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Category Archives: Giants
Research – Giants
Researched Persuasive Argument Seatbelts are widely considered a great thing for society that save many lives every year, and I wouldn’t argue that they definitely do save a lot of people when used correctly. That being said, while some people … Continue reading
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Reflection – Giants
Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development. This is probably the core value that I believe I grew in the most … Continue reading
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Bibliography – Giants
Source 1: Khouzam, R. (April 2014) Next-Generation Airbags and the Possibility of Negative Outcomes Due to Thoracic Injury Retrieved February 10th 2023 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X14000051 Background: This article talks about how seatbelts are noted to cause complications and brings up the fact … Continue reading
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Research – Giants
Seatbelts Are Unsafe Seatbelts are widely considered a great thing for society that save many lives every year, and I wouldn’t argue that they definitely do save a lot of people when used correctly. That being said, while some people … Continue reading
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Grammar Exercise – Giants19
If a primary caretaker has a negative attitude toward their child it increases the risk that their child will grow up hostile towards others. And it’s not just aggression toward others that results from child abuse; a large amount of … Continue reading
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Rebuttal Rewrite- Giants
Misleading Statistics My claim is understandably a very hard pill to swallow. The average person would be totally against the notion that seatbelts can do any harm at all. I am asking people to look outside the box and seek … Continue reading
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Visual Rhetoric Rewrite- Giants
https://youtu.be/6yQ6XQx5MTE 0:00-0:03- The short begins with what appears to be three friends hanging out together at a bar that is illuminated with red lights. The man in the middle, presumably the subject of the ad, is holding a dark drink … Continue reading
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Causal Rewrite- Giants
Seatbelts Kill The effectiveness of seatbelts is not nearly as cut and dry as one might first be led to believe. There are lots of different factors to be taken into account when judging whether they actually save people or … Continue reading
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The effectiveness of seatbelts is not nearly as cut and dry as one might first be led to believe. There are lots of different factors to be taken into account when judging whether they actually save people or not. First … Continue reading
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