Wishful thinking

Arguing and debating is an important part of the human existence. Yet few people find themselves able to properly argue and win. One man, Jay Heinrichs, uses his knowledge in rhetoric, the art of arguing and persuasion, to write Thank You for Arguing. Heinrichs splits his book into four parts, offense, defense, advanced offence, and advanced defense. The first part, “Offense,” lays out the basics of arguing, starting with “Set Your Goals” so that you know what to argue about and how to go…

Tamar Demby develops her position by stating that Applebaum relies too much on emotional appeal, doesn't back up her claims and doesn't support her ethos. Demby gives examples of everything she mentioned that didn't make Applebaum article and more effective. After mentioning this, Demby moves onto give examples of the writer's use of ethos by saying that she is only “journalist rather than a nuclear physicist or someone with credentials”. Next the student explains that the writer lacked a “fact…

gone on tour promoting it. This book is a complete waste of time for anyone reading it. It taught me nothing that I (reluctantly) didn’t already know, and it drained years off of my life. Why would teachers be so cruel as to assign this? Here I was thinking that teachers were nice and kind, helping me to succeed in life. Now I am aware that they instead wish to drain children’s joy of learning and to subsequently replace it with a hatred for all things…

responding to my arguments and I did little to change my communication style to see if they would be more receptive to another style. It was about me trying to get my point across the way I thought of it rather than me trying to convey my arguments by thinking how…

offered a $10 profit, it would be irrational to choose the $10 Amazon card. For some reason, just by adding the word “free” in front of the first option, Dan Ariely made participants much more likely to choose it. An explanation for this irrational thinking is that we view payments as automatically a worse option than FREE! even when it makes less sense to choose the FREE! option. To further prove this point, Dan decided to offer the $10 card for $1, and the $20 card for $8. In this case,…

Zig Ziglar, an american author and motivational speaker, once said, “Fear has two meanings. Forget everything and run, or face everything and rise. The choice is yours.” In today's society, anytime a challenge or something that is outside of a person’s comfort zone arises, the immediate instinct is to run from it or hide it. When people face their trials it's like hiking in the mountains. Although it may be really tough and require a lot of bravery, in the end they can end up stronger and proud…

“man”―human animal― means the continuation of functional organization, like a cub growing up into a bear. The identity of being the same “person”― defined as “thinking intelligent thing with reason and reflection, that can consider itself as the same thinking thing at different points in time and space. Claim that consciousness is inseparable from thinking.”― means the continuation of consciousness. In the end, personal identity is not necessarily the same “man”, but it can only exist by relying…

Questions 1. How does Mairs organize her essay? What connects the different parts to each other? Mairs organizes her essay in a narrative. There is no chronological order, as far as the reader can be aware. She retells different parts of her life, specifically stories of her experience with multiple sclerosis. This has a couple of purposes; it helps us learn of a life of multiple sclerosis through her experiences and how she personally deals with the disease. For example, she retells a small…

Rhetorical appeals in writing are important they allow the piece to target an audience. The article I chose was “Engaged or Detached” by David Brooks. In this piece of writing by David Brooks says that authors need to keep a separated viewpoint so as to sincerely educate their readers. Brooks characterizes the contrasts between an engaged writer and a detached writer as the distinction between truth chasing and activism. The objectives of an engaged writer are to have a constrained "prompt…

abstract framework of divided time became the point of reference for both action and thought.(741)” In this quote, Carr associates the human mind of thinking like a clock, he refers to the mind as associating everything with math based on a clock. By doing this, Carr is using a metaphor between the mind and the clock. He talks about the mind thinking like a clock. Therefore, he is comparing them directly to each other. The clock controls the everyday life of many people across the planet. …