...------------------------------------------------- George Sale GEORGE SALE, a man of extensive learning, and considerable literary talent, very few particulars have been transmitted to us by his contemporaries. He is said to have been born in the county of Kent, in 1697. His education he received at the King's School, Canterbury. He became a student of the Inner Temple. George Sale was an Orientalist and practicing solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into the English. It is known that he trained as a solicitor in his early years but took time off from his legal pursuits, returning at need to his profession. Sale was an early member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Sale became seriously ill for eight days before his death, and died at Surrey Street, The Strand, of fever on November 13, 1736. Sale was buried at St. Clement Danes. His family consisted of a wife and five children. Sale reputedly spent 25 years in Arabia, thus acquiring his knowledge of the Arabic language and customs; this was the basis of Voltaire's statements in the Dictionnaire Philosophique (articles ‘Alcoran,’ ‘Arot and Marot’). On the other hand Harold Lyon Thomson, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, stated that he never left his native country.[1] In 1734, Sale published the translation of the Qur'an, dedicated to John Lord Carteret. Sale's translation of the Qu'ran has been reprinted into modern times. In January 2007, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim...
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...1. Your reason for applying to this program: What specifically do you wish to gain through studying and living in the U.S. for one year? What do you believe will be the greatest benefits to you personally? How do your goals for the program specifically relate to your long-term goals? I have a lot of reasons for applying to this program. I’m currently studying at the university, and first of all, I think that the educational system in the American colleges will give me a valuable experience for my future life. Studying abroad gives a huge number of opportunities. For example, they are many different courses, clubs delivered by interests and skills, opportunities for research, plus extracurricular activities like sport, dancing, singing and so on. I believe it will help me to get a career I dream about. Secondary, it is a great opportunity for improving my language skills. After year of training in the U.S. I could reach a high level of proficiency in the English. Thirdly, it is the contact with another culture, traditions and customs. When you learn it in real life, through your own experience, you stop seeing the world through the pink glasses. . It’s the best way to fight stereotypes. 2. Your key strengths as a candidate for this program: What makes you a uniquely well suited candidate for the YEAR program? What do you believe will be the greatest challenges of studying abroad in the U.S.? What has prepared you academically and personally for these challenges? Be sure...
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...Jennifer Trainor 05/25/2015 Gen 201 Prof. Julia Future of an Education When I look back on this class and see what I have learned and what I have accomplished, I see things that I thought I never would have understood. Critical thinking and Ethics is an important part of daily life and does not only apply to work place situations. Everything that was taught in this class goes hand and hand with each other. It is important to set both career goals and education goals as you go through out your life. The goals that I have set for myself not only help me understand critical thinking and ethics it will help me succeed in life. Critical thinking plays important roles in our life and without using the skills that we learned, we may end up struggling in our educational careers and in our careers as a whole. I have set an academic goal and a career goal to help me succeed in the future. My academic goal that will help me succeed in college is that I will continue to further my education no matter what happens in life. One journal article I read stated “Even though teens have confidence in themselves to achieve academic success, they do not believe that they can succeed in an environment where no one is there to help.” (Social Costs of Academic Success, 2011). This quote even though done by teens is perfect I feel that without support of my family or teaching staff I would not succeed. The career goal that I have will be in five years I will be teaching in a Title one school....
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...Final Exam TO THE READERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE: I am a rural small planter in Pennsylvania and I am OPPOSED to the ratification of the constitution and you should be as well. The broad taxing power granted to the general government as a concurrent power to the taxation done by the states will be too great a burden for the people of this STATE to handle. It is of my suspicion that the intentions of men in support of the general government is to utterly ANNIHILATE the states and coalesce them to nothing more than the general government’s personal bankroll. The opposition claims that a strong standing army is necessary to protect citizens from threats domestic and abroad. To that I point to the Swiss who are at current surrounded by European military powers and yet are able to hold their own with just militias. Furthermore, a standing army in a time of peace is a sure signpost of tyranny if I have ever seen one. Militias are virtuous and righteous in their cause. A standing army is to act on the will of a president not elected by the people. This certainly will lead to conflict in any state that opposes any action carried out by the general government....
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...Guide to Writing a Basic Essay An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Either way, your essay will have the same basic format. If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway. Don't let the thought of putting pen to paper daunt you. Get started! These simple steps will guide you through the essay writing process: • • • • Decide on your topic. Prepare an outline or diagram of your ideas. Write your thesis statement. Write the body. • • • • • • Write the main points. Write the subpoints. Elaborate on the subpoints. Write the introduction. Write the conclusion. Add the finishing touches. Choose a Topic for Your Essay Topic Has Been Assigned You may have no choice as to your topic. If this is the case, you still may not be ready to jump to the next step. Think about the type of paper you are expected to produce. Should it be a general overview, or a specific analysis of the topic? If it should be an overview, then you are probably ready to move to the next step. If it should be a specific analysis, make sure your topic is fairly specific. If it is too general, you must choose a narrower subtopic to discuss. For example, the topic "KENYA" is a general one. If your objective is...
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...1 Overview of How to Write an Essay Writing essays is a major element of your education at the university level. Effective writing gives you the ability to express your ideas, theories, arguments, and projects clearly. The skills you acquire at the university level through writing essays will be aimed at practical business applications that you will be able to use in the workplace. The following information provides a succinct overview of the elements you need to know to begin writing an essay. It will help you on your writing journey. Types of Essays Narrative A narrative essay is a story told by a narrator. Generally, a narrative discusses the personal experience of the author (the first person point of view), but it can also be written about things that happen to others (third person point of view). A narrative typically involves characters, a setting, specific and vivid details, and a series of events that can include current incidents, flashbacks, or dialogue. Cause and Effect A cause and effect essay explores why events, actions, or conditions occur (cause) and examines the results of those events, actions, or conditions (effect). For example, a cause could be purchasing a new expensive home. The effect might be fewer family vacations, more time spent on upkeep, or less time with family because of extra work hours to pay for the home. Comparison and Contrast A comparison and contrast essay shows the relationship between two or more elements. The items can be compared...
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...ELS Effective Learning Service Essay Writing For appointments contact: els@qmu.ac.uk or elsinternational@qmu.ac.uk web: www.qmu.ac.uk/ELS Contents Page What do tutors want to see in an essay? 2 What are the key stages in writing an essay? 2 What is an essay? 3 The structure of an essay 4 Analyse the task 5 Make a structure plan 6 Reading and researching 7 Reflect and evaluate – refine your plan 8 Writing the first draft 9 What is a paragraph? 10 Signalling words within paragraphs 11 Linking ideas between paragraphs 12 Writing the introduction 13 Writing the conclusion 14 Academic writing style – a very brief guide 16 Planning an essay – a mindmap with an overview 17 1 What do tutors want to see in an essay? • that you have understood the question • that you have structured the work clearly and logically • that you show evidence of relevant reading What are the key stages in writing an essay? • analyse the task • ask yourself what you know and need to know about the topic • make a plan of the structure of essay • read and research and note-take • reflect on and refine your plan • write the first draft – main body, then introduction and conclusion • plan your time and set goals This leaflet will outline the key stages you need to go through and will also show you how to write a good paragraph, an introduction, and a conclusion. Subject preferences may vary. It is always a good idea to check the preferred format for your...
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... -Use concrete words: anything you can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste * A concluding sentence brings the paragraph to a close and sums up its content. It ties the ideas of the paragraph together and gives the reader a sense of closure. * Most paragraphs are organized in one of five ways: 1.) General to particular, 2.)Chronologically (by time), 3.)Spatially (by physical arrangement), 4.)From one extreme to another Limited topic + controlling idea= topic sentence Module 2 Every essay consists of several easily recognizable parts: a title, an introduction, a thesis statement, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion. A title is a phrase, usually no more than a few words, that gives a hint about the subject, purpose, or focus of what is to follow in the essay. The introduction to your essay—your first paragraph—should introduce your subject and stimulate your audience's interest. This paragraph essentially tells readers what the essay is going to cover without going into detail or discussing specifics. Your thesis statement includes the topic of the essay and your opinion about that topic. Your opinion about the topic is the controlling idea of the essay. The body paragraphs explain and support the thesis statement. Each body paragraph covers one major...
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...friends. But we can also love other things like animals or material things. But what is the difference between loving and liking? And is it better not to love and feel pain or to love and be hurt in the progress? Jonathan Franzen seeks to answer these questions in his essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts”. The essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” is, as mentioned, written by Jonathan Franzen and published in The New York Times, May 28, 2011. Jonathan Franzen is born in 1959, and he is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist. The essay is based on the commencement speech he delivered at Kenyon College in Ohio, USA. “Our technology has become extremely adept in creating products that correspond to our fantasy ideal of an erotic relationship, in which the beloved object asks for nothing and gives everything, instantly. (…)” As Franzen claims in his essay, many people can feel like they love their technological object. It gives them a satisfaction, which human interaction maybe wouldn’t. Franzen however thinks, that people in general don’t love material things: they like them. There is a major difference between loving and liking – even though it might appear small. “Liking, in general, is commercial culture’s substitute for loving.” Products are made to be likeable, but if that concept in transferred to a person, you would instantly see a narcissistic person, without integrity. Franzen says that technologic products don’t do this, because they aren’t...
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...Unity and Coherence in Essay Writing Skills for unity, coherence and development of a paragraph are not only applicable to writing an individual body paragraph when we write an essay, but can also help with handling the relations between body paragraphs. Unity Paragraph unity refers to the harmony between the topic sentence and supporting sentences in a paragraph. If we want to achieve such unity, the first thing we do is to decide on a topic sentence. When we write a single paragraph composition, the topic sentence is usually very broad because the paragraph may be dealing with many things which need a broad topic sentence to cover them all. However, when we write an essay of several paragraphs, the topic sentence for each body paragraph should be fairly specific because each body paragraph deals with only one of the many things stated in the thesis sentence. Take, for example, one of our familiar subjects, describing one’s hometown. If we are assigned to write one paragraph, we can begin with such a broad topic sentence as “My hometown is an unforgettable place,” and then proceed with describing the things that make it unforgettable, for instance, its beautiful landscape, its hospitable people, and its impressive modern industry. However, if we are to write an essay on the same subject, a statement like “My hometown is an unforgettable place” will become the thesis statement, while the things that make it unforgettable will be discussed in body paragraphs, perhaps...
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...Geography Programme, School of People, Environment and Planning ESSAY WRITING AND FORMAT GUIDE FOR GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS Essay Writing and Format Guide 2 Essay Writing and Format Guide Table of Contents Introduction: Why Write Essays? ........................................................ 4 Types of Essay........................................................................................ 5 Analysing the Question: Answering the Question............................ 5 Planning Your Essay ............................................................................. 8 Writing Your Essay................................................................................ 9 Introduction ..................................................................................... 10 The Body of the Essay.................................................................... 10 Concluding ....................................................................................... 12 Editing............................................................................................... 13 Writing Style ......................................................................................... 13 Spelling.............................................................................................. 13 Writing numbers.............................................................................. 14 Grammar: plurals and apostrophes .............................................. 15 Syntax: The...
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...Business Essay Format and its Structure What Makes Business Essay Format? Those students, who study different business courses, for example management, marketing, have to write many different business essays. This type of essay as well as the others (argumentative essay, classification essay, cause and effect essay, persuasive essay, comparative essay, etc) has peculiar features that should be observed carefully in order to produce an essay in conformity with all instructions of research paper writing. One of these features to be observed at writing is business essay format as there is no doubt that format of the essay plays the same important role as the content of business essay. When student has made comprehensive research of the object and has found interesting ideas and sources to support hisher position, it does not mean that heshe has coped with a writing task. The writer should make the next step that is to organize hisher research paper writing in a proper way. It means that attention should be paid to the business essay format. In general, there are different formats of research paper – ChicagoTurabian, Harvard, APA, AMA, MLA format paper; which of them suits you the most depends on the business essay topic, subject, requirements set by the professor. When the student has chosen the format of the business essay it is very important to follow it and not use any elements of the other essay format. In case when you do not get any instruction as for the business...
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...Olivia Lee Mr. Goold ENG4UE-15 3 July 2015 Reflection on the Essay’s Effectiveness Overall, the essay on Agatha Christie has distinctive argument and points, however, it has some significant errors to be fixed. The introduction paragraph resembles triangle standing format such as it starts with general idea and ends with specific idea, thesis. In addition, the thesis statement is specific and clear but the repetition of 'strong' eventually makes the thesis seems weak. Even though the body paragraphs start with strong sub argument, some of the concluding sentence and supporting details are irrelevant. For example, the concluding sentence for first body paragraph which talking about ‘social issue’ is not related to ‘strong characters.’ Moreover, the examples in the first body paragraph are the list of the characters, which do not directly support the sub thesis: adding direct quotation from the resource and elaborating could be more supportive. In addition, between each supporting example, there can be transition cue that reinforces the main argument of the essay. In the third body paragraph, while the detail about Christie's personal experience is relevant, somehow, it needs to be interacted with the argument by mentioning the specific text that she wrote after Christie’s first marriage. Nonetheless, there is a crucial mistake in the author’s supporting details which is “Christie uses the time period of the 60’s, the novels do not quite ring true,” opposing the author’s...
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...Proofreading and Editing is really important to make an essay strong and not difficult to understand. Proofreading always comes last when editing an essay to catch errors and to take of any unnecessary parts. Grammar and punctuations is really important when it comes to re reading an essay. It is very easy to make a silly mistake while typing in a hurry. At times when typing an essay it might sound correctly, but when re reading you catch many errors. I have learned that grammar and punctuation is really important not just for writing essays, but also for job applications, job resumes, job requirements, etc. You can avoid misunderstand your reader if the essay is confusing because of grammar mistakes. It is very easy to miss a mistake that...
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...Elements The basic elements of academic essay writing are two: a thesis and evidence, divided into three parts: an introduction, the systematic development of an argument, and a conclusion. All scholarly writing, from the most concise paper to the longest book, follows these basic guidlines. Thesis Historical essay writing is based upon the thesis. A thesis is a statement, an argument which will be presented by the writer. The thesis is in effect, your position, your particular interpretation, your way of seeing a problem. Resist the temptation, which many students have, to think of a thesis as simply "restating" an instructor's question. The writer should demonstrate originality and critical thinking by showing what the question is asking, and why it is important rather than merely repeating it. Your own informed perspective is what matters. Many first-year students ask whether the "thesis" is not just their "opinion" of a historical question. A thesis is indeed a "point of view," or "perspective," but of a particular sort: it is based not only on belief, but on a logical and systematic argument supported by evidence. The truism that we each have "our own" opinions misses the point. A good critical essay acknowledges that many perspectives are possible on any question, yet demonstrates the validity or correctness of the writer's own view. Thesis and Evidence To make a good argument you must have both a strong central thesis and plausible evidence; the two are interdependent...
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