Exemplification Essay

It all started in middle school, maybe even freshman year of high school. Every adult in the school system would say something about college. Whether it be parents saying to obtain good grades, counselors telling you to take college prep courses. High school teachers always saying “I'm prepping you for college” and every adult is going to ask where you're going to college after you graduate. Society as a whole always pushes you to try your hardest and go to the most prestigious school in the…

E pluribus unum—out of many, one. This is the motto of the United States of America, a nation that prides itself with democratic characteristics such as individual rights, community through patriotism, freedom, and equality for all. However, these concepts are just ideals as individualism and community contradict each other as well as freedom and equality, and historically America has had difficulty balancing these ideals. One of Walt Whitman poems preaches the possibility that these concepts…

When James K. Polk was elected as the 11th president of the United States, he promised to make American borders stretch from coast to coast. This quote from him was used to start the Western Expansion, also known as “Manifest Destiny”. Even though there was a certain desire to expand, it was not particularly allowed, referring back to the court case of Georgia vs. Worcester. Despite this, Americans justified this act by saying it was their destiny to extend towards the West Coast, and that God…

In his article entitled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (2008), Nicholas Carr, a published technology author, argues that the use of the internet has altered the way our mind thinks, the way we communicate, and even the way we read. This affects society in such a way that we are no longer able to focus while reading printed text, let alone online articles with distracting factors such as hyperlinks and flashy pop up ads. Carr provides several sources of anecdotal evidence, case studies, and…

1. The reasons for our obsession with health, according to Furedi, is because of the concept of medicalization, the belief that illness is as normal as health, it’s part of the human experience, and the politicization of health. Our obsession with health begins with our need to blame every one of our human characteristics on a medical condition whether it be shyness or love sickness. We have come to the conclusion that illness is as normal as being healthy because it has become if we are not in…

NURSING ROLES FOR CARE AND PROMOTING HEALTH 2 One of our first assignments in the RN to BSN distance learning program at Western Carolina University involved introducing yourself to classmates and describing why you became a nurse. Over half of the responses stated to help or care for others. A major…

Asimov In the rebuttal “The Relativity of Wrong,” Isaac Asimov effectively utilizes various simple and complex rhetorical strategies to logically present his persuasive counter-argument; namely by the use of Ad hominem retorts, subtle aporia, and exemplification. These rhetorical strategies rely mostly on an empirical and logical premise but must be primarily interpreted to understand Asimov’s actual purpose. One of the primary arguments made by the critical letter to Asimov is that he is…

time for a final test, she tutored us by emphasizing on the information that would be in the test. She usually said “this is important. It will in the test so please underline this details.” Hence, most of us in the class got either A or B. This exemplification demonstrates that teachers can have an outstanding performance if the criteria is based on students high test scores. Instead of emphasizing on teaching, teachers will emphasize test prep. Therefore, teachers can use the same strategy as…

speculative, its dispute of common sense, and how theory relates to metacognition. To complete this task, Culler employs two inverted examples––Foucault on sex and Derrida on language. Culler demonstrates what theory––a complicated genre––is through exemplification and highlighting its key attributes. To start, Culler classifies theory as writing that “succeeds in challenging and reorienting thinking in fields other than those to which they apparently belong” (3). We can see this…

noteworthy viewpoint to the "Single minded Lyre with Sound Box" is its representation of creatures, where the creatures in the scenes of the sound box are basically individuals from the feast. This is one of the primary employments of creature exemplification, in both workmanship and writing. The diverse scenes on the sound box could likewise be an early endeavor at portrayal, however most don't comprehend what every scene could speak to. This great piece uncovers the significance of music to…