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Written by a student, this essay is informative and explains the Patriot Act in laymans terms. The essay addresses the advantages of the law, how it could have been handeled better, and how it impacts the civil liberties of U.S. citizens.

In an argumentative essay, a reader might come across some of the following uses of transitional words and phrases.

Discusses Arizona's and especially Tucson's long history of dark skies as it relates to astronomy as well as old and renewed policies to combat light pollution. Methods are discussed to reduce lighting while encouraging economic growth. Emphasis is placed not only on restoring dark skies outside of city limits, but within city limits as well while not impacting the social benefits of artificial lighting. The cost of wasted energy to light the sky is also discussed.

This link is about how freedom of religion can be harmful to people even when common sense tells us otherwise.

Ask just about anyone. They'll all tell you they're in favor of equal rights for homosexuals. Just name the situation, and ask. They'll all say, yes, gays should have the same rights in housing, jobs, public accommodations, and should have equal access to government benefits, equal protection of the law, etcetera, etcetera.

This is a long essay about gay marriage. It states a lot of arguments against gay marriage. Though it is biased as being one person's opinions, this would be a good place to find opposing arguments to do research more on.