30 January 2013 Shitty First Drafts 1.) Ann Lamott is a writer that struggles just like anybody else and whose life is not perfect by any means. She tells us how nobody can sit down and write a perfect first draft and it is okay to write a shitty first draft. They give us ways to sit down and just write the first draft and keep writing till you run out of thought‚ she then tells us to make revisions to the first draft with a red pen then type your second draft‚ last but not least make more corrections
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Explication of “Nude Descending a Staircase” Kennedy’s “Nude descending a Staircase” focuses on a woman walking down a flight of stairs while someone is watching her. The poem begins by introducing and describing the woman’s motions in the first stanza. The second stanza introduces those that are looking at her. The second stanza has been written to be twice as long as the first stanza‚ indicating that it could or should be separated in half. Towards the end of the second stanza‚ the poem describes
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research focus from media-centered effects on people to the ways people use media to meet their needs. Some scholars even believe that the most prominent of the recent advances in media theory today has come from research in the U&G approach. In this explication paper‚ we firstly introduced the theory by looking at its historical development and key components‚ then further discussed of the importance of this theory and its implications for further development in mass communication research. Development
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Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder; The origin‚ Causes‚ treatments and miscellaneous information Dennis Frost CJ440-01 Crisis intervention Professor Findley Kaplan University Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ when did this disorder originate? What are some of the facts that have been found about PTSD? How does this disorder start? What treatments are available to help with this disorder? Many of these questions and more are going to be answered in this report. Millions and millions
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When the Civil War broke out and men were needed to serve in the war‚ the government used conscription‚ the mandatory induction of men into the military.1 Though some people use this word just like the word draft‚ the two concepts are different. Draft is the process to determine who will be chosen to serve; it’s like a lottery. Currently‚ men ages 18-25 have to register with the Select Service with the possibility of serving in the military‚2 but conscription itself was abolished in 1973.3 New York
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Rough Draft ! ! ! ! Wealth is defined in the Webster Dictionary as a state of being rich and having material prosperity. When asking who is the wealthiest person alive‚ people will most likely respond by saying Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey. Why does wealth have to be related to materials and money? These things only bring out the worst in everybody. Wealth shouldn’t be measured by how many bills are in ones wallet but rather the prosperity and happiness one has. Societies definition of wealth makes
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ELTU2402 Academic Writing I (Term 1‚ 2013) Practice on Paraphrasing and Summarizing (Suggested answers) Essay title: Separating the Sexes‚ Just for the Tough Years Thesis statement: Although some parents and educators oppose same-sex classes‚ there is some evidence that separating boys and girls in middle school yields positive results. A paraphrase Despite the fact that a number of parents and professionals in the field of education oppose single sex education‚ there are signs that
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A Mother’s Work ENG/125 March 6‚ 2013 A Mother’s Work A liquid takes the form of the container into which it is poured. Similarly‚ an artist chooses a medium for painting or sculpture‚ and a poet chooses a form. This aesthetic should complement the artist’s overall theme. In the case of “Woman’s Work” by Julia Alvarez‚ the chosen form is a villanelle. This form is very restrictive and repetitive‚ often used to express some sort of obsessiveness. Alvarez slightly modifies the traditional
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should have to die for the conflict to be resolved. A particularly controversial topic in war is the draft. The military draft is the forced‚ random selection of a people to fight in war. The United States has used the military draft in the country’s history‚ but the US has never drafted females. Although some individuals believe women do not have the same physical abilities as men‚ there should be a draft in the United States which includes women‚
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In the ANE‚ numerous tablet inscriptions and references exist‚ the oldest dating to ancient Babylon. Unfortunately‚ these references are general to an inscribed message. Authoritative references to tablets are less‚ and references to named tablets referred are rare. Research uncovered only five such tablets: the Covenant Tablet‚ the Tablet of Destinies‚ the Tablets with the Words of Fate‚ the Holy Tablet of the Heavenly Stars‚ and the Tablet of Wisdom. The first two tablet concepts graded highest
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