work and academic writing are 1. Writing at work focuses on problem solving. Unlike academic writing where you write to persuade your professor how much you know‚ at work you write to help you perform your job. Primarily‚ you are trying to achieve a specific goal and to complete a job task. 2. Work-related writing targets multiple audiences with different perspectives. In college our primary and‚ typically‚ only audience is our professor. Professors approach student writing similarly
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English 1. What is research? Research is the continuous discovery and exploration of the unknown. It entails an Investigation of new facts leading to the discovery of new ideas‚ new methods or improvements. Research is always an attempt to widen one’s outlook on life. It always proceeds to the known to the unknown. Its end product is the discovery of the truth. It depends of course to his/her field. Research is a systematic study or investigation of something for the purpose of answering questions
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It is a difficult thing to pinpoint the exact purpose of a deceased author‚ however‚ by examining the context (the events in Poe’s life and the society in which he was living) in which the story is written‚ we can make educated guesses about what may have influenced a particular piece of writing; in this case "The Tell-Tale Heart." First of all‚ one should examine the nature of Gothic literature‚ a genre popular in the late eighteenth century in England. Many scholars say that Poe single-handedly
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senior English‚ a question was raised. Specifically that day’s session concerned George Orwell’s classic‚ 1984. The seminar was a forum for the class to discuss points of interest within the literature through a Socratic questioning process. The purpose of such an exercise was to promote critical thinking and open-ended discussion about the salience of the ideas within the book. Unfortunately‚ much of the class was less than enthused to bring their own words and arguments to bear during the course
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What is causal-comparative research? Also known as “ex post facto” research. (Latin for “after the fact”). In this type of research investigators attempt to determine the cause or consequences of differences that already exist between or among groups of individuals.Causal-comparative research is an attempt to identify a causative relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable. The relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable is usually a suggested
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Fracking in Pennsylvania Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as fracking‚ is damaging our watersheds and for some of us‚ fracking sites are in our own backyards. The Environmental Protection Agency seems to have a few holes in it‚ as you will see in my research. First‚ we need to understand how fracking works. It is a means of extracting natural gas and oil that lies within a shale rock formation thousands of feet below earth’s surface. When a well is drilled‚ millions of gallons of water‚ sand and all
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1. What specific topic did you choose to research and evaluate? I decided to conduct research on stem cells for medical use. 2. List the resources that you used in your research of your topic. http://www.ama-assn.org//ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-science/genetics-molecular-medicine/related-policy-topics/stem-cell-research/basics-stem-cell-research.page http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/pages/basics6.aspx 3. Describe‚ in a few paragraphs‚ the biotechnology that you researched. How
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9-Writing Skill Since the roots of American history‚ people around the world have come to believe in the “American Dream.” For some‚ it’s an opportunity to raise a family without oppression‚ to be able to worship how they want‚ or safety from a harmful government. Each individual’s idealistic America is different. Although some desire varying degrees of freedom‚ a common thread of these dreams is safety. The average man simply has a desire to be safe‚ not needing complete freedom. The common
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What is Religion? Is religion a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny or is it a system of symbols‚ myths‚ doctrines‚ ethics and rituals for the expression of ultimate relevance (Carmody‚ 2008). Religion is the human quest for experience of‚ and response to the holy or sacred and a combination of all individuals desire to attain the promise of a better life than that here on earth‚ human spirituality. Religion is the voluntary subjection of oneself to God (Catholic
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Justin Brown MGMT 371-101 Assignment 1 9. List the five general purposes of the Railway Labor Act. • To avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged • To forbid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any denial‚ as a condition of employment or otherwise‚ of the right of employees to join a labor organization. • To provide for the complete independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-organization
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