In both essays, the debate over alcohol on college campuses is the thesis statements and are signaled in the title. For instance, in the essay “Yes, Colleges Should Be Allowed to Ban Alcohol on Their Campuses” by Jessica Gross her claim is stated in the title of the essay itself. She believes that the college campus has the right to ban or allow alcohol on their campus and if the applicant doesn’t want to attend the college based on their alcohol preferences, then there are plenty of other schools to attend. In contrast the essay “No, Colleges Should Not Be Allowed to Ban Alcohol on Their Campus” by Mike Dang again like the previous essay Dang states his thesis and which side he is arguing for in the title of the essay. Dang believes that …show more content…
How is the essay organized? The essay “Yes, Colleges Should Be Allowed to Ban Alcohol on Their Campuses” is organized by the inductive argument. A reader can quickly tell how much research Gross did in order to write this essay throughout each paragraph there is a piece of evidence that leads up to the conclusion. The essay “No, Colleges Should Not Be Allowed to Ban Alcohol on Their Campus” is organized by the deductive argument. The thesis/claim is immediately given in the title its self; therefore, a reader will automatically know which side of the argument the author believes. In the beginning, Mike Dang states that banning alcohol will not solve anything and then begins to explain offering solutions that a campus could try before banning alcohol …show more content…
Dang uses oversimplification logic by suggesting solution to help students all while keeping the pub open. The solutions proposed include; stricter punishments for underage drinkers, a week of alcohol abusive education, and providing shuttle services so students can return home safely. Ad bominem argument is used when Dang implies that colleges only ban alcohol because they don’t trust their student and by banning alcohol they are taking the easy way out by saying the students were not on campus. Therefore, the college is not responsible for that student. In the concluding paragraph of this essay, it states that even medical practitioners dink from time to time. By implying this, Dang has used the appeal to an unqualified authority logic. The last logical fallacies used in this essay is non-sequitur, Dang used this logic in the conclusion of his essay saying college is busy and intense. Therefore, the students should have to right to keep the pub on campus. By implying this, Dang is insulating that since life is rough that college kids must
If this point was chosen to be addressed in the beginning of the essay, then his argument would not have the same effectively,
Writing Diagnostic Adam B. Summers uses strong claims, facts, and evidence, as well as logical and emotional reasoning in his persuasive writing about plastic bags. His simple connection with the reader throughout the piece allowed him to convey his view on the ban of plastic bags to the audience. The well-thought-out essay, Bag Bans Bad for Freedom and Environment, shows how Adam B. Summers uses many analytical features to strengthen the persuasiveness of his claim, plastic bags should not be banned. Starting out the essay, Summers uses emotional and logical reasoning to relate to the reader.
“The last time I was at Munchy’s, ALL the noise came from loud, annoying business people who were either on their cells or arguing with each other.” This quote proves that the students are not the only ones making the noise so they should not be the one to blame. The issue at hand affects all teenagersin school since the supposed banned is against all teenagers. Even though the ban was only brought up that one day all the noisy teens were there. Even though Munchy’s want to ban teenagers because they are loud, Munchy’s should not ban teenagers from going because business owners are equally loud, make more money during the fall, and it is a violation of their civil rights.
The Texas legislature has just recently passed a new law that allows any citizen, who is licensed to carry a weapon, to carry a concealed firearm on a university campus. This law, the Campus Carry law, has caused major distress to ripple through students, faculty, and family of the previous. Many people are concerned over the physical safety of one another, but no one has taken into consideration of the emotional stress this law may put on current college students. College students face the everyday pressure of just merely trying to pass in order to survive college, and “are falling apart from the stress rather than the material” (Bogost par. 14).
In the passage from “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment”, the author, Adam B. Summers, makes an interesting case on why plastic bags should not be banned. Throughout the passage, Summers uses many examples and comparisons to describe how our world is not necessarily being harmed from plastic bags and that there are other uses for paper bags that would not be fulfilled if the bags were to be banned. He uses evidence, reasoning, and persuasive language and word choice to build his argument and persuade his audience that plastic bags should not be banned. In order to make his argument valid, Summers uses evidence and comparisons to support his claims.
In 2007, there was a shooting at Virginia Tech University, leading to thirty-three people were killed and fifteen were wounded. Many of the victims were students and shot in dorm and a classroom building. The murderer was senior-level undergraduate student. He was diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorders known as selective autism and major depressive disorders. Most people do not know what guns can cause the world.
If responsible students have the right to defend themselves at home and out in public, then why shouldn't they be allowed to fight for themselves while furthering their education at college? College students should be authorized to bear guns on campus, if they are legally licensed to carry concealed weapons. In today's world you don't know what will happen to you each day and it is the sad truth that students have to think: what if someone tried to rob me; what if I am a target for carjacking; what if someone open fired on everyone? Students start to question how safe is their campus really is. One minute you could be in class taking a test and then hear gunshots down the hall or you could be leaving the campus late at night and be robbed while getting in your car.
In Loco Parentis Restricting Student’s Autonomy The Latin phrase “in loco parentis,” which in Latin directly translates to “in the place of a parent,” refers to American universities controlling their student’s actions through discriminatory restraints (Lee 2011, 66). Universities and colleges during the 1960s were regulating student’s personal lives through administrative rules and would take disciplinary action, like expulsion, if broken. “From the mid-1800s through the late 1950s”, courts supported universities acting “in loco parentis” in respects to their students (Lee 2011, 66). Higher educational intuitions where not necessary acting how parents would; they where not honoring students for their academic achievements, but rather they
Should Guns Be Allowed on College Campuses? Have you ever wondered how it would be like to know every student in your classroom carried a gun? Many worry on how this would change the college experience for everyone attending, working and visiting a campus. Guns on campus should not be permitted because it would encourage more violent crime, distraction from the learning environment, and increase in suicide.
SAT PRACTICE ESSAY: JIMMY CARTER Whether or not the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be developed for industry is a national concern. In this passage, Jimmy Carter builds an argument to persuade his audience that the Refuge not be developed for industry. Cater effectively builds a persuasive argument using various rhetorical strategies, however his argument may be made stronger in several ways.
This shows the reader how overlooked and dangerous the drinking problem is. This also gives the reader insight on what causes colleges trouble to attack
Katie Lee British Lit 13 April 2016 Gun Control Research Paper: An Annotated Bibliography Dickerson, John. " Why Newtown Wasn’t Enough." The Slate. The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company, 17 Apr. 2013. Web.
During my second semester at Western Carolina University I violated the WCU Alcohol and Drug Policy. I chose to consume alcohol without being the legal age of twenty - one. In my past, I have had many good decisions and also many bad ones. From the bad decisions I have made I think to myself “What can I do different next time?” or “What can I learn from this mistake?”
(Bello, 2014) B. (Thesis Statement) Today I would like to share with you some disturbing data about texting and driving and I would like to purpose some solutions. C. (Reason to Listen) You’ll want to pay attention to my speech because texting and driving is a serious issue that can impact each and every one of us. D. (Credibility)
Dorothy Siegel’s argument in the essay “What Is Behind the Growth of Violence on College Campuses?” is persuasive. Siegel persuades the reader by presenting her points and validating them with facts and statistics. One of the strongest aspects of the argument is that contrary to popular belief, students are committing a majority of the crimes that take place on college campuses; the students “themselves may become the assailants”, not persons from outside of the campus. She further supported this by pointing out that students tend to know their attackers. Another strong aspect of her argument is that campus violence is due to substance abuse.