kim Vicente: “Technology – with all its promise and potential – has gotten so far beyond human control […]

Do you think twentieth-century people were more likely to be “trapped” than previous generations of people were? What effect does it have on people’s lives when they describe themselves as trapped?

Metamorphosis What did you like about the text? What did you dislike about the text? What do you learn about Gregor and the other characters? What passages do you find especially striking as examples of the author’s style? What passages seem suggestive of theme, tone, or symbol? How does Kafka create suspense in the novella? […]

Choose one “text” that employs rhetoric in order to make an argument. Write about a rhetorical situation that feels relevant, interesting, and timely–on a personal level.

Rhetorical Analysis of “Recipe for a Happy Life” For this assignment, you will choose one “text” that employs rhetoric in order to make an argument. What is a “text”? For our purposes, consider both traditional texts (i.e., articles, editorials, essays, speeches, manifestos, biblical passages, etc.) and non-traditional texts (i.e., podcasts, Ted Talks, sermons, infographics, webpages, […]

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