The first play of merit, written in 1852, was an adaptaion by George L. Aiken if Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Nakisha and Samir are making an effective use of presentation skills. Both are defending their ideas and persuading the others to follow them, by showing their knowledge about the topic with examples, and making the other students agree with them by using their ideas as well.
Mark, Casey and Kara are not so effective as they are not approaching the conversation properly, paying close attention to the questions given, or defending their own opinion.
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<u>Arg</u><u>u</u><u>m</u><u>e</u><u>n</u><u>t</u><u>a</u><u>t</u><u>i</u><u>v</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>essay</u><u> </u><u>is</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>type</u><u> </u><u>of</u><u> </u><u>essay</u><u> </u><u>which</u><u> </u><u>aims</u><u> </u><u>to</u><u> </u><u>convince</u><u> </u><u>the</u><u> </u><u>readers</u><u> </u><u>that</u><u> </u><u>the</u><u> </u><u>pos</u><u>ition</u><u> </u><u>the</u><u> </u><u>writer</u><u> </u><u>has </u><u>taken</u><u> </u><u>on</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u> </u><u>subject</u><u> </u><u>or</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u> </u><u>saying</u><u> </u><u>is</u><u> </u><u>right</u><u>.</u><u> </u> The writer has to try to give his own reflections and thoughts about the proposition concerned. Views both for and against the proposition must be considered. The writer has to state his thoughts or opinions on the proposition in clear terms. Then he has to mention the supporting details or evidence along with arguments in a logical manner. In other words, at first the truth about the proposition should be established. Secondly, it should be pointed out what would happen if it were not true. It's application to life should be made clear. The effect on the readers depend on the clarity of the thoughts supported by examples, illustrations , anecdotes , references and parallel quotation. While writing the argumentative essay, the reasoning power of the writer plays a vital role because the writer who has a rich reasoning power can present his thought very clearly. Argumentative essays seem to be simple literary.
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B) Billions of pounds of plastic trash litter the world’s oceans and beaches.