In writing an argumentative essay, I have learned that it helps to pick a topic that you are passionate about. ... A very important step to argumentative writing that requires critical thinking is having the correct response to opposing opinions and writing them in your essay before concluding. ... Critical thinking is the root behind a well written argumentative essay. The whole point behind an argumentative essay is to persuade your reader to agree with you. ... Critical thinking is how you gain an education....

• Word Count: 517
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He thought about the time he first ate spaghetti and immediately thought of a topic for his essay; he titled it "The Art of Eating Spaghetti ". ... Because the essay took him all night to write, he had no time left for another essay. ... Fleagle enjoyed his essay and even praised it in front of the class. ... He chose the essay topic "The Art of Eating Spaghetti " because it was one of his most memorable moments, and it ended up giving him a life changing experience. ... I went in her class as a student who didn't have much of a drive for an education. ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The husband-and-wife duo, George and Sheila Grant, undertook the highly controversial topic of abortion and the many elements that pertain to foetal rights in their "Abortion and Rights" essay. ... Although persuasive, their essay contains numerous fallacies that will be addressed in this essay. ... The following paragraphs will provide a critique of the essay, whether or not the evidence examined is indeed supportive and valid of their claim. ... As much as they try to persuade the audience that it is simply black and white, the topic on the abortion rights is much more complex th...

• Word Count: 2419
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Education has a lot to do with this issue. ... In the book we are reading, Major Problems In Latina/o History, the essay written by Pedro Caban, "Chicana/o Studies and Puerto Rican Studies to Latina/o Studies ", describes how students paved the way to Latino and Latina Studies. In the 1960's, university and college education was a privilege and inaccessible to the vast majority of students of color, virtually all of whom were from the working class. ... Its not until we are older that we start to question certain things, either by higher education, friends influence, or society. ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Science behind Medicine has led to awareness and preventive education among the public. ... As pointed out by Willard Gaylin in his essay, Harvesting the Dead, the technology we have developed has essentially changed the definition of death. ... Issues such as euthanasia and abortion have always been topics of debate in the field of Medicine. ...

• Word Count: 3017
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocritical, and skeptical. ... The skeptic inside of me says that you can be an individual, but highly doubtful without education on the idea of the self. ... At the beginning Orestes does not know who he is but after the thought process and education of identity by his tutor he realizes who he is and what he has to do to obtain his identity. ...

• Word Count: 5369
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

In her essay, Thompson relates nearly all of the things which I previously stated as typical arguments of someone who is pro-choice. ... We make a conscious decision to have sex with another individual, and I feel that most people in our culture, especially since the initiative to have sex education in schools, know that sex can result in pregnancy. ...

• Word Count: 4097
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School