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Third-World Children
For one week read the international news feed from your favorite news site, paying special attention to reports that have implications for Third-World children. Choose one event or issue that arouses either your approval or your indignation, then respond to it in an essay. Using evidence from the article, make an inductive argument for your…
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A Group That Has Been Poorly Treated
Identify a group that you believe has been poorly treated by Canadian society (for example the handicapped or disabled, the elderly, native peoples, farmers, immigrants, refugees, single parents, etc.). Take notes, then write an inductive argument in which you present the evidence that led to your belief. In your next draft revise to seek an…
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Argumentation and Persuasion
Develop one of the following topics into an essay of argumentation and/or persuasion, choosing the side you wish to take. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. Companies (should/should not) be held liable for their own pollution. 2. Adopted children (should/should not) be told who their “birth parents” are. 3. The government (should/should not) require…