sure to return the favor by answering all of your partner’s questions about you. 2. Once you think you have enough material to work with, start outlining your speech. Use brief sentences to write out an introduction, a thesis, two main points, and a conclusion. Your thesis (and therefore, your speech) should address the following question: what kind of person is my classmate? Think about two qualities or attributes that describe your partner. Your classmate could be someone like: a sports fan
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Introduction and Outline Worksheet Your Name: Date: 1. Read through the guide that follows this worksheet. 2. Create an introductory paragraph. Include the following parts: A. Method of getting reader's attention B. Background information C. Thesis statement with plan of development ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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Foreign Literature According to Thomas Primer on his article “Automated computerize Process”, in Readers Digest Magazine, May 2005, Page 45, for many businesses automating the collecting of employee attendance data when employees begin their shifts is still a manual process. Even business that has automated or computerized processes such as scheduling, time cards sheets to collect time and attendance data. NOVA time a group system developer, on last May 2007, the system that will give management
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1. Choose your topic. Try to make it as creative as possible; if you're given the opportunity to choose your own, take advantage of this. Choose something you're particularly interested in because this will make it easier to write; in particular, try to select the topic as a result of pressing questions you already know you want to search for answers to. Once you've decided on a topic, be sure to hone down it to a do-able topic; often a topic is initially too broad in its coverage, which will make
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Argumentative. It makes a case. That's the biggest difference between a thesis and a topic — a topic is something like “Slavery in Huck Finn.” That's not a case, only a general area. A thesis, on the other hand, makes a specific case, it tries to prove something. One way to tell a thesis from a topic: if it doesn't have an active verb, it's almost certainly still a topic. Controversial. That doesn't mean something like “Abortionists should be shot” or “George W. Bush's election was illegitimate”
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How to Write a Thesis Statement What is a Thesis Statement? Almost all of us—even if we don’t do it consciously—look early in an essay for a one- or two-sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow. We refer to that condensation as a thesis statement. Why Should Your ILP/Research Project Contain a Problem/Thesis Statement? • to test your ideas by distilling them into a sentence or two • to better organize and develop your argument • to provide your
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[Speech Title Here] Purpose Statement: Infinitive statement. (To inform my audience about …) Thesis Statement / Central Idea Statement: The message you want your audience to leave with. I. Introduction a. Greeting b. Attention getter c. Credibility statement (why you can talk about this—experience, knowledge, etc.) d. Thesis statement (from above) e. Preview (of main points—see below) Transition Statement (Full sentence that tells audience you are going to move to body) II. Body
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3 Research Contributions Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.4 Organization of the Dissertation Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.5 Bibliographical Notes Error! Bookmark not defined. CHAPTER 2 COLLEGE STYLE GUIDE 2 2.1 Style Guide and Instructions for Thesis and Dissertation 2 2.1.1 Reasons for Regulations 2 2.1.2 Responsibilities 2 2.1.3 Approval 2 2.1.4 Paper 2 2.1.5 Copies and Binding 2 2.1.6 Font Styles 2 2.1.7 Margins 2 2.1.8 Spacing 2 2.1.9 Pagination 2 2.1.10 Front Matter 2 2.1.11 Figures
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Thesis CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction If you could improve performance, increase student morale an develop self esteem of a student, would you? According to B.F Skinner, behavior is a function of its consequences. The learner will repeat the desired behavior if positive reinforcement follows the behavior. Skinner said, “When someone behaves in a way we find reinforcing, we make him more likely to do so again by praising or commending him. We attest to the
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Literature Review Handout Liberty University Online Writing Center Handout Description A review of literature is a critical analysis of a portion of the published body of knowledge available through the use of summary, classification, and comparison of previous research studies, reviews of literature, and journal articles (“How to Write a Literature Review”, 2012). This handout discusses the reasons for writing a literature review and presents its various requirements. It
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