ACADEMIC ESSAY WRITING For students at Charles Darwin University A resource to assist tutors working with Indigenous students Table of Contents Purpose of this booklet This booklet aims to provide resources to tutors who work with Indigenous students at Charles Darwin University. It is intended to provide you with information and exercises to assist you to scaffold students to be successful in their university studies. We focus on writing academic essays‚ because this is a skill student’s need
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They Say 1) Lynching a) Nelson’s hanging: Husband stole cow‚ son killed & shot deputy. Woman and son hung from bridge (pg. 7) i) “She was very small of stature‚ very black‚ about thirty years old‚” the newspapers reported‚ “and vicious”. ii) The boy: “fourteen and yellow and ignorant”‚ according to papers. b) ‘It is generally thought that the Negroes got what would have been due them under process of law. (page 8) c) “This may be “southern Brutality’
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Byers and Gabourey Sibide appeared in “What Will You Say?” a 1-minute political ad endorsing Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and slammed Donald Trump. Absent in the ad is “Empire” patriarch‚ Terence Howard. The ad communicates why it is important to vote for Clinton and to consider what is at stake primarily for the African-American community. They state there is only one person in the (presidential) race who said‚ Black Lives Matter. Names of high-profile victims of gun violence Freddie
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It is not a secret that the standards of beauty nowadays are rather strict and demanding. No matter what numerous combatants against discrimination say‚ appearances that match the existing beauty remains one of the crucial characteristics of a modern individual. People who are discontent with their appearances have different ways of improving the way they look‚ such as makeup‚ clothes‚ or just being in harmony with themselves. However‚ there is a more radical alternative‚ which is effective in terms
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“Barney Says No!” Almeda was an eighty-four-year-old woman who lived a retiring life with no family and few friends. She suffered from a disabling stroke three years ago and has been confined to bed in a nursing home. Almeda has lost decisional capacity and left no advance directives. Barney‚ her long time friend‚ has been her unofficial substitute decision maker. Almeda has developed a stage IV sacral decubitus‚ now colonized with multiple resistant staphylococcus areus and pneumonia with heart
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University of Dalat – Department of Foreign Languages WRITING ACADEMIC PARAGRAPHS Writing Effective Paragraphs A paragraph should be unified‚ coherent‚ and well developed. Paragraphs are unified around a main point‚ and all sentences in the paragraph should clearly relate to that point in some way. The paragraph’s main idea should be supported with specific information that develops or discusses the main idea in greater detail. Creating a Topic Sentence The topic sentence expresses the main
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Say no to teenage drug abuse! According to the survey that we have recently conducted‚ there is an increasing trend for youngsters to take drugs. In order to arouse public concern over this serious problem‚ we would like to explain the main causes of teenage drug abuse and the resulting problems. We would also like to suggest ways for tackling the problem. Reasons for teenage drug abuse To be frank‚ we believe that the Hong Kong government has done enough promotion to tell teens about the detrimental
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Missing ‘Love’ In “Say You Love Me” Molly Peacock replays a particular incident from her childhood in her point of view with diction and simile to create imagery. She speaks about a time‚ when her father was intoxicated and when he abused her. The father violently asked her whether she loved him or not. Her younger sister was home‚ but she could not help because she feared his strength and demeanor. Although‚ the three family members were at home‚ a feeling of loneliness struck them all. Peacock
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This Is Just to Say is a poem written by William Carlos Williams that can exemplify the theme of revenge through literary devices such as tone‚ diction‚ and allusion. Although‚ this poem is interpreted in varying ways‚ the way I have interpreted it is as sibling rivalry. A child has eaten their sibling’s plums as an act of revenge and has written a note asking for forgiveness‚ but he has no care to be forgiven. Tone used in the poem can be described as sarcastic and lighthearted. The writer‚ or
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Say No to One Night Stand INTRODUCTION I. Attention Grabber Do you know what does one night stand means? The term ‘one night stand’ means that you have a sexual relationship with a person you meet or possibly a person you never meet before and both of you have no intention to ever meet again or to continue the relationship. It can happen anytime. II. Reveal Topic Today‚ I would like to talk about some of the harms of one night stand and persuade all of you to stay away from having this
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