What if my essay were to turn into a story? ... "Because the five-paragraph essay is a chosen vehicle for measuring a student's writing proficiency, it is essential that each master this patterned format writing to score well. ... The site goes on to give the structure of the essay: "The five paragraph essay follows a defined format. ... Now I will leave with one question. A question asked by many of my friends, and surly other students across the nation: Will the teachers allow and give credit to a story, a novel, maybe even a script, or must we, the students, be bound by the restraints ...

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P.1 English Essay In the books The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, and The Chosen, written by Chaim Potok two characters can be compared in a way they teach a young person. These two people I have chosen are Reb Saunders from The Chosen and Mr. ... He teaches his son Danny to look into his soul for answers to questions because Reb does not really talk to Danny at all unless he is teaching him the Talmud. ... Reb Saunders also teaches Danny about life and through his teachings he tells Danny that he should not have to rely on other people but should find the answer in si...

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• Grade Level: High School

The aim or purpose of this essay is to explain major opinions and concepts related to two opposite opinions on the topic you have chosen. ... If you used these resources in Essay 3, you are familiar with the overviews and Pro/Con question format used to organize the collections of sources. ... It answers the question, "What are the two main and opposing points of view on the issue of _________? Let's say that you have chosen capital punishment as your topic. ... Example Essay Plan: Capital Punishment - Major Opposing Positions Topic Choice You have already chosen the debatable topic a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Arjuna Jennings Essay There is a poster in the guidance office of my high school that reads, "What would you do if knew you could not fail?" The question is easy to ask, but for me the answer is elusive. ... Even though I have not chosen my major, I want to enter college with an open mind. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

After you have chosen your passage, compose an essay in clear, concise language that follows the guidelines below. ... Focus on one theme (two at most) as this is a short essay. ... Connecting to Broader Historical Themes I expect you to be able to connect the passage that you have chosen to the broader themes in U.S. history and the history of slavery that you will have learned about through the textbook readings and through lectures. ... Format Essays must be in a twelve-point, double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, and have one-inch margins. ... - Avoid repeating the language of t...

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Stage Drama Essay- Question One In the play Away by Richard Gow, a historical and cultural context including established connotations and characters roles from Historical Literature, and significant events in history are employed to enable the viewer to understand the play on the abstract level. ... A big cultural event - The Vietnam War - is chosen as the era of setting to provide an atmosphere that the target audience could relate to. ...

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To get a general overview of the chosen topic and its available literature preliminary reading is essential. ... Each paragraph deals with one subitem of the chosen issue. ... This could be done by summarizing the main points of the essay or by paraphrasing the thesis sentence. ... Academic essays have certain formal aspects, which should be checked before the writer hands in his or her paper. ... Developing a research question, doing the precise research, finding relevant literature and writing a paper, which meets all textual and formal requirements. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The first step in this essay is to accurately define the assertion being made. ... Next, you have to understand who the targeted audience, whether it is a general or specific audience, because the author has chosen devices that he/she believes is most effective for this certain audience. ... You can use "I" in your thesis statement in this essay. ... There are between 55 and 60 objective questions on 4-5 passages in the time period of 1 hour. You should look through the exam, looking for passage lengths, writing styles, amount of questions, and the idea of the type of questions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Review From Marx Weber: essays in sociology, politics as a vocation' (396-450) Author Marx Weber, Hans h Gert (Originally a speech at Munich University, 1918, originally published in 1919.) The article I have chosen to review is one of the public lectures Weber gave in 1918, just after Germany had been defeated in World War 1. ... This would promote understanding of different perspectives on and generate public discussion about fundamental questions like What is politics?' ... On the contrary, his answers to the questions listed above may, under such close scrutiny,...

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An international essay competition on the question of serfdom was intended to show that the empress held strong abolitionist views and to stimulate thinking in the same direction: the prize essay, recommending abolition, was chosen by Catherine in 1765. ... Essays for Isabel de Madariaga, edited by Roger Bartlett and Janet M. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

In relation to my own study practice (both its reality and my aspirations for it), I have chosen to select images to focus on in my essay. ... When I am doing Art I am forced to ask questions and I try and answer them in my work. ... In this essay I have chosen to portray images as two-dimensional pictures. Throughout this essay I have also tried to show you that images to me, primarily exist in the mind. ... In my art I use images because I have chosen to and I like to use them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I will explain what Aristotle means in saying that an action can be voluntary without being chosen, the difference between involuntary actions due to constraint, and those due to ignorance, and the difference between actions which are non-voluntary due to ignorance and those which, beyond this, are involuntary due to ignorance. The first question that needs to be answered is, what is meant by an action can be voluntary without being chosen. ... The next question that must be answered is, what is the difference between involuntary actions due to constraint, and those due to igno...

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The number and types of requests indicated a desire by the membership to include these student-athletes in their essay, Robert Gray. Question: Poetry can help us think and feel in new ways about every day experiences. ... Romania and Russia have chosen the fast-paced, approach that is dangerous. These two nations have chosen to change their economies from a collectivized command, to a market oriented one, in order to increase the endurance of living in their countries. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The model of structured reflection that will be used in this essay pinpoints key questions in the areas of aesthetics, personal, ethics, empirics, and reflexivity (Johns, 1995,p.226-234). Allowing a discussion on an experience chosen from my reflective journal that was completed over the time of practicum. ... One of the points in the model of structured reflection asks the question "Has this changed my ways of knowing"(John,1995). ... In conclusion the writer of this essay has identified a key situation of bed bathing her client for the first time and by using Johns model of reflection she...

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With its introduction, the Constitution was heralded as "the most magnificent Constitution into which the chosen representatives of a free and enlightened people have ever breathed the life of popular sentiment and national hope", by Charles Kingston (Irving 2001). The Australian Constitution has remained relatively untouched since it came into effect, from 44 referendum questions put to the Australian people to change various parts of the Constitution, only eight have been approved (Singleton et al. 2003:52). ... This fact leads us to question the appropriateness of the Australian Constitut...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

- Why was this passage chosen? ... - Word Choice: Chosen for sound/syntax: sentences complete? ... Symbols: structural/incidental/literal/figurative, concrete/abstract Commentary Organization - Introductory paragraph - Identify type of prose and author's intent - Identify voice and tone of persona (if relevant) - Focus on central idea - Primary emphasis / direction of your commentary Body of Essay - Don't just list points. ... - Comma: brief pause - Semicolon: longer pause - Indentation: stop before starting again, gives importance to what is about to be said Es...

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When asked the question," What does America mean to me?"... Why would this question be asked knowing that each student writing the essay would answer in the same manner. Instead of continuing to question the motives, I decide to just write the essay, which proved harder than anything I had ever done. My mind was consumed with thoughts as I realized that this essay would teach me more about myself than any essay written in my four years of high school. ... If I was thinking coherently, I would have chosen to make the reader happy but my mother's teaching of honesty was clearer. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This essays deals with issues on rational strategic decision making, and how the decision making process can be hindered when the decision maker is faced with conditions of uncertainty. The term rational strategic management can, and has been interpreted in several different ways, however for the purpose of this essay the term will be used in the way described by Harrison (1954) "all that is necessary to make a given choice a rational one is the existence of an objective and selection of some alternative that, in the decision maker's view, promises to meet the objective". Meaning that ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

The poem I have chosen for this essay is "The Unknown Citizen". ... The question was absurd: Had anything been wrong we should certainly have heard (Auden 212)". ... "His poems and essays present the idea of the good society as, at best, a possibility, never actually achieved, but which one must always work (Mendalson 112)". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Review From Marx Weber: essays in sociology, politics as a vocation' (396-450) Author Marx Weber, Hans h Gert (Originally a speech at Munich University, 1918, originally published in 1919.) The article I have chosen to review is one of the public lectures Weber gave in 1918, just after Germany had been defeated in World War 1. ... Then he comes to the questions of what inner enjoyments can this career (of a professional politician) offer, and what personal conditions are presupposed for one who enters this avenue? ... Asking what is generalizable and what is contextu...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to give explanation to the description and reasoning behind assessments and interventions strategies, within the framework of the Kerr family caseload. ... On completion of this my chosen methods of intervention will be given, with an explanation of my understanding of such strategies. ... The reasons for this being it are a simplistic plan (easy to understand) and self-directive in the questions it offers to enable problem solving. ... INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to give explanation to the description and reasoning behind assessments a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sounds pretty good until you bring into question lingering aspects of morality, the importance of a somewhat clear conscious, and the basic human principle that helping yourself is not always beneficial in the long run. ... Hardin willingly overlooked these considerations in his essay The Case Against Helping the Poor, and for that, some concerns have to be raised about whether Hardin is correct, and even if, do we as a society want to stoop to low levels to "win." ... For those passengers lucky enough to be on board (by "lucky" I mean that most wealth that would get you a seat on board is...

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• Grade Level: High School

"AFTER APPLE-PICKING" INTERPERATIVE ESSAY I have heard that the second before a human being dies, his life will flash right in front of his eyes. ... Although he seems to be very confident in his statement, I question the seriousness as he looks down at the barrel he never filled. ... He keeps wondering if, in fact, he has always chosen the right path and if he really took advantage of every opportunity he had available to him. ...

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My topic for this essay is about shyness and my research question for this essay is "How does shyness affect a person's identity development"? I have chosen this topic because I was a very shy person growing up. ... Things I will discuss in this essay are what causes shyness, how shyness can have a negative impact on someone's life and what a person who has shyness can do to overcome it. ...

• Word Count: 827
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• Grade Level: High School