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    Writing About Writing

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    communicating with other people. Even though Tannen‚ Munoz‚ and Tan show many differences about the impact of language on their lives‚ they are extremely similar in their writing styles‚ in their approaches‚ and in their overall theme. One area of similarity of Tannen‚ Munoz and Tan’s essays is in their styles of writing. The first writing style that these three authors share is descriptive. All of the writers share their story using the descriptive approach telling their story with great detail. An example

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    The Purpose Of Education

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    The Purpose of Education The world is run by those who are educated and successful. Education is the key to success in life. It is very important for everyone. The role of education is to prepare students for college‚ prepare for work and help students how to socialize. It allows you to do things that you are not able to do without an education. The role of education is to prepare students for college. During four years of high school‚ students have many teachers‚ coaches and role models. School

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    Who Killed Jon Benet Ramsey

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    WHO KILLED JON BENET RAMSEY? The brutal murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey on Christmas night in 1996 shocked America to its core. Just as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder seven decades earlier had seared the nation’s consciousness‚ this murder – of a beautiful and talented child in a wealthy Boulder‚ Colorado home --renewed every parent’s worst nightmare. It has been nearly three years since this violent crime occurred and no one has been brought to justice. At 6:48 p.m.‚ Dec

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    companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured and far away” (Thoreau). Both Esther Greenwood of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Christopher McClandless of John Kraukaer’s Into the Wild had their own “music” different than societies. This “music” lead to Esther’s suicide attempts and Christopher’s journey to Alaska. While media influences both Esther Greenwood’s and Chris Mcclandless’ withdrawal from society‚ Esther is primarily driven

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    Statement of purpose

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    But saying that writing about one’s self is difficult. Start a plan and list the point you want to cover. ie - Why you want to study the course - What you can bring to the course from your previous degree - Work/Experience you have in addition to your degree - Somethings about yourself not related to Accounting‚ a hobby‚ a personal achievement - Your future aspirations Obviously that is difficult in only 500 words. The first and second can be phrased in one sentence (positive language

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    everything behind‚ college‚ family‚ and all his relationships to start a completely new life in the wild. In the book The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless recreates a new life for himself. while following his long journey‚ Chris renamed himself Alexander Supertramp and met many people along the way like Gallion‚ Franz‚ and Westerberg. Although some people think that Chris’s death has purpose‚ really Chris died in vain‚ alone in the woods.Chris proves this when he risks his life countless times

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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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    5a CRITICAL THINKING‚ READING‚ AND WRITING For a food that is traced to Neolithic beginnings‚ like Mexico’s 42 tortillas‚ Armenia’s lahmejoun‚ Scottish oatcakes‚ and even matzos‚ pizza has remained fresh and vibrant. Whether it’s galettes‚ the latest thincrusted invasion from France with bacon and onion toppings‚ or a plain slice of a cheese pie‚ the varieties of pizza are clearly limited only by one’s imagination. —Lisa Pratt‚ “A Slice of History” EXERCISE 4-10 Working individually or

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    Wild Revenge in Medea

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    Revenge is a kind of wild justice. Throughout many texts‚ the notion of justice has been debated on whether it is an act that vindicates those who have been wronged or an excuse to pursue revenge. Through Medea‚ Medea’s actions have been judged and criticised whether her murders are an act of justice that she deserves or simply the idea of inflicting pain on those she loathes. Revenge is the predominant motivator for the psychological and corporeal action of the play. In the play‚ Medea is self

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    The Purpose of School

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    In my opinion‚ the purpose of school is to educate‚ not teach‚ students in certain areas of knowledge chosen by those of the Board of Education in order to create ‘functioning’ members of ‘normal’ society. The difference between to educate and to teach is how the knowledge is presented. To educate is ‘to bring up (a child‚ physically or mentally)‚ rear‚ nourish‚ support‚ or produce (plants or animals’ basically to use verbal methods such as lectures in a class setting‚ or praise for young child

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