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    Great writers are often lauded for their keen observation. What these writers are able to do‚ what makes their work so great‚ is present material on a subject that allows the reader to see things in their mind as clearly as if they were seeing it with their own eyes. In fact‚ a great writer will present a subject so well that a reader may be shown certain details that he or she had never noticed before. But how can a writer develop such talent? One tried and true method is through the writing

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    How to Write a Philosophy Paper Shelly Kagan Department of Philosophy 1. Every paper you write for me will be based on the same basic assignment: state a thesis and defend it. That is‚ you must stake out a position that you take to be correct‚ and then you must offer arguments for that view‚ consider objections‚ and reply to those objections. Put another way: you must give reasons to believe the central thesis of the paper. Some of you may have never written a paper like this before. So let

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    WHAT IS AN ESSAY? An essay is a rather short piece of writing‚ a literary composition on a single subject. Usually essays deal with philosophical‚ social‚ aesthetic or literary subjects‚ though you can find essays on linguistics‚ economics‚ ethnography‚ etc. The word "essay" derives from the French "essayer" which means to try or attempt. Thus‚ essays rather state the problem than solve it. In the essay you define the subject under discussion‚ prove it is worth arguing about‚ provide a certain kind

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    The Great Gatsby and American Philosophy In my paper I plan on discussing the novel‚ The Great Gatsby and how it contributes to our nations philosophical history. First‚ I will give a brief back-story of the novel‚ which will lead to my first point of the traditional American idea of falling in love. This is dealt with in the novel through Daisy and Gatsby. This idea in the American culture is a romantic belief brought fourth by many Hollywood movies and such. The second point I will bring up will

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    The three basic plot twists in the novel Great Expectations grip the reader’s attention and add impact to the moral themes of the story. The major twists help divide the story into three parts‚ known in the novel as: The stages of Pip’s great expectations. The first twist appears when the young‚ ambitious orphan Pip‚ finds out that he has a secret benefactor; his dreams of becoming a gentleman are about to come true. Pip is certain that his benefactor is the eccentric‚ old lady from Satis House

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    How to Write a Rhetorical Precis The rhetorical precis from is a highly structured four-sentence paragraph that records the essential rhetorical elements of a unit of spoken or written discourse‚ including the name of the speak/writer‚ the context of the delivery‚ the major assertion‚ the mode of development and/or support‚ the stated and‚or apparent purpose‚ and the relationship established between the speaker/writing and the audience. The Form: 1. Name of author (optional: a phrase describing author):

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    euthanasia = a case of letting die. Those who deny euthanasia as a necessary law believe life is one worth living until the end‚ however‚ someone in a bed suffering cannot accomplish the value of living. In the documentary “ How to die in Oregon”‚ Roger Sager got over the counter dignity pills that would make him undergo a coma and die. “ These medications wouldn’t only kill me‚ but they will make me happy” he says. Although these people are

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    Immigrants who move to the United States‚ move in hopes of a better life: financial stability‚ 2.5 kids‚ good education for their children‚ a house in a good neighborhood‚ 2 cars‚ etc. Ironically‚ I had the “American way of life” when I lived back in Santo Domingo. My family and I lived in our own house; we had 3 cars; my brothers and I went to private schools; we had a maid; both of my parents and my older brother went to good colleges; we were financially stable‚ and lived in a relatively good

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    ESSAY 2 Aura A. De Leon Sosa Professor A. Webb September 26‚ 2014 Learning How to Read and Write By Frederick Douglass “Learning how to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass is based on the very unfair life of this little boy (Douglass) who was born a slave. In his essay Douglass began expressing how his mistress was a very kind woman when he met her. This kind woman started to teach him how to read. However after her husband forbade her to teach him‚ she transformed herself

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    How to write a Reflective essay? This type of essay is aimed to reflect a personal event or experience of the essay author. The main condition is that it has to be a certain personal experience on which the author has his very own perception. This experience or even is revealed in the essay in order to demonstrate its importance for understanding social relations and the essence of people. It may be said that a reflective essay possess the traits of a philosophical analysis of different experiences

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