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    “Conflict is at the heart of all good writing; without conflict‚ stories would go nowhere and they would not teach us anything.” I believe that‚ as conflict in stories reflects the ever-present conflict in everyday life‚ a story without conflict would show an unrealistic portrayal of life‚ making it unrelatable and therefore difficult to apply its lessons into our lives and learn from them. There are two types of conflict: external and internal. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ these conflicts teach

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    education. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Are universities failing to grasp the true meaning of students? This text examines different aspects of this question and discusses the many pressures that modern students face. College Pressures William Zinsser I am master of Branford College at Yale. I live on

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    limited possibilities and reminds us of the consequences of the principle of selection in all aspects of life‚ namely that all choices in knowledge or in action exclude many others and lead to an ironic recognition of our achievements." During life‘s journey‚ we all have to make decisions and may do this depending on our past

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    Importance of good investigative report writing Investigative reports are an important piece to an investigators job. Good report writing is a skill in its own. Reports are official documents that detail how evidence was collected and the pertinent facts of an investigation. The characteristics of a well-written report are completeness‚ conciseness‚ clarity and accuracy. Reports should always be complete and thorough. Completeness is important because having all the pertinent information

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    org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken

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    • Read the sample essays on the next two pages‚ as examples of how a literary critique essay might be written. • NOTE: The essay on the next page does not include quotes from the text‚ as you will have to include. It is provided as a sample showing you how to incorporate literary critique in your essay. • NOTE: The second essay includes quotes from the text but none from literary critique authors. This essay is provided to give you an example of how to incorporate quotes into the text. • Your

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    Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers

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    the audience (i.e. tutor) against human cloning and expresses the author’s lack of competency in presenting his arguments. Based on the channel chosen to convey his message‚ the essay is‚ to a large extent‚ an ineffective piece of academic writing upon evaluation of its content‚ language and organization of arguments. This essay critique analyses and evaluates the above points. One of the essay problems includes the poorly developed thesis statement at the end of the 1st paragraph

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    Good Earth Essay There’s a reason why the phrase “life is a rollercoaster” has been around for so long. The Good Earth‚ a novel by Pearl S. Buck‚ tells the story of a poor Chinese farmer known as Wang Lung. Wang Lung goes through many ups-and-downs in his life‚ and the book illustrates how with dedicated work and a little luck‚ a man’s life can change for the better. The Good Earth makes the story of a farmer in China relatable to everyone in the world and tackles issues and challenges that people

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