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Electric cars are a new invention, and for the past decade they have been atempting at perfecting an electric car. The brand, Tesla , has already released a few electric cars that seem to work quite well. The vehicles make no noise when driving, and they even have a new "sportsy" look to them, for th young adults that...
Evidence
Adequate
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Combining the use of a battery rather than gasoline, and not overusing the car, you will have the perfect combination, which is what everybody should strive to accomplish. Help the environment, and get the right amount of exercise.
Position
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In the end, cars are still one of the most common and one of the greatest things on Earth today. Getting a first car is a dream come true, but too much of it can be harmful. So get some use out of the bicycle, avoid poisoning the atmosphere, and cars will be a vehicle with no reprocautions at all, and it will be the pe...
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people should not waste there oney on something like that because by would peole need to know the emotions of students students are either happy neutral or sad
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Adequate
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at least thtats my opinion but really something like that just seems like a huge waste of money we dont come to school to talk about our emotionsn we come to school because we need to learn and make new friendsand thats why i think a device that can read emotions is a huge wasste of money. plus it sounds pretty worthle...
Evidence
Ineffective
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ADBB29D9E179
Luke Bomberger was join to the program because his friend invine to go to Europe on cattle boat Luke could not say no because they are best friend and if he say no his friend would be sad. So he was joinn to cowboy. In 1945 there was a would war 2 in Europe and manu countires were left in ruind. To help theis countries...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents?
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Adequate
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Venus poses several dangerous obsticles to pursuit because of how dangerous the planet actually is, which makes the time of pursuing the planet not reasonable and not worth the time for scientist
Position
Adequate
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The author says, "studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."
Evidence
Ineffective
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It is hard already to study Venus because of its atmoshere, which is made up of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide, makes the planet Venus the hottest planet in our solar system.
Claim
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Which creates big problems for spacecrafts to land on the surface of the planet because of the intense heat that Venus produces.
Evidence
Adequate
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In paragraph 2, the author says, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isse explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more that three decades."
Evidence
Adequate
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The author gives good reason to why trying to land a spacecraft is not the best option to obsevre the planet
Claim
Adequate
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AE0BBF382263
Instead, focus on another planet that is well worth the time and money of a spacecraft. It would only take moments for the spacecrafts to be liquefied after standing on Venus's surface. Spending more time on a different planet that has an atmosphere and geological features similar to earth would be ground breaking for ...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In paragraph 3, the explains, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenges are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater th...
Evidence
Adequate
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Venus is too hot for us to explore. Landing a spacecraft would only last moments because of how severe the weather is on Venus
Claim
Adequate
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AE0BBF382263
An environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals. Also, Venus's geological landscape and weather like erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
Evidence
Adequate
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In paragraph 6, the author states, "Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective"
Evidence
Adequate
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Since entering Venus's atomsphere is deadly, even hovering over the planet is not enough for finding more information and observations about the hot planet.
Claim
Adequate
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Hovering will only give scientist limited details about the planet. Also, having no light shining out of the planet makes it difficult for scientist to observe the planet.
Evidence
Adequate
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Not being able to observe every characteristics of Venus would not make it well worth the mission to study more about Venus.
Claim
Adequate
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Pursuing Venus is not well worth the time and money for NASA or any other scientist, which does not make it reasonable for scientist to study and want to go more in depth about the hot planet Venus. Venus poses several dangerous obsticles to pursuit because of how dangerous the planet actually is. Overall, Venus is jus...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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After the school year ends, students return to their homes feeling a great sense of relief that the school year is over, and that they're about to get a much needed break. However, just because school has stopped doesn't mean that learning should. Three entire months off is long time, and many students actually forget ...
Lead
Effective
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it is critically important that these summer assignments are student-designed, meaning that most of what is done for the assignment is thought of by the student rather than simply following the guidelines of their teacher
Position
Effective
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it encourages and teaches self motivated learning
Claim
Adequate
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will be something the student is more passionate about
Claim
Adequate
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will be less stress on teachers.
Claim
Adequate
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AE37AE3F79C7
Self-motivated learning is when the student has a desire to learn and therefore works hard to learn information without having to be pushed by their teachers. The truth is that while teachers can relay all the necessary information to students, if the students don't want anything to do with it they will learn far less ...
Evidence
Effective
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giving students the ability to choose between what they have to do for their summer projects enables them to make the topic or submission format something that they are more passionate about than what they might otherwise be taught in school.
Claim
Effective
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Typically, in a learning context, more passion or excitement transfers to more success at whatever it is the students are trying to learn. Being more passionate about something causes people to interact with it much more, and interaction is key to the learning of many students. In addition, students being excited to do...
Evidence
Effective
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Teachers work very hard to plan, produce, and grade all of the students' schoolwork for the entire school year. They deserve to have a break! By letting students take charge of their summer work, it takes an extra burden off the shoulders of the people who dedicated their lives to educating America's youth for a meager...
Evidence
Effective
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There is no doubt that summer assignments are a necessary part of learning, in order to continue to teach information and to help students remember information that they would otherwise forget. But these assignments should not be simple rubrics and reading notes, they should be something different. Something that is go...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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Adavntages of limiting your car usage can actually be benifitical to you and your family, maybe even the earth you live on.
Position
Adequate
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Many say that they were tense when they owned a car, but once they got rid of it, they claimed to be more happy.
Evidence
Adequate
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That last statement has to be coming from a liar because why would you ever be happy without a car?
Counterclaim
Adequate
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In April 2013 the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Many sociologists belive it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment since transportation is the second largest source of americas emisions just behind po...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Advantages about limiting car usage. Really? I dont care about german suburb life without cars and i dont ever intend to care about it. i am a proud owner of a car and i dont want to live a life without it. This prompt is so unrelatable, mainly because I OWN A CAR! Maybe if i didnt i would be able to undertand this a...
Evidence
Ineffective
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please go find a passion because you cant keep doing this and wasting your life away. Go water some plants, and make your bed, or make another persons bed. Just do somethign else other that sit here and read a bunch of essays that a essentially meaning less. You need something more in life and i do as well
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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Imagine you are an already busy highschooler focusing on maintaining your grades and your social life. All of the sudden, your principal decides that each student must participate in at least one extracurricular activity. Despite having a lot on your plate, you are now required to alter your weekly schedule in order to...
Lead
Effective
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Forcing students to participate in an extracurricular activity is unethical and promotes involuntary participation to students who are already busy managing grades and a social life
Position
Effective
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School is difficult as it is.
Claim
Adequate
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Students are constantly under pressure from family and peers to maintain perfect scores and attain high grades among their countless classes. Despite time given in school to get work done, many find themselves pouring countless hours over a desk at night, losing sleep for a 4.0 GPA. Students are given numerous assignme...
Evidence
Effective
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In addition to academics, many students seek to uphold a social life.
Claim
Adequate
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Hanging out with friends, going out for a coffee, or watching a movie are among the minor things that relieve stress from the life of an average teenager. School can undoubtedly be physically and mentally draining. Therefore, spending a couple hours per week socializing and hanging with friends can help a student immen...
Evidence
Effective
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Lastly, forcing a teenager give up valuable time and effort into an unwanted extracurricular is simply unethical and immoral.
Claim
Effective
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Students should be allowed to explore their interests on their own, as opposed to being forced to participate in something they barely have any connection with. The best way for a student to succeed is to build upon something they already have skills or an interest in, and the activities that the school promote do not ...
Evidence
Effective
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Forcing students to participate in an extracurricular activity is unethical and promotes involuntary participation to students who are already busy managing grades and a social life. Highschoolers, and even middle-schoolers, are constantly under pressure to pursue high academic scores while putting aside time for socia...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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One why in the world would you want to know soemones mood you dont know what they were going threw thats history hwat they were feeling let the past stay in the passed
Position
Ineffective
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AE6E407DC359
not alot of people wanna know why she was sad this isnt from the artlicle nobody cares about why she was sad or happy leave her be what kind of test is this who the heck is gunna ask you what the heck happened in the passed its the passed it should stay there nobody in the world is gunna ask you what mood was mona lisa...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Can you tell the air feels different? Over the past years some countries have put restirctions on car usage. Although this may sound extremely crazy to some, most individuals accept the new law's for car's.
Lead
Effective
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Motorized vehicles have put a tole on our environment, our well being, and our wallets.
Position
Effective
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it has allowed individuals stress level to decrease
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Effective
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lowered air pollution,
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Effective
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increase money that citizens have.
Claim
Adequate
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Cars are one of the main sources for people's stress, whether it be because of car failures, others who annoy you while you drive, or the fact you can never find a parking spot.  Heidrun Walter claims " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much mappier this way ( In German suburb, Life goes on without Cars 3)." One...
Evidence
Effective
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In order for you to reduce stress in your life, you have to take away the source of stress, and that is what citizens have done, and without cars majority of people are happier and healthier.
Claim
Effective
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Due to citizen's of Bogota, Paris, and Germany not using cars and having to switch to bikes, walking, and electric bikes; has greatly reduced toxic gases in the environment. Due to individulas in Paris not excessively using cars the amount of smog has reduced. According to Robert Duffer " after days of near-record poll...
Evidence
Effective
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The reasons are simple, using less cars makes less gases, also those who go the day without using cars may like the change better and permantely switch to a lifestyle without cars.
Claim
Effective
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Another thing that has been changed due to the limitation of car usages is that with individuals not having to buy a car, pay for insurance, and pay for gas, it  has increased the amount of money citizens have in their wallets. Citizens of the United States of America have not exactly chosen to not use cars, but some h...
Evidence
Effective
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Now some citizens have made the switch to not using motorized vehicles, which has helped increase the amount of money citizens have, which is always an advantage because you are able to pay for other things that are neccasary to your life.
Claim
Effective
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Although cars seem like a material object that is so precious to life, it's not. In all reality people can live a life without cars, citizens in Bogota, Paris, and Germany have, and they enjoy it. Its time to make a switch and make a helpful change in your lifestyle. A life without cars is very benefitial, it is less s...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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it was 1995, world war ll was over in europe, and many countries were left in ruiens to help these countries you woiuld need to send many,many us army troops out to save them from all of that stuff ,like rocks that might have fallen on them and other stuff that might have harm them or others in there country ,luke was ...
Evidence
Ineffective
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My principal has decided that all students must participate in at least one extracurricular activity.
Lead
Adequate
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In my opinion this is a great idea.
Position
Adequate
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AF637B7047FB
This requirement will hopefully increase the amount of learning opportunities, through educational extracurricular activities. Exercise, through physical or sport related extracurricular activities. Or even this one extracurricular activity will improve a students social skills, through team building or just working wi...
Evidence
Adequate
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it can provide extra learning opportunitie
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Ineffective
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increase physical fitness
Claim
Ineffective
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improve student social skills
Claim
Ineffective
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AF637B7047FB
One way that doing an extracurricular activity will provide more learning opportunities is where you have school sponsored, after school activities made to help you in school or in specific subjects. One example of an extracurricular activity is the "Homework club". The "Homework club" is an after school extracurricula...
Evidence
Effective
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One example of a extracurricular activity based around physical activity is "Weight room". "Weight room" is an after school extracurricular activity based around physical movement and fitness. This club meets up after school to use the Robinson weight room. The weight room is a smaller gym based around work out equipme...
Evidence
Adequate
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AF637B7047FB
There are numourus extracurricular clubs that dont base around education and fitness and these clubs, I would say improve a students social skills. One example of this is the after school tech theater club. This club comes together for about a month to help with the technical side of a Rambunctious theater show. In thi...
Evidence
Effective
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If the principal were to implement this requirement at my school it would be beneficial. These extracurricular activities would greatly improve it's student's, individually but it would also improve the entire school as a whole. Through these activities you will find a way to become more healthy and fit. You will have ...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Scientists have been studying Venus for generations, wondering what could possibly be on a planet so close to ours. Now that we don't have to wonder anymore, NASA will try to take it one step higher. They want to be as close to Venus' ground as possible, without dying.
Lead
Ineffective
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Their plans are to use a blimp-like vehicle that will withstand the great amount of pressure and heat. It will fly thirty miles above the Venusian landscape, avoiding any ground conditions that would do them harm. It would still be 170 degrees F., but they would have an abundance of solar energy, and the radiation woud...
Counterclaim
Adequate
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AF66DEECF5A6
However, in order to learn all there is about Venus, you would have to go onto Venus. This is almost an impossible task though.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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AF66DEECF5A6
There are many dangers on Venus, including sulfuric acid rain and an atmosphere of nintey seven percent carbon dioxide. Hovering over it would be useless. In paragraph six, it states, "... peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions...
Evidence
Effective
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AF66DEECF5A6
My honest oppinion on this topic is that we should not be exploring Venus right now. We just don't have the right technology for it right now.
Position
Ineffective
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AF66DEECF5A6
We need to wait however many years before we can officially explore our sister planet. Trying to figure out its secrets now would just be a waste of time, money, and possibly lives. We shouldn't risk a human being just because this planet used to be like ours millions of years ago.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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AFCE5307F69A
The time off of school during summer break is always looked forward to by students and teachers, but it doesn't mean the school work stops. Summer projects are a way to ensure that students can continue to learn information over the break, but many students would not want to complete them.
Lead
Adequate
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AFCE5307F69A
Although teacher-designed projects would be beneficial for learning in more detail, summer projects should be student-designed
Position
Effective
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it allows for the students to be more creative,
Claim
Effective
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have more freedom,
Claim
Effective
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be more engaged in their project.
Claim
Effective
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Student-designed projects allow for students to feel like the project is less of a requirement, and rather more of an enjoyable activity.
Claim
Effective
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When students design their own project, they let their minds flow freely. This allows for the creation of projects that the students actually are interested in, which helps them become more engaged about whatever the project was about. It is a common belief that teachers should design projects so they can get their stu...
Evidence
Effective
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When a student designs their own project, there are very few restrictions applied. This is good because the students can learn required content however they want to, and they will most often choose to learn it in a way that is effective for them, which a teacher can't always provide. There is the argument that teachers...
Evidence
Effective
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Many students who complete projects throughout their school careers are not engaged in their work, and are just focused on getting a project done by the deadline with all the requirements.
Evidence
Effective
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Required summer projects by some schools would be most beneficial if they were student-designed, because it would allow for students to be more creative, feel more freedom, and be more engaged in the overall process of learning through a project. This is especially important for summer projects because many students in...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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I am going to argue for the value of having the Facial Action Coding System in the computers.
Position
Adequate
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AFCF10293B9A
I think it would be great to have something like this. The process beings when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of your face. They would go through all 44 of your major face muscles because in order for them to work they must move like human muscles. Dr. Paul Eckman the creator of FACS has classified 6 very...
Evidence
Adequate
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AFCF10293B9A
Then for classrooms like to tell if the students is either bored or confused about what he or she is susposed to be doing like they said in the article. Dr. Huang also prdicted that if you are talking about how if you are happy/smiling they would pop-up an ad for you being happy but if you are sad/frowning they will pu...
Evidence
Adequate
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Nobodies computer can hadle the complex algortihms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile but they can come up with soemthing to decode different emotions.
Claim
Ineffective
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This coding system is very smart and can tell if you are doing a fake smile of some sort. If you use a fake smile the system will tell if you are because when you are the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major wih some different muscles. To an expert they said "faces don't lie" these muscle clues are ofte...
Evidence
Adequate
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So I have came to conclusion that this facial action coding system works on any and everyone to tell their true emotions.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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The author describes "Making Mona Lisa Smile" and how a new technology called the Facial Action Cording System enables compures to identify human emotions. Because the author is trying to tell us how the technology can make us feel differents emotions. In this article we can find too many differents emotions that the M...
Lead
Adequate
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For example my first evidence that i found in this article is when said that "Mona Lise is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". So, is trying to tell us that to making Mona Lise smile can be a difficult way, because she had too many differents emotions at the same time,but not...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In my conclution is about the computers and how Mona Lise demostration was really intended to bring a smiles to your face, while it show you just how the computers can do. If you smile when a Web ad appears to your screen , a similar somputer could regnize too. Like said Dr. Haunght he predicted that the computer could...
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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Venus is gonna take Earths stop? Is Venus worth the risk to explore? maybe so. Venus has so many things to offer, evening star, many out of the world features, and a thick atmophere. Doesn't mean we should kill ourselves trying,
Lead
Adequate
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I think venus is not worth the try.
Position
Adequate
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First and formost, the evening star, is the brightest point in the sky. Venus also makes it simple to stargazing. Venus is the second planet and the next closest plant next to earth.
Evidence
Ineffective