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Critiquing Common Marriage and Family Myths in America

A critique of Schwartz and Scott's "Debunking Myths about Marriage and Families," examining five cultural beliefs about the nuclear family and marriage.

Sociology

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,353 words

Informing With Purpose: How Structure Shapes Meaning

Analyzing informative essays by Gould, Baldwin, Sontag, and Sacks to argue that organizational structure itself produces meaning — not just delivers facts.

English

~12 min read

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1,109 words

Socrates' refutation of rhetoric in Plato's Gorgias

Gorgias by Plato, is a dialog between Socrates and Gorgias, a famous rhetorical speaker whose specialty is persuasion and refuting standard ideas.

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1,168 words

Paradox and argument in John Donne's "The Flea"

This paradoxical and provocative poem by John Donne illustrates a number of the central characteristics of Metaphysical poetry. This paper will attempt to elucidate the paradoxical elements of the poem through a close reading of the text.

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1,722 words

Sentimental versus modernist techniques in African-American social activist fiction

Sentimental vs. Realistic Techniques: Modern African-American Questions Addressed in Contemporary and 19th Century American Fiction

~9 min read

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640 words

Ethics of advertising unhealthy food products in schools

Discuss the ethics of allowing advertising in schools. Is there an appropriate age in which advertising could be considered?

~4 min read

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692 words

Walter Ong and Neil Postman on media intimacy and persuasion

Compare and contrast the media theories presented in the chapter. Using your experience with media, discuss the degree to which each explains your relationship with media.

~4 min read

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581 words

Logical fallacies in food and beverage advertising

Please I provide. This McDonald's advertisement attempts to visually persuade the viewer that McDonald's is an all-natural product by showing McDonald's fries literally carved out of a potato ("Print advertising: 90 brilliant examples." Creative Bloq: 1).

~3 min read

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927 words

Evaluating argument effectiveness: employee theft and organizational ethics

This inquisitive essay does not make use of any external source and the analysis is based on original thought pattern, ability to reason and the general knowledge.

~5 min read

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3,127 words

Why American higher education should be free

Should higher education in the United States be free? An examination of available evidence suggests that it should be.

~16 min read

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