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Scarlet Letter Synthesis Essay

We live in this world where manipulation and hypocrisy happen every day so that someone can feel better about themselves or feel like they have a higher power over people when in reality that has none. In the Scarlett Letter reverend, Arthur was a hypocrite himself. How do you go in front of a whole community of people and preach the word, " For the wages of sin is death (Romain 6:23)" ( source A), then turn around and screw a married women and that's not even the worst of it how do you do that to a married women and get her pregnant! Reverend, Author knew he was wrong and just like what the bible says he was so guilty it killed him. Guilt is a powerful thing especially if you know it affects someone negatively. Statiscly "Guilt can shorten your life. It weakens your immune system . a study compared those who had high guilt levels with those who had lower guilt levels related to pleasurable activities. They found higher levels of illnes...

Structuring Arguments

Classical oration is structured in similar ways to the Greek and Roman rhetors two thousand years ago. Classical oration has six parts with latin names; exordium, Narratio, Partitio, Confirmatio, Refutatio, Peroratio. The structure is powerful this way because it covers the bases giving the readers what they want to know about their topic of search with how you intend to cover it and the evidence you plan on using along with a pleasing ethos in the beginning and a winning pathos in the conclusion. There is a five part updated version from the classical pattern which is found to be useful on many occasions; Introduction, Background, Lines of arguments, and conclusion. Not all pieces of rhetoric, past or present, follows the structure of oration or if it does it does not include all components. Rogerian and Invitational arguments would be used more in the alternative to confrontational and angry arguments. Scholars and teachers adapted to the non confrontational principles employed b...

Analyzing Synthesis

With the given sample Essays to show different levels of giving they each received a different level depending on what they wrote. On sample A, The essay effectively evaluated whether college "is worth the cost". All the argument were there. The author of this essay gave evidence and explanations that were used appropriately but most of all what they did was they went further. A 6 is a simple okay I did my task I'm done but with her essay, she definitely went beyond what the prompt asked of her and in doing so I gave her an 8 for her level of skill and effectiveness.  With sample B the essay adequately evaluates whether college is worth its cost.  The essay moves with facility into appropriate sources. But overall the evidence and explanations are appropriate and sufficient and the prose is clear. Though I felt the person could have done so much more with the end of the essay they left it with and inconsistency leaving me hang...