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Real Estate Speculation
Today many people speculate in real estate, especially around large cities like Toronto and Vancouver, or Fort Lauderdale homes for sale if you’re my retired parents. But how is it done? First consult a real estate agent or someone you know who has profited from real estate. Focus, then write a brief outline to establish…
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Canadian Military Spending
Politicians often state that one letter received from a citizen is worth a thousand votes. Decide whether you think Canada is spending too little or too much on the military. Now write a letter to the Minister of Defence, arguing your point deductively. Apply your premise to a specific example or examples, such as tanks,…
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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 Job You Have Had
Think of a job you have had. Write a page of rough notes about it, then, looking these over, decide how socially useful or useless the job was. Now write an inductive argument showing the evidence for your conclusion. After a rapid first draft, examine what you have said: Do the examples support your thesis?…
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High-Tech Invention
Choose one high-tech invention that you have used, and write an inductive essay that praises or condemns it. First freewrite on your subject for at least five minutes – automatically, never letting your pencil or keyboard stop – then look over what you have produced in order to learn your point of view. Now, take…
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Simplify, simplify
The American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, who left town life for his cabin by Walden Pond, wrote, “Our life is frittered away by detail. … Simplify, simplify.” In your opinion, has technology simplified or complicated our lives? Defend you answer with personal examples.
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Technophobe
Are you a technophobe? Or do you rejoice in high technology? Defend your answers with examples.
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American Influence in Canadian Life
What degree of American influence do you detect in these aspects of Canadian life. Computer software Eating habits Fashions Film distribution Foreign policy Hockey Inflation Interest rates Language Pollution Popular music Social services Television programming Textbooks
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Government Cutbacks
Choose one example of governmental spending which has been or soon will be “cut back.” Produce a page of notes, then conclude from them whether you favour or oppose the cutback. Now write an inductive essay to support your opinion. Apply at least three techniques of persuasion. After a quick “discovery draft,” check to see…
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Canadian Government: More or Less?
Canadians who want more government had their way in the sixties and seventies, while those who want less government are having their way now. Which do you favour, and why? Do you believe cutbacks and privatization are enhancing or threatening your well-being in the present? In the future? Defend your view with examples.