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Overview: ▪ This essay assignment is tied to Graham Hill’s “ Living with Less, A Lot Less” and “Work, Spend” by Juliet Schorr ▪ Length is 3 to 4 pages (approximately 750-1000 words) Purpose: Locate, evaluate, and synthesize information from sources representing diverse perspectives to construct arguments. Skills: The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in the course/in school/ in professional life beyond school. ▪ Read and understand arguments made by other writers ▪ Identify claims they make about the subjects in othere writers’ texts ▪ Analyzesocial and economic trends ▪ Understand how to use argumentativ etechniques like Rogerian and Refutation. Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following content/knowledge. ▪ Examine how different people approach or ignore social problems ▪ Develop analytical skills ▪ Comprehend why some people choose certain ways of life Topics: Choose topic one or topic two. Follow the aurgument technique required for each topic-Refutation or Toulmin. Topic 1: Graham Hill, author of “Living Less. A lot less” claims “the best stuff in life isn’t stuff at all, and that relationships, experiences and meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.” He is making this statement from the perspective of a” materialist” who turned into a “minimalist.” How would a materialist respond to Hill’s claim? Pretend to be a materialist and write a refutation argument in which you provide evidence to disprove Hills theory that material possessions are not a staple for a happy life. Select at least three supporting claims Hill makes in his essay and refute them with concrete examples and evidence.