Critical legal studies

1. What are the five elements in the rhetorical situation? Use TRACE to help you remember. According to Bitzer, a rhetorical situation has five elements. - The text is the written argument, which has characteristics you can analyze. - The potential reader or audience for the text ideally must care enough to read and pay attention, might change personal perceptions as a result, and perhaps will mediate change or act in a new way. - The author writes an argument to convince a particular…

Niccolò Machiavelli is smart and a strategic author. There are many ways on how to interpret his famous work, “The Prince”. It is intriguing that Machiavelli did not provide a title for the book. In doing so, Machiavelli shows his strategic writing to challenge the reader. To read the book and accept it in a literal sense is questionable. The intended audience rather audiences for the book is anyone that can access the book but the real audience will catch the essence of Machiavelli’s work. With…

Alexandra Ma Professor Yalovsky BUSA 100 2 December 2015 The Black Swan Individuals are encouraged to adopt long term planning, make decisions based upon factual knowledge, and predict future situations through analyzing similar past scenarios. However, according to NYU Professor Taleb’s bestseller, The Black Swan, even well-supported predictions are futile in the occurrence of a black swan event—one that is deemed highly improbable, but causes great consequences (Taleb). The Black Swan provides…

In the best essays, speeches, stories, and general writings, the author always strikes their reader. I do not mean this in the literal sense of striking someone, though in Berry’s essay Compromising, Hell it may feel that way at times. That being said, this an element of good writing, and Berry uses this strategy as a way to speak to his sympathetic audience. So do not become disheartened or even threatened by Berry while reading this essay, as he is simply just doing his job. Berry’s essay…

occurrence as a “natural kind” (Vandaele 2002:222). As humor is considered an essential part of living (Hu 2012:1185), it is less surprising that it has been analyzed numerous times for diverse reasons. Some studies deal with the history of humor as well as its social function whereas other studies are trying to determine how humor is created (Pan 2012:20). Everybody engages in humor irrespective of age, gender and nationality. However, the socio-cultural background influences the creation of…

that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘critical thinking’? To many, these are just common words. To the nursing world, however, these two small words play a vital role in their everyday tasks. The critical thinking ability of health care professionals can have a direct effect on patient safety (Robert and Petersen, 2013). With that being said, critical thinking is the backbone of the nursing world. This paper will focus on how one will use critical thinking in nursing practice when making…

was to explain what the findings of the optimal number of branches tell us. This artifact took me about two days to finish, but it was due two weeks after it was assigned. The Critical Thinking Skills I learned was question, purpose, points of view, information, concepts, assumptions, inferences, and implications. The critical thinking skill I like the most is purpose because that is the…

are both familiar with education and the learning system. The reader often agrees with a person of higher education. During the arguments, Jost and Bale also both provide credible sources. Jost’s article includes Todd Butler, a teacher of social studies and language arts who alternates between English and Spanish, and believes that the kids will not succeed, “by shoving them into English as fast as we can” (Jost 24). Again, Jost uses a credible source by including James Crawford, President of…

First Reading: “Don’t You Think It’s Time to Start Thinking?” By Northrop Frye Frye (year?) is talking about critical thinking as a means in which to discern the difference between reading and writing for basic knowledge, and the more effective use of articulated methods of reading and writing as way of expressing more complex thought processes: “Most students need to be taught, very carefully and patiently, that there is no such thing as an inarticulate idea waiting to have the right words…

While studying for my bachelor’s degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, I have acquired many new skills and abilities. In addition to learning about new technologies, effective communication, and teamwork, I have also learned the value of my education and the importance of lifelong learning. Skills Developed and Strengthened at Athens State As a new student at Athens State University, I learned it is essential to learn and utilize the various technologies used by Athens State…