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Diversity and teamwork in group decision-making

In developing a cause and effect essay, the writer must be concerned with clearly determining and differentiating causes and effects, and creating a reasonable and believable argument to convince the reader.

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Critical Analysis of Rachel Carson's Water Arguments

A critical examination of Rachel Carson's assertions about water scarcity, saltwater contamination, and chemical pollution—with analysis of unsupported claims and rhetorical tactics.

Communications

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Visual Arguments in Rhetoric: Blair's Analytical Framework

An analysis of J. Anthony Blair's framework for visual arguments, exploring how images function as rhetoric and their relationship to verbal argumentation.

Communications

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Mitford's "Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain": A Critical Analysis

A critical analysis of Jessica Mitford's "Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain," examining her arguments about American embalming practices and the funeral industry.

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Mill and Kant on the moral permissibility of torture

Alan Dershowitz expresses moral approval (with reservations) in his essay "Should the Ticking Time Bomb Terrorist be Tortured?" Dershowitz's argument is essentially that of a Utilitarian. But it also contains elements of Kantianism.

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Standardized testing and diversity reform in American public education

What was the purpose of this essay? In your response, explore the deeper meaning of this question. The goal is not to just complete the assignment but instead to convey a message. What do you plan to accomplish with this essay? What do you hope the reader takes away from this argument

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David Quammen's "The Face of the Spider": Life and Ethics

An analysis of David Quammen's essay "The Face of the Spider," exploring his arguments on how humans should treat other species ethically and fairly.

Literature

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Malthus's theory of population and food supply growth

Thomas Malthus, in his discussion of the relationship between population increase and food supply in "An essay on the principle of population," proposed that his essay was an attempt to provide an explanation, though a speculative one, of the nature of the growth of human society in terms of its…

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Fiction as Historical Document: Swift, Erasmus, and Zola

Analyzes how Swift's "A Modest Proposal," Erasmus's "The Shipwreck," and Zola's Germinal function as historical documents revealing their eras.

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A Modest Proposal Analyzed Through the Toulmin Model

Examines how Swift's satirical "A Modest Proposal" functions as a structured argument using the six parts of the Toulmin Model of argumentation.

Literature

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