Writing A Persuasive Paper Essay Examples

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A Paper on Sindbad as a Romance Hero (437 words, 1 pages)

Sindbad is part of a collection of stories called the Arabian Nights or the 1001 Nights translated by Robert Dawood. The traditional definition of a romance is a long narrative about the adventures of knights or other heroes. Sindbad fits this definition for three main reasons. Therefore, Sindbad is a ... Read More

A Paper on Obesity in America (1865 words, 3 pages)

A major controversy that has many nutritionists and scientists at war with each other is how to lose weight. There are quite a number of possible factors that are argued that cause weight gain. Among them are the basics (in no specific order) eating too much fat, calories or carbohydrates. ... Read More

A Paper on Marital Traditions and Superstitions (1467 words, 4 pages)

When it comes to planning a wedding, people have to worry not only about food, flowers, and what they wear, they also have to honor many traditions, even if they dont understand their origins or meanings. However, to not follow these traditions, understood or not, might mean bad luck for ... Read More

A Paper on Brookwood Media Arts (676 words, 2 pages)

At Brookwood Media Arts, we understand how to help companies create, develop and implement successful Internet strategies. Combining our years of experience in Internet marketing and graphic design with our expertise in the latest Web-based technology, we produce, and continually maintain, a wide range of Web sites, intranets and extranets ... Read More

A Paper on Microeconomics (1084 words, 2 pages)

Microeconomics is the study of the choices that individuals and businesses make and the way these choices respond to incentives, interact, and are influenced by government. Microeconomics involves the analysis of how consumers make decisions about what to consume, how firms decide what and how much to produce, and how ... Read More

A paper on Music Education (1213 words, 2 pages)

What Kind of Music Should Be Taught? Intro to Music Education In the 1995 film Mr. Hollands Opus, the character, Mr. Holland, was a high school music teacher. He was starting to teach a music program that was in lack of a better word a disaster. One of the problems ... Read More

A Paper on the Concept of Classification (573 words, 1 pages)

Ways of Classification The concept of classification can be quite difficult to understand due to the many similarities that exist in what is being classified. There are tiny little details that make objects hard to distinguish from one another. Classification is a way of sorting out the details and finding ... Read More

A Paper on Writing Literary Works (559 words, 1 pages)

Writing Literary Works Literature, what is it? Well, the glossary of our handy fifth edition of Intro to Reading and Writing states that it is a written or oral composition that tells stories, dramatize situations, express emotion and analyzes and advocates ideas. How does the author accomplish all this? By ... Read More

A paper on American Voter Turnout (705 words, 1 pages)

American voter turnout in the past most recent presidential election, in my opinion, was embarrassing. The less than fifty percent of adults that turned out made Americans look like they just do not care. There are many factors that contribute to voter turnout. One of these is the registration requirements. ... Read More

A Paper on Vitamin Supplements for Americans (1932 words, 3 pages)

Vitamin supplements What do most Americans need? Vitamin supplements What do most Americans need? That is the question I will be attempting to answer in the following few pages. To start, I will talk about their beginning as well as their recent growth in popularity in the past decade. I ... Read More

A paper on Tragedy in Oedipus (6498 words, 9 pages)

Tragedy is a word most often used out of context. Few are probably able to completely comprehend the full capacity of the word, and therefore throw it around like it is a common occurrence. Horrible things happen in life, millions are murdered, lose loved ones, lose homes, yet all of ... Read More

A paper on Women Wearing Veils (1256 words, 2 pages)

When someone mentions the word Veil many people think of Bridal veils. But there are other types of veils around Islamic veils, Spanish mantillas and historical headwear. The tradition of women wearing veils dates back centuries and it crosses many cultures. In Islamic cultures where women have been subordinate to ... Read More

A Paper on Colonialism as a Form of Tyranny (514 words, 1 pages)

Tyranny is Tyranny There are many ways to define tyranny. The Websters New Collegiate Dictionary defines tyranny as an arbitrary, despotic government esp rigorous, cruel and oppressive government. Many people tend to associate the British with tyranny in relation to the Revolutionary War but perhaps that assumption needs a second ... Read More

A Paper on the Tuskegee Airmen (2190 words, 4 pages)

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN 1999 Airmen Abstract The Tuskegee Airmen, the only African - American pilots to fight in World War II. In 1941, The pressure was put on President Franklin D. Roosevelt to take positive actions in the utilization of Negroes in the armed services. On March 7, 1942 the first ... Read More

A Paper on Personal Pursuit of Freedom (538 words, 1 pages)

When being asked to find a picture that describes myself as an individual, I found one picture that stood out from the rest a picture of a hippy sitting on the grass with his friends. Although I am not a hippy, and I dont look like one, I feel that ... Read More

A Paper on Science Fiction (1757 words, 3 pages)

'Science fiction is one of the more secluded parade grounds where private fantasy and public event meet. They call it entertainment'. (Aldiss Billion 1) This quote is interpreted to mean that, in the genre of science fiction there is a fusion of fantasy and reality. It is this combination of ... Read More

A Paper on the Role of Religion in Government (540 words, 1 pages)

The Role of Religion in Government. In 1787, the Founding Fathers hoped the first civilization of a few people in modern times would emerge by presenting an unbiased Constitution to the people of America. They took into account that the men and women coming who were settling in America were ... Read More

A Paper on the Love of Hamlet for Ophelia (1496 words, 2 pages)

The love of Hamlet for Ophelia Hamlet is without any reservations, one of Shakespeares most mystifying plays. Although the play has a concise story, it is filled with many uncertainties relating to different issues behind the plot. The reader is left with many uncertainties about the true feelings of prince ... Read More

A Paper on the Music of Native Americans (486 words, 1 pages)

"The Music of the Native American," Charles Hamm in Music in the World N.Y. w.w. Norton Co. 1983 pps. 3-23 It is very hard to collect an overall idea of what the music of the Native American is due to such a large time span and the vast number of ... Read More

A Paper on the Origins of the Cold War (626 words, 1 pages)

To discuss the origins of the cold war we must take an unbiased stance between the United States and Russia. Russia's political principles were critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism and the United States had trouble accepting the simple fact that they could exist. The ideals between these two ... Read More

A Paper of the Effects of Christianity in Africa (820 words, 1 pages)

The effects of Christianity in Africa can be seen today and were certainly visible in the time of colonization. Since the time of colonization people were forced into doing whatever they were told whenever they were told or face the wrath of god. Very similar to the way that the ... Read More

A Paper on Internet as a Vicious Place (835 words, 2 pages)

The Internet can be a vicious place The World Wide Web is an excellent source for information, shopping online, email, online games, or to just browse through and find what you're looking for. The Internet has become a vast marketplace for global goods and services. But in order to feel ... Read More

A Paper on the History of the Piano (1496 words, 2 pages)

The piano has seen many sights and has been a part of countless important events in the past and present. It is said to have dominated music for the past 200 years. Throughout history, inventions come along that take art away from princes and give it the people. Unlike the ... Read More

A Paper on the Colonization of Africa (933 words, 2 pages)

The Colonization of Africa As the European nations searched for new means of income and new deposits of natural resources to deplete, they realized that the self contained continent of the dark people had been yet unscathed by previous pursuits of outside income for their own usage. These nations, namely ... Read More

A Paper on the Boom of the Housing Market (1107 words, 3 pages)

When you look at the boom in the housing market, don't forget that what you're seeing is the second leg of financial deregulation. That's comforting, in a way, because it says what's happening with household debt and house prices is part of a once-only adjustment in response to a change ... Read More

A Paper on Dress Codes in Schools (543 words, 1 pages)

Dress Code Christopher Walker walks into a skyscraper, confident and well groomed wearing a tie, suit, and dress shoes. His confidence moves him forward, as he enters an elevator going up to the 23rd floor. He approaches his first job interview since leaving Magnolia Heights Academy for Boys in Boloxi, ... Read More

A Paper on the Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter (567 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet Letter - Symbolism The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. In the following ... Read More

A Paper on the Holocaust (2731 words, 5 pages)

The Holocaust Buchenwald Introduction The Holocaust is the most horrifying crime against humanity of all times. "Hitler, in an attempt to establish the pure Aryan race, decided that all mentally ill, gypsies, non supporters of Nazism, and Jews were to be eliminated from the German population.He proceeded to reach his ... Read More

A Paper on Writing in Andre Dubus’s House of Sand and Fog (437 words, 1 pages)

It is rare in literature to read a book in which the characters are naturally allowed to make the decisions that drive the plot forward. Often the people in novels are at the mercy of the story --- mere dummys of clever plot twists or of writers who want to ... Read More

A Paper on the Golden Age of Microbiology (614 words, 2 pages)

What would the human race be like if we did not have some of todays modern medicines? It would probably be just like it was 200 years ago. Doctors claiming to know cures forsome of the worlds most infectious diseases, and then treating them in the some of themost inhuman ... Read More