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    Mississippi) and any source a historian should look at factors such as: The painter and their motives for painting‚ is the source fact‚ opinion‚ or propaganda‚ and the general purpose of this source. The painter’s name is William Henry Powell and his motives may have been to let others know how Powell saw this event and what happened in Powell’s perspective. The source itself is a secondary source but it is a based on many primary sources‚ that is why it is fact. The general purpose of this source would have

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    Identify the sources and purposes of criminal law. Kristi Adams April 9th‚ 2014 If you had to choose between • • (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing‚ even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? • You are the driver of a light rail car when the brakes fail. • You can steer the rail car. • Ahead on the track are five workers

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    Dear Sir/ Madam‚ I am writing to express my interest in the [University name]‚ and particularly in the PhD program of Computer Science and Information System. More than ten years ago‚ I was very fascinated when I opted for bachelors in computer sciences from King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia and until now‚ computer still is the most exciting thing in my life. The more rapidly the technological advancements and computer science developments has risen globally‚ there is still a long

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    Essay Outline: Introduction: Hook: There’s no doubt how video games and media sources are teaching your children how to be killers. Background information: Violence increased a lot nowadays‚ and it became one the most dangerous issues. Thesis statement: Because of great use of television and video games‚ they take responsibility for violence. Body1: Topic sentence: Television has become on of the most source of violence. Supporting details: news‚ movies‚ music videos Body2: Topic sentence:

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    Yang Yue 301230807 November 6‚ 2015 Primary Source Analysis Contact and Conflict European explorers have great impact on Canadian history. Their Journals are important historical documents for historians to study the Canadian history. Because these journals appeared in many kinds of forms and provided very detailed information about early Canada before confederation. These documents portray very vividly the life in Canada and shows that the process to confederation is full of contacts and conflicts

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    Thesis: As the Internet becomes our primary source of information‚ it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narratives. This process of rewiring our brains carries the danger of flattening human experience even as it offers the benefits of knowledge efficiency and immediacy.   1) The author begins the article with a description of the closing scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave dismantles the memory circuits of Hal‚ the artificial brain that controls the

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    10/24/2017 Gino Cendejas Dr. White‚ HIST 1113l Primary Source Review: The Story of The Flood A bustling young region renown for being the cradle of civilizations‚ Mesopotamia‚ is the setting of this epic poem‚ The Story of The Flood. The Story of The Flood is embodied into the 11th tablet of 12‚ that together‚ compose the many heroic stories of The Epic of Gilgamesh. This narrative is the oldest piece of Epic Western Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been

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    Primary/Secondary Sources Summarization Project Jeremiah Shivers The book “Night” is the first book of a trilogy (three-part series) written by Elie Wiesel. This book is about his first hand experience in Nazi German concentration camps with his father. It takes place between the beginning of the Holocaust and the end of World War II. Primary and Secondary Sources‚ like books or documents. They help us find out what happened in the past. Depending on how it is being used makes an object

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    Academic writing is presenting ideas and introducing other voices in their discussion or an argument. Referencing refers to enhancing academic writing and helping readers in many ways. While referencing plays a key role in academic integrity and literacy‚ students find it very difficult to do referencing. This is because they are not familiar with academic conventions and norms. This essay will discuss the four reasons why referencing is important in academic writing. The first reason is to trace

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    Activity 3: “Using Sources” Emma Ballew Washington State University Tri-Cities For my lesson‚ I did “Using Sources”. 1) The first thing I learned was the 2 different ways to use sources to argue. The first way to use a source is by agreeing with the source (Atias‚ Lennard‚ & Zuckerman‚ 2013). This can be done in two ways. One way is to use the research that other sources have done (Atias‚ Lennard‚ & Zuckerman‚ 2013). Using the research of others can help to lay a foundation for a paper’s argument

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