Spokane’s mission/vision statement states that very thing. Theirs starts by saying “In the year 2000…” which clearly sets the stage for what it is they want to accomplish, how they plan to do it, and ultimately commits them to revisit their document again for revision and reflection. Did they do what they say they were going to? If not, why? And how do they change that?…
He mentions the A-League isn’t on the same level as the Premier League, however he also mentions that he believes that more needs to be done to expand the brand. This refers back to the comparison to the Premier League and makes the audience consider the effect of promoting the brand using advertising.…
In society, status and class are two of the most significant social forces that contribute to one’s own image. Not being born in the right social ranking can make life further difficult .This can inhibit the social mobility of an individual if they decide to move up a rung in the ladder of society. This social inequality plays a role in society that few people are able to manage .The social constructs of inequality are far reaching, and it even claws its way into the family. According to Dalton Conley, author of The Pecking Order, “The truth is that inequality starts at home” (pg. 586).…
Luckily, Thomas Frey writes a two-page quasi-extension to Alessandri’s article, Frey’s being entitled “Hi, I’m a Robot and I’m Here to Take Your Job.” Be sure not judge this book by its cover, Frey might surprise you. Like Alessandri, Frey agrees that human workers will no longer be needed as drivers in the transportation industry after autonomous vehicles begin to popularize. Frey states that “Driverless cars [...] will replace the need for drivers,” and an extension to Alessandri’s claim, adds on by explaining, “there is never a 100% replacement rate” (Frey).…
“The Yellow Paper” is a textual piece of supporting evidence that backs up the claim that when living in a patriarchal society as a woman you are victim of being ruthlessly degraded and being the puppet of the puppeteer in a male dominated society. Thus, through the application of objectification and stereotyping one can evidently begin to notice the mistreatment and mischaracterization targeted towards these victimized women.…
On September fifth of 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that DACA will end in six months in order to give Congress time to find a solution for the 800,000 young immigrants that are part of the program. Sessions, the president and White House officials gave many reasons explaining the program’s removal, but these reasons were either false or one-sided. An article on Politifact written by Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias and Miriam Valverde, points out all the flaws in Jeff Sessions’ announcement about ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. For example, in his announcement, Jeff Sessions said DACA ‘denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing those same illegal aliens to take those…
Go into paragraph and talk about how before white males were in power blah blah and how Lincoln wanted to abolish south leaders altogether and how at first American society was not really a democracy at all and how this info in the whole paragraph is America moving one step closer to democracy. In McPherson’s book, he refers to the economic environment of the South as being a slave reliant one in which it greatly depended on its predominantly agriculture and plantation systems, while the North focused more on equality and the rights of the people. African Americans began demonstrating political resistance and acting out against their white slave owners during the Civil War. When Lincoln came into office, the Freedmen’s Bureau surfaced which…
The article “Miscalculation on Visas Disrupts Lives of Highly Skilled Immigrants” (2015), by Julia Preston, states the State Department and Homeland Security allowed the department to give anticipating immigrants news of them being able to take the next step to obtain a green card. The author provides background information about the situation, along with reasons as to why the incident occurred, and its impact on immigrants. Preston attempts to inform about the episode and provide an explanation to the immigrants involved, through the use of rhetorical appeals. Preston establishes ethos before the article starts, as she is a reporter of a reputable newspaper, which gives her credibility. She starts off her article powerfully by providing context for those who are unaware of the situation; in the beginning of September, the State Department told thousands of highly skilled legal immigrants that they “would be able to advance early to the next step: filing a formal application.”…
Every individual person in the modern world is innately capable of performing similar duties as everyone else, yet people differ immensely in cultures and beliefs. The levels of advancement and innovation are also unmistakably diverse, leading to certain societies dominating and seizing control over others. Recognizing the causes of these economic and social dissimilarities is crucial in analyzing and attempting to find an approach in dealing with world conflicts. Jared Diamond, an ornithologist, was posed a seemingly simple but very complex question by a local politician named Yali. During a casual conversation, Yali simply asks why the Westerners had already developed so much technology and goods when settling, while the Natives in New Guinea…
President Barack Obama’s actions have been questioned since the day he took the oath of office. These three articles address the constitutional limitations to his actions on immigration. Each article produces an individual view to the subject, including different tones and opinions, while maintaining objectivity and using rhetoric to convey their ideas. With this specific language, the authors are able to portray their view on the president’s plan in such a way that draws the reader in and allows them to understand different points of view and beliefs on President Obama’s congressional actions. The first article “The Constitutional Authority for Executive Orders on Immigration Is Clear” by Eric Posner sets a clear attack towards opposing…
This paper focuses on an article in the Washington Post titled Why the Supreme Court should rule that violent games are free speech. The author of the article is called Daniel Greenberg and the paper will specifically focus on the way the author has employed a number of writing mechanics in presenting his arguments. Among the things to be highlighted include the way the author present himself as credible as possible. This refers to the use of ethos. The other thing to be seen in this case is the way the author has argued through the use of emotional speech.…
shoulders of present and future government, it also has a lot to do with past government officials as well. Kurt Schlichter, a retired army official and professor at an army academy, gives his opinion based on his experience serving our country on the government, and how it effects our obsession with zombies. He goes into detail about how in our history we have had many presidents, like Kennedy, George W. Bush, and now Obama that promise us many things they cannot deliver. These are the some of the most recent presidents, but certainly not all that have done this. He explains that each of them has offered up ideas and proposals that seem to be bullet proof and extraordinary solutions to the problems in our country—yet all of them have fallen short in some way or another.…
President, I commend you on these matters, and I am not asking for retribution on this matter. I am asking for further, and harsher enforcement on these matters. Don’t be afraid to get tougher, the statistics show it can only get better from here. Should it not boggle the mind that citizens in the USA want rights for someone who we know nothing about, and could possibly hut us. Imagine the Kate Stinley case happening to hundreds of children nationwide.…
The C word in the Hallways essay Anna Quindlen goes deep into the minds of today’s youth. She explains the importance of physiological autopsy which basically means that a kid kills himself and then they uncover why the kid did what he did. Quindlen is an amazing author and uses many different rhetorical strategies to make us feel her emotion on the subject. Quindlen uses pathos, refutation, and metaphors in order to get everyone to be aware of the dangers of mental illness.…
“A man who has given away a small fortune, forsaken a loving family, abandoned his car, watch, and map, and burned the last of his money before traipsing off into the wilderness” (71). The national best selling book, “Into the Wild” written by Jon Krakauer tells the story about a man name Chris McCandless. The story takes place in 1990’s and tells the adventures of the a man who changes his name to Alex Supertramp. The story tells the readers of the book:all the different people he met on his journey, where he want and how he died. As the author writees about Chris’s life and his connections with the story he includes many different types of writting styles including rhetoricstragides.…