Chapters 1‚ 2 and 5 [pages 99-104] Notes from The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing Closed-form writing consists of • An explicit thesis in the introduction that informs readers of the point of the entire essay • Unified and coherent paragraphs • Sustained development of that thesis without digressions Open-form prose consists of • No reduction to a single‚ summarizable thesis • The use of story or narrative as an organizing principle through which a point emerges
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Thomas Jefferson had a certain curiosity about the vast region west of the Mississippi. He wanted to know all about the geography and how well the prospects were for trade and agriculture. In 1803‚ Congress approved his proposal to finance for a mapping and scientific expedition to the far Northwest‚ beyond the Mississippi‚ which was foreign territory. In May‚ 1804‚ Jefferson assigned as commanders‚ Meriwether Lewis his personal secretary and William Clark‚ to set out on an amazing expedition across
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Mendel used to conduct his very famous hereditary experiments in his free time. He did something no one had ever done before and no one ever had analyzed statistically the experiments of breeding. It was Mendel’s knowledge of natural sciences and his studies that helped him carry out these experiments. He usually chose to work with pea plants and selected only those ones that were cultivated in controlled atmosphere and were a pure variety. He cross bred many seeds and then found out results of the
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William the Conqueror was a Norman duke who later became an English king. He had many great accomplishments. His most well-known accomplishments are the idea of feudalism and the Domesday Book. The Normans were a fierce group who were very militaristic. William the Conqueror was born around 1027 in Normandy. He was the illegitimate son of the former Duke of Normandy. Because his parents‚ Duke Robert I and Herleve‚ were not married‚ he was nicknamed William the Bastard. At the age of 8‚ he became
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school districts in Illinois. These districts‚ Waubonsie and Neuqua‚ for five years they collected data from their students taking standardized tests. Waubonsie reported that on average around 30% of students from the minorities met or exceeded standards in math and reading. On the other hand‚ around 75% of Caucasian and Asian students met or exceeded the same standards. Similarly‚ students at Neuqua followed the same trends. With this study and many others completed around the country it now seems that
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another example of escalation. The US involvement in Vietnam damaged the us reputation due to very misguided and complex intentions on the part of political leaders like those in the Johnson and Nixon administration which brought upon unhappiness and social unrest among the public. This political corruption along with mismanagement on the economic system and the
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Due to my involvement and love for sports my whole life‚ I am not only a student of physical therapist‚ but I have also been victim to injury and participated in physical therapy a number of times. I was a little bit skeptical going into my first physical therapy session‚ I wasn’t all that comfortable with someone else having control of my body‚ putting their hands on me‚ and was nervous. However‚ as soon as I got their everything got more relaxed‚ they showed nothing but respect to me‚ and made
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will examine the Community-Oriented Policing Model and determine if it is or isn’t proven to be an effective way of policing. Crime has been a major problem and concern for law enforcement as early as the 1900’s. Citizens had become fed up with such high crime rates and order maintenance issues‚ and felt something needed to be done to prevent crime and restore order. There are several policing strategies that have been implemented from the traditional model of policing to the Community-Oriented Policing
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Overstressing Academic Achievement by Kalman Heller TSL 012 COLLEGE READING MOHD SUFI AMIN BIN SALMEE 2012228174 MPI020 2D For MISS EMY SYAFIKAH BINTI NORDIN FACULTY OF EDUCATION SUMMARY: Based on the article written by Kalman Heller‚ there are a few negative effects of overstressing academic achievements on students that needed to be reviewed. One of the negative effects is the depression and suicide rates among teenager increases. Secondly‚ overstressing academic achievements also causes
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The African American Achievement Gap: Why is it There and What Can be Done Are Black Americans Dumber than White Americans? Can it unequivocally be stated that European Americans hold more intelligence then African Americans? Are African Americans genetically wired to have a lesser mental capacity then European Americans? For a long time this was the explanation to a burning problem. African Americans score lower than White Americans on vocabulary‚ reading‚ and mathematics tests‚ as well as on
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