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inlomlrtion to subsLlntirtecitlrcr assumplion.Pcrhrps non-manufacturin8 businessesth:rt rcquirc a collegcdegrced sorMorcc no\\' account for in jncrcNint mxjorin oftbc srric's jobs Cfhc arFumenl s inforn)ation suAgcsrs(bis miShr bc thc c:rsc.)lf so, rhcn thc mcrc f:rct !h:r onc emplovsr dbclr r]rc strrc s |rr8cs busincss,is losin8 busincsswhilc Is q'orkforcc nearsrerircmcnt ,rge proves almost nothing about thc prospecE for rhc stxte's ovcrall econom)', ln a tull-lcngtb (SGminutc) essr), vou nnght also addrcssthe followjnS gucst'ons about tlrc Argument s rcasonins: Does thc tcrm "larSes!privarc business"neccssarilvmean that Giant €mplo,vsmorc workers rhan any orhcr busincssin thc statc? CThesrnalierthe vorldorcc it ciant, thc less likcl)'that Giant is reprcscntativeof th€ stxt€'semployers3s a group.) Docsn't thc prcdicdon s accuracJ'rcquirc th^r otfler future conditlors rem?in unchanged?(L.8., thc argumcrt ignorcs a possiblc iJl0ux of worke.s f;om othc! srares.) Would a rcduccd workJorceoeceisarilyresulr in businessfallu(c? (Pcrhaps busincsseswill be more profiBble by td-rnmjrg rhcir workforcc.) - \vhlt is thc dqftritor of 'qudity of life"? CIhc ar8umcnt s ultimatc prcdjcion dcp€nG on thjs mjssinSdcfinition.) I0 Anusrs This Argument driws an i.nJcrenccabout a single confnuniq (Clxybrook) bercd on char'acrcrisrics of a 8rcup (the nation s cornmuritics as a wholc) Herc's a responsethat hindles t}lc infcr€nce: ' - The argument dependi panly on thc assurnptioDthat future employment ficnds jn Claybrook's job market will rcflect nations,ide trends However rhe a4:rimcnt fails ro considcr rhat Chybrook rnght bc atypical PcrhapsClaybrook's,ob 62rkct w l buck the trcod (for one reason or anothcr), and *rc dcD.and fo! lcgal ?6sistana5from CCC's leg2l-zssistanrprogiaE vill remain 5Eon8 compared ro dcmand for nurscs from thc school's nursiog progJ"nr lf so, rhcn the citcd sEtistjcJ would ponerd nothiiS about the fururc cmplo)'Ecnt prospcct for SFaduatcof ci&cr profram at CCC or about wbcthcr dc propos€d course of acuon would bc prudcnt h a n -lcn8th (3o-minutc) cssat,yolr miSrt also xddre'ssthe folloE ng qu€sLionsabou thc Arglsent's riasoning: '' uut.Pet^ot '.cod Do srarisricsfrom only onc ycar constiirte s lficient d4ta fot proving a clcar Lrcnd?(Pcrh"ps l.r5rycar was rn exccption to a contrarv trend, or pcrhaps rhefc is no trend 31 31.) 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Srrcrsmrs cntrrclr inrplropri.lc for vour GREor G^IATcssa)5 Besides,lhe reader miShr not rcalizc thar you're bcing sarcasljc' in which cxseyour remrrk will onll servc ro contuse t})c rcadcr' DEVELOPINGA PERSUASIVEVIRITING STYLE ln Pans and 3, you leimcd how to develop Persursiveideas as $'cll 451 sEucrurc and scqucnce for your Paiagraphs lhar scrve to enhancc thcir pcrsuriveness To ensuren high ,^ndFical writing scorc, you should also dcvelop a pcrsu?5ivesryl€,\rsing rhetoricel deviceseffcctivcly FuucloualCmrconY RunonrurWonosANDPHRAsE5-BY llcre's a rcfcrcnce lisl of rhetorical vords and phrascs,categor?ed by tuncrion Somelis! itcms you encounlcred as underlined words and phrrscsrn th< c)iamtlcsthrouFhoutPrrls xnd I OLhcts.rc new hct€ 1o lcrm hos vou n)rElrrincorPoritethescxn.i oLhcrthetoncrl phnscs inlo -voursentcnces,read m.r cssa)'sjn Pans 5-8, his,hlit$ting rhetoricrl phiasesas you cncounter tlrem Revie$/them, thcn lq lo incorponte_ them into your pmctice essaysIo enhancc )'our Power of Pelsuaslon Use phrasessuch as thesc to subordinatean ,dea: ilthouah it miSht appcar that, at fits! Slanceit would seem/appear thar, adflittcdly Use phrascs such as these to argu€ for a position, thesis, or vic$?oint: pr-omotes,faciliutes, providcs a suong impetus, serveslo, dircctly, furtnc$ accomolshes, achievcs.dcmonslmies,sugScsts,indicatcs ;.,:.- Use phn:cs such a.sthes€ o ar€rrefor a soludon or direcnon bascd on public polic.v or some other normalive baJis a"'' ? i:'7" uldrnate goal,/objecdv€/pu.posc,ovcrridtnS,t imiry conccm subordin"te,subsumcd - fi;1"' !ruu.petetior&@n U 't' '" ' wttt'rg Sh Lsfol GF,E/G,UAT GRI ,to1 st.ert,rtl nt nt., r r t.tt loJ slt'{s nr PA stsal JYlll9/3 s.uott I lu.tltrtf,ls !n9sl 5lll iiLnronb)r.nol lou ro r:rq))rl^! 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