Reflecting Back on My Argumentative Essay
This assignment was not too difficult. If I had to give one word of advice it would be to double check in-text/parenthetical citations. Those little things are very tricky. I would also advise double checking the citations created by databases, we discovered they can be inaccurate and might leave out some vital formatting. I don't think I would do anything differently if I was given the opportunity, fo rthe most part I am fairly good at writing argumentative essays since I have been completing them since middle school.
Prewriting Steps
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To the left is an example of the prewriting involved in my arumentative essay. I made a flow chart and included a story similar to a "soap opera" to help me keep everything striaght. Keeping things interesting is the best way for me to learn and remember important information.
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Final Draft of Argumenatative Essay
Global Warming, Is it Really There?
When I say the words “Global Warming” what ideas pop into your head? Are you reminded of the mindless scientist sitting around their computers trying to predict the end of the world? Or of delightful petite polar bears losing their habitats because you used too much hair spray today? Brian Black states in his work titled Global Warming, “Claims of Global Warming hinge on the claim that natural causes alone cannot account for current climate trends but that human activity must be factored in” (4).
Does any one individual really make a difference on the global atmosphere? Doing research on this topic will reveal things to you that you never really knew or even contemplated before. Black states that changes in solar activity can account for some changes in the Earth’s climate over
relatively short time scales (6). This means when there are solar flares there is an effect on the Earth’s climate. But you must be asking yourself, what about over larger time scales? Black brings up that changes in the Earth’s orbit are significant and can account for some changes in the Earth’s climate over a larger time scale (7).
With knowing this information, Global Warming can be brought into perspective. Steven Dutch wrote in his Encyclopedia of Global Warming that, ““While some 98 percent of the nations believe that Global Warming is an issue pertinent to society, few have any regulations to decrease the greenhouse effect” (12). This makes one question if Global Warming truly is an issue pertinent to our modern society. If regulations aren’t being made to decrease the greenhouse effect, then is it really a problem for the modern citizen in America, or Europe or even Australia?
Examining the greenhouse effect brings about the idea of greenhouse gases, another important topic for understanding Global Warming. Brian Black wrote that only 0.1% of the Earth’s atmosphere is filled with a composition of gases that we have been lead to believe are in quite large quantities in the atmosphere. These gases include but are not limited to Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Ozone and a number of human made chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Antipas Massawe in “Global warming Control to Mitigate Climate Change”wrote that the
"grand equilibrium seems far beyond anything mere humans could affect”. I would go so far as to say that the whole matter is altogether uncertain in its pertinence to society.
By looking at all these scientific facts and statements, one begins to think twice about “Global Warming”. I must say that I thoroughly support skepticism on the topic in general. Most teenagers and young adults are generally apathetic of “Global Warming” and for good reason. The scientists and the facts they give have been anything but convincing. Most arguments in support of the pertinence of “Global Warming” seem more like environmental enthusiasts hoping to convince us all to simply “decrease our Carbon Foot print”. There are few arguments against “Global Warming”, and from my first editorial analysis I found this is because the scientific world is known to ostracize those who do not believe the same things as them and do not support ideas against the pertinence of “Global Warming”.
Does it really matter how much hair spray you use in the mornings? I would say no, such small amounts in the scheme of our large global atmosphere are far from leaving an impact considering they make up 0.1% of the gases within the atmosphere. Most of the changes that are being expressed by scientists can be due to changes in the earth’s orbit and solar activity. One must keep such things in mind when analyzing “Global Warming” and deciding if in this economic time it is truly pertinent to our society that we provide funding for it.
Works Cited Page
Black, Brian, and Gary J. Weisel. Global Warming. n.p.: Greenwood, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 30 Oct. 2012
Dutch, Steven I. Encyclopedia of Global Warming. n.p.: Salem Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
Massawe, Antipas T. S. "Global Warming Control to Mitigate Climate Change." Engineering 4.5 (2012): 252-255. Academic Search Complete.Web.
30 Oct. 2012.
Weart, Spencer. "Global Warming: How Skepticism Became Denial." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 67.1(2011): 41-50. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
When I say the words “Global Warming” what ideas pop into your head? Are you reminded of the mindless scientist sitting around their computers trying to predict the end of the world? Or of delightful petite polar bears losing their habitats because you used too much hair spray today? Brian Black states in his work titled Global Warming, “Claims of Global Warming hinge on the claim that natural causes alone cannot account for current climate trends but that human activity must be factored in” (4).
Does any one individual really make a difference on the global atmosphere? Doing research on this topic will reveal things to you that you never really knew or even contemplated before. Black states that changes in solar activity can account for some changes in the Earth’s climate over
relatively short time scales (6). This means when there are solar flares there is an effect on the Earth’s climate. But you must be asking yourself, what about over larger time scales? Black brings up that changes in the Earth’s orbit are significant and can account for some changes in the Earth’s climate over a larger time scale (7).
With knowing this information, Global Warming can be brought into perspective. Steven Dutch wrote in his Encyclopedia of Global Warming that, ““While some 98 percent of the nations believe that Global Warming is an issue pertinent to society, few have any regulations to decrease the greenhouse effect” (12). This makes one question if Global Warming truly is an issue pertinent to our modern society. If regulations aren’t being made to decrease the greenhouse effect, then is it really a problem for the modern citizen in America, or Europe or even Australia?
Examining the greenhouse effect brings about the idea of greenhouse gases, another important topic for understanding Global Warming. Brian Black wrote that only 0.1% of the Earth’s atmosphere is filled with a composition of gases that we have been lead to believe are in quite large quantities in the atmosphere. These gases include but are not limited to Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Ozone and a number of human made chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Antipas Massawe in “Global warming Control to Mitigate Climate Change”wrote that the
"grand equilibrium seems far beyond anything mere humans could affect”. I would go so far as to say that the whole matter is altogether uncertain in its pertinence to society.
By looking at all these scientific facts and statements, one begins to think twice about “Global Warming”. I must say that I thoroughly support skepticism on the topic in general. Most teenagers and young adults are generally apathetic of “Global Warming” and for good reason. The scientists and the facts they give have been anything but convincing. Most arguments in support of the pertinence of “Global Warming” seem more like environmental enthusiasts hoping to convince us all to simply “decrease our Carbon Foot print”. There are few arguments against “Global Warming”, and from my first editorial analysis I found this is because the scientific world is known to ostracize those who do not believe the same things as them and do not support ideas against the pertinence of “Global Warming”.
Does it really matter how much hair spray you use in the mornings? I would say no, such small amounts in the scheme of our large global atmosphere are far from leaving an impact considering they make up 0.1% of the gases within the atmosphere. Most of the changes that are being expressed by scientists can be due to changes in the earth’s orbit and solar activity. One must keep such things in mind when analyzing “Global Warming” and deciding if in this economic time it is truly pertinent to our society that we provide funding for it.
Works Cited Page
Black, Brian, and Gary J. Weisel. Global Warming. n.p.: Greenwood, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 30 Oct. 2012
Dutch, Steven I. Encyclopedia of Global Warming. n.p.: Salem Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
Massawe, Antipas T. S. "Global Warming Control to Mitigate Climate Change." Engineering 4.5 (2012): 252-255. Academic Search Complete.Web.
30 Oct. 2012.
Weart, Spencer. "Global Warming: How Skepticism Became Denial." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 67.1(2011): 41-50. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 30 Oct. 2012.