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    Nov 16‚2013 1.    Emerson begins his second paragraph with “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string‚” (as cited in Langan‚ 2014) What does he mean by this? Why do you think he placed the quote this early in the essay? Explain (1)I feel that Emerson’s quote “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to its own string‚” Is implying‚ whatever you set your mind too you can accomplish. “Every heart vibrates to its own Iron string‚” Is implying that everyone is different; we go about doing

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    Paragraph Development

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    Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs A paragraph is unified when every sentence develops the point made in the topic sentence. It must have a single focus and it must contain no irrelevant facts. Every sentence must contribute to the paragraph by explaining‚ exemplifying‚ or expanding the topic sentence. In order to determine whether a paragraph is well developed or not‚ ask yourself: "What main point am I trying to convey here?" (Topic sentence) and then "Does every sentence clearly relate

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    Descripitive Statistics Paper Descriptive Statistics Paper Laura L. Mason‚ Becky Matlock‚ and Nichole Noble RES/341 June 15‚ 2011 David Morrisson Descriptive Statistics Paper Major League Baseball is known as America’s favorite pastime‚ and MLB teams spend an extensive amount of money in the excess of a billion dollars with the ultimate goal to win the World Series. This learning team’s focus throughout this descriptive statistics paper is the MLB players’ performances‚ salaries‚ salary

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    observations using behavioural categories. Content analyses can also collect quantitative data. These data can be interpreted fairly easily with averages‚ measures of dispersion and graphs (pages 52–53) and are typically objective. Qualitative data are descriptive‚ e.g. answers to open questions from self-reports (page 41) and detailed findings from observations and content analyses. They are harder to analyse as you need to look for

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    What Is a Paragraph

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    • What is a paragraph? • A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. • Learning to write good paragraphs will help you as a writer stay on track during your drafting and revision stages. • Good paragraphing also greatly assists your readers in following a piece of writing. You can have fantastic ideas‚ but if those ideas aren’t presented in an organized fashion‚ you will lose your readers (and fail to achieve your goals in writing). Qualities of a Good Paragraph:

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    Kelsey 8 October 2013 Descriptive Paper The Intoxicated Drunks “Why am I naked? Why my throat is sore and why is there puke all over me? Where am I right now and why am I here?” These are the types of question that an intoxicated person usually find themselves asking after they have been drinking the night prior. Strolling into the after prom party‚ pass midnight; my friends and I enter through these gigantic mahogany doors into a house from the 21st century one that looks like Tony Starks’

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    One place that I will never forget is the ranch my uncle (my grandmother’s brother‚ in Mexican culture we refer to them as uncles) built and owns. It lays on a thousand acres of land‚ just outside Toluca‚ the capital of the state of Mexico. Rancho Feshi‚ which means “singing waterfall”‚ is a trout farm. There are many different deep-water‚ man-made rectangular ponds where thousands of trout are bred for later dining. The ranch is famous for its trout and many people come from all over Mexico either

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    Paragraph Writing Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/391505/Paragraph-Writing What is a paragraph? It is a group of sentences that introduces‚ presents and develops one main idea about the topic. And it can be divided into three major parts. A. The Topic Sentence  • It is normally the first sentence of the paragraph. • It conveys the overall point of the paragraph. • It helps the writer focus on the idea written about. • It helps the reader know about what the paragraph is all

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    Paragraphs represent the basic unit of composition: one idea‚ one paragraph. However‚ to present a clear‚ unified train of thought to your readers‚ you must make sure each paragraph follows the one before it and leads to the one after it through clear‚ logical transitions. Keep in mind that adequate transitions cannot simply be added to the essay without planning. Without a good reason for the sequence of your paragraphs‚ no transition will help you. Transitions can be made with particular words

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    Jade Richards-Butler Professor Jonathon Farris ARTH 100 Descriptive Essay This work resembles a four-legged animal wearing a mask with human features. It is a sculpture in the round created using an additive method. The smooth‚ highly polished texture and reddish colour of the sculpture give the impression that the material is ceramic. The sculpture’s head displays both human and animal qualities. The ears are positioned symmetrically‚ slightly off center of the head. They are of a triangular

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