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Moreover, In October 2001 the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, which marked the beginning of its Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). One year later the Congress and the Senate passed a law authorising the use of armed force against Iraq. This resolution empowered the President to declare war without obtaining U.N. Security Council authorization. Thus, by October 2002 the U.S. spoke with one voice in matters of foreign policy. The expansionist forces had now definitely won the tug-of-war with the realist forces

included the following: A Likert survey on preconceptions of learning new vocabulary (administered on a Google Forum in the student’s Google classroom using their chromebooks) A VKS pre-test over the seven target words of evidence, conclusion, counterargument, argument, cite, inference and introduction given on paper) one final vocabulary quiz (administered on a Google forum on Google classroom using student’s chromebooks) and student reflections on strategies based on a Likert scale (administered

Every writer needs an inspiration to craft a brilliant literary piece. Whether this inspiration is tangible or intangible, it is still necessary. Some forms of inspiration come as passionate love while others appeal as injustice. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a response to "A Call for Unity" by eight white clergymen. His inspiration for writing the letter was the clergymen's unjust proposals and the letter allowed him to present his rebuttal. Martin Luther King Jr. effectively

uses appeals to scholarly professionals. The text spends a good portion of the prologue establishing the claim that there is a chronic problem of plagiarism present in this culture. In the body text of the article, Chace first of all presents counterarguments to the idea that cheating is an acceptable way to learn how to write, then spends the majority of the article describing how to prevent cheating. This is effective for the genre, a persuasive article in an

In his article, The Power of Negative Thinking, Oliver Burkeman discusses the realities behind excessive optimism and the benefits to negative thinking. Specifically, Burkeman argues that positive thinking hinders the preparation and motivation necessary to tackle actual real world problems whereas negative thinking allows for such preparation. His argument’s strengths come from his constant use of logic in regards to his evidence whether it be the “fire walkers” in the first paragraph or the opinions

A strong written argument is supported by several methods that are used to legitimize the author’s position as well as to discredit any counterargument brought forth. The techniques include introducing a counterargument and weakening it’s position with evidence. Providing legitimate academic research such as statistics as well as anecdotes from scholars on the given subject can reinforce the author’s argument. Another important method used is requiring the reader to critically think about a subject

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is a good representation of our relationship to the media in the United States. Third, I will entertain the most persuasive possible counterargument to my view, which is that the United States media is not a good representation of the media in the United States. Fourth, I will refute this counterargument (counterargument, not argument) by giving examples of how some media sources cherry pick what to tell and what not to say to the public. So the public does not have all the

Euthanasia in America is a controversial topic surrounding the rights of a patient under the care of a physician. Euthanasia refers to the process when a physician assists the patient in dying and administers a form of treatment such as a drug that results in their death. The rights of a patient in terms of requesting euthanasia have long been debated, however, there are four philosophers, Brock, Callahan, Lach, and Arras, that have formally discussed the morality of euthanasia in their work. They

wage is an economic security blanket for millions of Americans. The editorial Board supports their claim that the perception of minimum wage is skewed due to politics by implementing relevant expert opinions and fairly referencing and rebutting counterarguments, which forms a reasonable, credible, and believable argument. Throughout “The Case for a Higher Minimum Wage”, the Editorial Board references numerous experts to validate their claim that the minimum wage is unfairly set. Therefore, the Editorial

will be trying to prove that skills are developed ever after birth and that the influence of parents on this process is the largest. The two main arguments to prove this claim will be given and further explained below, accompanied by relevant counterarguments. The first argument I will be using is that every new born child has the exact same level of talent, and skills are thus developed completely after birth. Supporting this argument are the findings of Sloboda et al. (1996), who studied the