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Fоr yоur finаl exаminаtiоn, you should write a cohesive, well-developed essay that fully addresses the essay prompt. Please closely read the following CQ Researcher articles (published October 2, 2015 (volume 25, issue 35)) and then the prompt below. Pro/Con Articles "Young Voters-Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16: Pro"by Rob Richie, Executive Director of the FairVote Center for Voting and Democracy "Young Voters-Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16: Con"by Lou Manza, Psychology Professor at Lebanon Valley College par. 1Our nation is overdue for a serious conversation about the right to vote. We rightly honor the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, but without an explicit right to vote in the Constitution, we too often fail to bring sufficient rigor to protecting voting rights. par. 2We have erratic state and local standards for running national elections. Our voter registration rolls miss nearly a third of eligible voters and are rife with errors. We deny full voting rights to more than 8 million citizens who have felony convictions or who live in Washington, D.C., or the territories. And unlike in many nations, only a few cities allow legal immigrants to vote in local elections. par. 3The nation's single-largest disenfranchised group is American citizens under 18. It's time to join other nations in rethinking the voting age. In Scotland, 16-year-olds voted in the 2014 referendum on independence. After so many young people seriously engaged on the issue, lawmakers from all parties unanimously voted to permanently lower the voting age, joining nations like Argentina, Austria and Brazil. par. 4The 26th Amendment prohibits a state from restricting anyone age 18 or older from voting, but does not establish a minimum voting age. Two Maryland cities in suburban Washington—Hyattsville and Takoma Park—have extended voting rights for municipal elections to 16-year-olds, and at least 14 states allow 17-year-olds to vote in all state and federal primaries if they will be 18 by the time of the general election. par. 5Research shows 16-year-old voters make informed decisions and will participate in relatively high numbers. Allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote would enable them to vote before leaving home, help establish a lifelong habit and go hand-in-hand with new rights and responsibilities that society extends to 16-year-olds, such as paying taxes and being able to marry. par. 6Expect widespread action on lowering the voting age in the coming years, starting in cities. The right to vote always warrants a close look—and our fullest commitment. par. 1As with other age-restricted activities, such as driving or military service, it can be difficult to decide where to draw the line on the right to vote. While I'm confident some 16-year-olds would likely take voting seriously, many others probably would not, or even could not, as a result of how brains develop. par. 2One reason society restricts certain behaviors to adults concerns how neural maturation allows individuals to reason effectively. This skill relies on one's ability to suppress emotions when making decisions requiring data-based analyses. As a group, teenagers tend not to fare as well with this compared to adults. par. 3Much of our capacity for informed decision-making hinges on having a well-developed pre-frontal cortex (PFC). This brain region, when functioning optimally, allows us to suppress information influenced by emotions and focus on objective data for a given situation. Adults can then reach a more reasoned conclusion than might be possible without the ability to control their emotions. But in a teenagers-vs.-adults scenario, research shows that PFCs tend not to reach full maturity until the mid-20s, making younger individuals more susceptible to bad decisions. par. 4Since casting a ballot in any local, state or national election is a very serious decision with the potential to impact society as a whole, we should do all we can to ensure that those who bear the responsibility for voting have the best likelihood of making a reasoned, and not emotional, decision. This can be accomplished in various ways, but restricting people younger than 18 from going to the polls is one effective option. par. 5Indeed, one could argue that based on biological evidence we should raise the voting age, since 18-year-olds, while possessing better-developed PFCs than younger peers, still are not as equipped as older adults to make informed choices relative to their voting habits. par. 6Much of the pressure behind the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, grew out of the fact that the age at which individuals could be drafted to serve in Vietnam had been lowered to 18, yet those individuals had no say in the officials or policies that sent them there. It's a valid argument, but perhaps the draft age, and not the voting age, was the figure that was out of line. But that's an argument for another day. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Topic: Using the above-noted articles, “Young Voters-Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16: Pro” and "Young Voters-Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16: Con,” as reference sources, write an essay in which you analyze each author’s use of one rhetorical tool or rhetorical appeal to achieve his or her specific purpose. To start, determine what you believe is each author’s specific purpose. Choose one of the following specific purposes for each author: to convince, to justify, to validate, to condemn, to expose, to incite, to celebrate, to defend, or to question. Then, determine which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Pro" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose and then which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Con" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose. You must choose both tools and/or appeals from the following list: alliteration amplification allusions analogy arrangement/organization authorities/outside sources definitions diction (and/or loaded diction) enthymeme examples facts irony paradox parallelism refutation rhetorical questions statistics testimony tone logos pathos ethos kairos Organize your ideas into a four-paragraph essay that includes the following paragraphs: (paragraph 1) an introduction paragraph; (paragraphs 2 and 3) two separate, well-developed rhetorical tools and/or rhetorical appeals body paragraphs (one focused on the "Pro" author's use of your chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose and the other focused on the "Con" author's use of your other chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose); and (paragraph 4) a conclusion paragraph. Your essay must include a forecasting thesis statement and effective topic and concluding sentences in each body paragraph. At least four times in your essay, you also must correctly integrate quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from the above-noted articles; remember to include proper in-text citations.
Fоr yоur finаl exаminаtiоn, you should write a cohesive, well-developed essay that fully addresses the essay prompt. Please closely read the following CQ Researcher articles (published January 2, 2015 (volume 25, issue 1)) and then the prompt below. Pro/Con Articles "College Rankings-Have College Rankings Distorted Higher Education's Priorities: Pro"by Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity "College Rankings-Have College Rankings Distorted Higher Education's Priorities: Con"by Sara Goldrick-Rab, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison par. 1While universities generally don't like them, college rankings provide needed, albeit limited, consumer information. They have a one-size-fits-all dimension to them—I know, because my organization does the rankings for Forbes magazine—while the “best” college for each student depends on academic ability, family finances, locational preferences, the student's previous academic performance and other factors. Still, rankings help students separate the excellent schools from the mediocre, the appropriate from the inappropriate. par. 2Colleges disparage rankings because they often produce results inconsistent with the often exaggerated hype in school marketing campaigns. Alternative ways of evaluating colleges exist, such as measuring through testing and publishing the value the schools have added to critical reasoning and writing capacities during the college years, but schools resist using them. Scores on a standardized national college exit exam would likewise be useful, but again the colleges oppose any attempt to provide this form of information to students, their parents, taxpayers and major donors. To the colleges, in the business of creating and disseminating knowledge, ignorance is often bliss. par. 3Thus, while rankings often disturb the priorities of the universities themselves, the appropriate question is: Do they promote the social welfare — the priorities of the broader public that consumes and finances higher education services? Here the answer is clearly “yes.” If a student feels indifferent toward two schools at which she is accepted, but one ranks 25th and the other 75th in some ranking, that information might lead the student to attend the higher-ranked school. The student is trying to maximize her standing in life, and the ranks provide some assistance. par. 4It is true, as some critics assert, that sometimes rankings lead colleges to allocate resources in a manner to maximize their standing, regardless of whether that appears optimal from an educational perspective. Some rankings, notably those of U.S. News, are based in part on spending on inputs, which encourages a spending frenzy that arguably contributes to rising higher-education costs. par. 5That criticism, however, does not mean rankings are bad. It may mean that more emphasis needs to be placed on outcome-based, student-centered rankings, the trend that Forbes pioneered and has been successfully imitated by other rankers. More information is always better than less. Good rankings can reduce the mismatch between student aspirations and educational and economic reality. Long live college rankings! par. 1Few Americans today consider a college education truly affordable. Yet, while family income is declining, ambitions for higher education are exceptionally high. What to do? We can start by ignoring popular college rankings. par. 2When making college affordable is a priority, rankings aren't helpful. They may even make things worse. And who really needs them? Probably not the parents with plenty of disposable income who can afford to finance educations at any university, public or private, in the nation. They don't need rankings in order to tell them where to send their children. par. 3The rankings are equally useless for students seeking a college that is nearby and affordable, with courses that fit their busy schedules. In most cases there are relatively few options, though affordability and location are rarely rewarded by ranking criteria. Rankings are a luxury these people cannot afford. par. 4A third group of people who would most benefit from more information are students with modest resources and no guarantee of college graduation. Their choices will affect their chances of completing college and shape how much debt they take on, yet college rankings can sway them to choose against their best interests. par. 5Unfortunately, common college rankings, like those in U.S. News & World Report, drive colleges and universities toward practices that make college expensive. Yes, it's true: College rankings are one reason why higher education today is so often unaffordable. Rankings lead families toward schools that enroll wealthier students and spend more money on them. Ultimately, they waste the time of many applicants. par. 6Consider that the way a school becomes selective is by spending money to recruit prospective students and employ a time- and money-consuming process that eventually denies access. Or consider the rewards schools receive by spending significant resources to cultivate donors and impress peers by outspending them on star faculty, campus beauty and other visible markers of prestige. Such conspicuous consumption is costly, is essential for becoming a highly ranked school and yet has nothing to do with helping the average undergraduate be successful in college. par. 7The higher a college is ranked, the more students apply, and the more the school charges for admission. With such unending demand, colleges and universities have no reason to become more affordable. As long as we keep praising and elevating them, why should they? _____________________________________________________________________________________ Topic: Using the above-noted articles, “College Rankings-Have College Rankings Distorted Higher Education's Priorities: Pro” and "College Rankings-Have College Rankings Distorted Higher Education's Priorities: Con,” as reference sources, write an essay in which you analyze each author’s use of one rhetorical tool or rhetorical appeal to achieve his or her specific purpose. To start, determine what you believe is each author’s specific purpose. Choose one of the following specific purposes for each author: to accuse, to calm, to condemn, to celebrate, to correct, to counter, to defend, to dismiss, to incite, to justify, to overturn, to praise, to provoke, to rally, to silence, or to solve. Then, determine which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Pro" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose and then which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Con" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose. You must choose both rhetorical tools and/or appeals from the following list: allusions authorities/outside sources definitions description dialogue examples facts figurative language narration personal testimony/anecdotes scenarios statistics counterarguments concessions qualifiers organization voice appeal to logic appeal to emotion appeal to character appeal to need appeal to value Organize your ideas into a four-paragraph essay that includes the following paragraphs: (paragraph 1) an introduction paragraph; (paragraphs 2 and 3) two separate, well-developed rhetorical tools and/or rhetorical appeals body paragraphs (one focused on the "Pro" author's use of your chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose and the other focused on the "Con" author's use of your other chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose); and (paragraph 4) a conclusion paragraph. Your essay must include a forecasting thesis statement and effective topic and concluding sentences in each body paragraph. At least four times in your essay, you also must correctly integrate quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from the above-noted articles; remember to include proper in-text citations.
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