was better than I thought regarding my editing changes. Regarding the revision changes, according to WritePoint brought out that I use the passive voice. When writing an essay the passive voice can tend to agitate the reader because your paragraphs become officious and tedious. You must remain consistent with the active voice while writing. For example I wrote, “Within the same study it was indicated that 35% of Americans watched political videos online.” To remain consistent with an active voice
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Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview The final project is comprehensive, designed to apply all you have learned in this course. This assignment provides an opportunity to exercise academic writing skills as you create an expository essay, using the steps in the writing process—planning, drafting, developing, revising, editing, and proofreading. For this essay, choose one of the following topics: • Healthful eating • Oil and gas prices • Education • Media
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PHIL 1F90: Spring 2011. Second Essay Question ONE (to be answered as a straight-forward philosophical essay): Silenus, the satyr, is, or perhaps pretends to be, a determinist. After all, everything about the satyr, both his nature and nurture, come directly from his creator, Hench. And certainly, at the beginning of the story, Hench accepts full responsibility for the satyr’s actions. But he eventually changes his mind. How can the satyr, all of a sudden, become morally responsible
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Participation Discussion Question and Participation Assignment: Writing One 1 4 10 1 4 5 5 1 4 4 Week Four In-Class or Alternate Participation Discussion Question and Participation Assignment: Grammar 1 4 10 Week Five In-Class or Alternate Participation Discussion Question and Participation Assignment: Excel Budget Assignment: Math Week Six In-Class or Alternate Participation Discussion Question and Participation Assignment: Writing Two Week Seven In-Class or Alternate Participation Discussion
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difficult to diagnose a learning disability or pinpoint the causes. The types of learning disabilities that most commonly affect college students are attention disorders and disorders that affect the development of academic skills including reading, writing, and mathematics. Other learning disabilities are related to cognitive skills. Dyslexia, for example, is a common developmental reading disorder. A person can have problems with any of the tasks involved in reading. However, scientists have found
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Audience Analysis Paper Abstract This paper will discuss how important effective communication is when dealing with diverse groups of people. This paper will discuss how an audience analysis must be done to capture the audiences’ attention. This paper will also analyze the audience characteristics, communication channels and various ways to deliver an effective message. Audience Analysis Paper Someone who is efficient at giving presentations may have many reasons for being efficient
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History of christianity Jesse Schuett Mid-term 10/28/10 The Movie Michael vs. The Text Tobit These two stories have many similarities and differences. The writer of the movie Michael obviously decided in which ways these two stories compare since he read the story of Tobit and then wrote the screenplay for Michael. In this paper I shall first go over all the ways these stories are similar to each other. Then I will go over the differences between them. There are many similarities between
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urgency and character during communication on the telephone or in person from the speaker. Using different tones, variety in pauses, body language, eye contact, and hand gestures easily permits for a more personal and understood experience. In writing a writer is only aloud to use words, forcing to rely solely on word muscle to get the point across to the audience, at times this can prove to be very difficult. Several challenges are against authors, figuring out how to surpass these barriers is
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been told effective communication is the essential key for successful relationships. Through the years I have learned this is the absolute truth in personal relationships as well as business relationships. Poor communication in personal relationships can lead to emotional consequences and poor communication in business relationships can lead to financial consequences. The benefits of effective communication in these relationships are priceless. Some suggest
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essay should include relevant examples, supporting evidence and information from academic texts or credible sources. 1. Starting Your Essay Although there are some basic steps to writing an assignment, essay writing is not a linear process. You might work through the different stages a number of times in the course of writing an essay. For example, you may go back to the reading and notetaking stage if you find another useful text, or perhaps to reread to locate specific information. Start work early
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