...internet to look over the periodical (publication) that the article came from. What do you already know about the subject, the publication or the website it came from? I recommend that you print out a hard copy of the reading. That way, you can write on the document if you have comments about the material, questions or just want to make sure that you “get” what the author is saying. While you read: Put question marks by anything you don’t understand or want clarified. Also, circle words that are new to you (you can use them in your SEEI part of the assignment). Take notes of key words, phrases and any information that might be new to you and worthy of a quick Google search. As you read, you should also try to make connections to other things you have read or even in your own life experiences. After you read: Write your first paragraph- a summary of the article. First, you will write the “name of the article”, the author, and the publication it comes from. Then you will write a sentence that contains the main idea of the article and 3 to 5 supporting details. This paragraph should only be about 5-6 sentences (not lines) long enough to communicate your point. This is a summary so I do NOT want to see the words “I” or “me”. This paragraph is not about...
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...exercise your writing skills. Write a five-paragraph essay on this topic using the outline below. Your essay should include an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Visit this site and study how to write a five-paragraph essay. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/five_par.htm “Why college education is important to me” 1. Support your essay with your motivations, dreams, goals and aspirations, inspiration, plans, reasons, rationalizations, quotes, anecdotes, research. 2. Employ correct rules of sentence composition, grammar, and mechanics of style. 3. Use at least two references. Each reference must use a quoted passage and be appropriately cited to avoid plagiarism. 4. Include a bibliography at the end of the essay. 5. Turn in at least two full pages or up to three pages of writing, 12-pt. Times Roman, double-spaced. 6. Pay attention to spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 7. Use this basic outline: a. Introduction b. Body Paragraph 1 c. Body Paragraph 2 d. Body Paragraph 3 e. Conclusion f. Bibliography This is the end of the Writing Assessment. WRITING ASSESSMENT EN110 Achieving Academic Excellence Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. For this assignment, you are asked to review and exercise your writing skills. Write a five-paragraph essay on this topic using the...
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...introduction, with the two paragraphs considered the essay’s figurative “bookends.” While the first paragraph introduces the topic and makes a claim, the conclusion of an essay looks back at the claim with the benefit of supporting details, and shows how the point of the essay was made. It’s important for students to learn how to write a conclusion that finishes the work of the essay, and supports the main claim. ... Read More »The conclusion of an essay is as important as the introduction, with the two paragraphs considered the essay’s figurative “bookends.” While the first paragraph introduces the topic and makes a claim, the conclusion of an essay looks back at the claim with the benefit of supporting details, and shows how the point of the essay was made. It’s important for students to learn how to write a conclusion that finishes the work of the essay, and supports the main claim. ... Read More »The conclusion of an essay is as important as the introduction, with the two paragraphs considered the essay’s figurative “bookends.” While the first paragraph introduces the topic and makes a claim, the conclusion of an essay looks back at the claim with the benefit of supporting details, and shows how the point of the essay was made. It’s important for students to learn how to write a conclusion that finishes the work of the essay, and supports the main claim. ... Read More »The conclusion of an essay is as important as the introduction, with the two paragraphs considered the essay’s...
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...above graph, write a short paragraph on what is happening here with the congestion window and the flight size. (8 points) ß 2. In the results browser, bring up the Global TCP statistics for delay (sec) and segment delay sec). In a short paragraph, comment on the delay graph. (8 points) ß 3. Overlay the statistics for client-received segment ack number and sent segment ack number. Write a short paragraph on why the client numbers are so different from the servers, and an explanation of what is happening. (9 points) ß 1. Given the configuration of the packet discarder, write a short paragraph explaining why the server’s Congestion Window size has this variation. Paste a copy of this window into your answer. When finished, hide or delete the panel. (4 points) ß 2. Examine the statistics for the client node. Can you tell if the packet drops have affected anything on the client? (4 points) ß 3. Examine the delay stats for the entire network (Global) and for the nodes. Can you see any delay caused by these drops? (4 points) ß 4. Copy this window to your answer sheet, and in a short paragraph, explain why the congestion window sizes are different in the two scenarios. (4 points) ß 5. Unselect the servercongestion window and then select server flight size. Show and zoom the window as done previously. Copy this window to your lab report, and in a short paragraph, explain why the server flight sizes are different in the two scenarios. (4 points) ß 6. In a short paragraph, summarize...
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...Begin here to write the Introduction for your paper. Use an attention grabber such as using any or a combination of the following: 1) a short story relevant to your topic; 2) a relevant quotation; 3) a startling fact or statement from an expert or source; 4) any creative ideas you may come up with that is sensible and will help build a good introduction for your paper; 5) preview your main points and make sure you include your thesis in your introduction. Simply follow the indention at the beginning of each paragraph and the double space format for the entire document. Be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between five and seven spaces by pressing the Tab key one time on the keyboard. These instructions or note must be deleted or changed with your own words. Happy writing! Every state have crime how we as people lower the rate and keep our children away from it? Important facts on crime This is where you will begin your paragraph to discuss your first main point. Provide explanations, examples, and supporting evidence or facts from research. Provide sub-details for your Main Point. Each paragraph must be between 6 to 8 sentences. Which state have the most crime? Write a paragraph here for your sub-detail. Provide explanations, examples, and supporting evidence or facts from research. Provide sub-details for your Main Point. Each paragraph must be between 6 to 8 sentences. A title phrase or heading for your sub-point (if applicable). Write your paragraph with supporting...
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...HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS Visit our How To website at www.howto.co.uk At www.howto.co.uk you can engage in conversation with some of our authors – all of whom have ‘been there and done that’ in their specialist fields. You can get access to special offers and additional content but, most importantly, you will be able to engage with, and become a part of, a wide and growing community of people just like yourself. At www.howto.co.uk you’ll be able to talk to, and share tips with, people who have similar interests and are facing similar challenges in their lives. People who, just like you, have the desire to change their lives for the better – be it through moving to a new country, starting a new business, growing their own vegetables, or writing a novel. At www.howto.co.uk you’ll find the support and encouragement you need to help make your aspirations a reality. How To Books strives to present authentic, inspiring, practical information in their books. Now, when you buy a title from How To Books, you get even more than words on a page. HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS A step-by-step guide for all levels, with sample essays Don Shiach howtobooks ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author and publishers are grateful to Nicholas Murray and the Rack Press, Kinnerton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2PF for permission to reproduce History from Nicholas Murray’s collection ‘The Narrators’. Published by How To Content, A division of How To Books Ltd, Spring Hill House, Spring...
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...means that high school teachers only teach them to write so specifically and in such a hard structured manner, that many students hardly ever learn to write papers that flow. In high school, I always wrote really nice papers that my teachers enjoyed grading, however, I always hated writing them because if I did not use the cookie cutter format that they gave us, my teachers would not accept the work. The format that I am referring to goes as follows: hook, introduction, and thesis for paragraph one, three body paragraphs with two examples to support your thesis in each paragraph, and finally a conclusion ("Essay Template"). In total, there were five paragraphs, never any more, and never any less. The hook was always supposed to be a quote related to the topic or a factual piece of information...
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...Dad Helps Daughter Write an Essay Getty Images Whether you have a learning disability in writing or just want to improve your writing grades, learning how to follow this basic essay writing method will improve your writing. The Three Point Five Paragraph Essay: 1.Tells readers what about the topic you intend to show or prove; 2.Explains three main supporting ideas that prove your argument or support your position; and 3.Summarizes the main point, supporting ideas, and reinforces your conclusions about the topic. Try these worksheets to help: •Thought Organizer •Essay Planner Time Required: Improve Your Essay Writing Skills in about One Hour Here's How: 1. Improving Your Essay Writing Skills - Understanding Your Assignment What is a Three Point Five Paragraph Paper? A three point five paragraph paper, also called a 3.5 paper, is a type of essay that includes five paragraphs and three main ideas, or points: 1.The first paragraph is an introduction. 2.The second, third, and fourth paragraphs each include one main point or idea. 3.The final paragraph is a conclusion. 2. Why Write a Three Point Five Paragraph Essay? •A 3.5 paper is a type of essay that organizes and presents your topic in a clear, well-supported, and complete way. •You can use this form of writing for many types of assignments such as: •Classroom homework assignments; •Essay tests and examinations; •Articles for the school or local newspaper; •Presentations...
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...© 2010 Steve Campsall Here's how to write your best essay ever... Whatever the essay you have been asked to write, the key to making it as effective as it can be is to write it as a wellstructured and well-supported argument. You will find that an ‘argument’ essay is easier to plan, more fulfilling to write and for your teacher (or the examiner)... a pleasure to mark (and that’s no bad thing!!). It’s important to get one thing out of the way at the outset: an essay question has no ‘right’ answer. You can breathe easy on that one. It’s just not like that. This is English and we leave those kinds of ‘right answers’ to the mathematicians and scientists. An English essay is not an ‘answer’ in that way at all, rather, it’s an informed opinion; but, like all opinions, it’ll require explanation, argument and support. It requires you to argue your case. What’s the first thing you do when you set about starting an essay? Many people start by searching through the text on which their essay is based in the hope of finding suitable quotations to help ‘answer’ the essay question. Well, there’s no getting away from this basic process, but there are ways to make it altogether more efficient, useful and most importantly, more likely to earn a higher grade. More on this later. The Argument Essay The secret of a good essay? Write it as an argument for what you believe! What is there to argue about? Plenty! You’ll be arguing to support your point of view on the essay question - one that you’ve...
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...Task 1 A. Describe your chosen organization by doing the following: 1. Describe the organization and its objective(s). Reflect * Think about the organization you have chosen to write about and describe its purpose. Why does it exist? What are its objectives? What are the vision and mission statements of the organization? Write * Write one paragraph describing the organization’s background, purpose, vision, and mission * Write one paragraph describing/listing the objectives of the organization A.1. Harrison Medical Center is a non-profit, community based hospital that serves four counties west of Seattle, Washington. The hospital was founded in 1918 as small community hospital and has grown into the primary care facility for nearly the entire north western quadrant of the state. The concept of a non-profit, community based hospital is that if a local resident needs a procedure or treatment; the funding will be located to provide the needed medical intervention (Charity Care). Their mission statement is “We make a positive difference in people's lives through exceptional healthcare.” Vision statement is “We will be the premier health system in the Pacific Northwest.” (Directors, 2016) citation but no foot note Harrison must stay medically relevant and financially competitive with other hospital systems to remain the dominate medical partner in the region. To accomplish this, they have to expand their services as well as continuing to provided top...
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...into simple, coherent paragraphs that have a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding statement. I believe the Course Outcome is asking me to do is knowing how to write an essay. It is important to know how to write a paragraph. There are certain rules you should follow in order to write a paragraph and to know how to write a paper. I believe I had more than just two examples of activities I had completed during this course that helped me achieve the outcome of my selected but one of the activities that sticks in my mine was doing my final essay. It helped me to know how to create sentences and build them into simple, coherent paragraphs. Paragraphs need not only to be well-developed and unified, but also to be coherent. In a coherent paragraph, all sentences show their relationship to one another. One way to achieve coherence is to arrange the sentences in a logical order. Logical order means arranging sentences reason. For example, if you write about events as they are it is logical to use chronological, or time, order. If you describe an object or a place, it is logical to arrange details and it also helped me to do the following by creating topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding statement. The other one comes to mine is doing my rough draft. It is very important to learn these skill because you want you essay or paper to come out just right. Knowing how to create sentences and building them into simple coherent paragraphs will help you a long...
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...Rg31 Prefixes A-Z Prefix A-Z A ab,abs- from, away from abduct lead away, kidnap, abjure renounce ad, ac, af, ag, an, ap, ar, as, at to, forward accord agreement, harmony, affliction cause by distress, aggregation collection, annexation addition, appease bring toward peace, arraignment indictment, assumption arrogance, taking for granted, attendance presence, the persons present ambi both ambiguous of double meaning, ambivalent having two conflicting emotions an, a without anarchy lack of government, amoral without morals ante before antecedent preceding event or word, antediluvian ancient anti against, opposite antipathy hatred, antithetical exactly opposite arch chief, first archetype original, archbishop chief bishop B be over, thoroughly bedaub smear over, befuddle confuse thoroughly bi two bicameral composed of two houses, biennial every two years C cata down catastrophe disaster, cataract waterfall, catapult hurl circum around circumnavigate sail around, circumspect cautious, circumscribe limit com, co, col, con, cor with, together combine merge with, coeditor joint editor, collateral subordinate, connected, conference meeting, corroborate confirm contra, contro against contravene conflict with, controversy dispute D de down, away debase lower in value, decadence deterioration demi partly, half demigod partly divine being di two dichotomy into two parts, dilemma choice between two bad alternatives dia across diagonal across a figure, diameter distance...
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...Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft (Outline) Introduction After prewriting your topic and organizing evidence it’s time to write a first draft. Your draft is only going to be a preliminary version of your final work, so don’t worry too much about grammar, spelling or the overall structure. Write your thesis and supporting paragraphs A. The topic sentences are usually at the beginning of each paragraph and state the main point in support of the thesis. B. Unify your sentences by writing about facts, opinions and/or examples that are directly related to the topic sentence of the same paragraph. C. Be specific in your paragraphs, provide the reader with answers to who, which, what and similar questions, concrete words, sensory images and strong verbs. D. Make paragraphs coherent by writing your ideas in chronological, spatial or emphatic order and using signal devices to show how ideas are connected. Write other background and transitional paragraphs A. Background paragraphs provide readers with additional information that doesn’t necessarily support the main thesis but helps them understand more about your topic. B. Transitional paragraphs may appear between supporting paragraphs summarizing what has been discussed so far to help the reader keep track of the discussion. Write the title, introduction and conclusion A. Titles can be written before or after the draft, a common title may be a repetition of sounds, a humoristic phrase or a question...
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...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 assignment. 2 What is an essay? Essays allow students to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of a topic based on research and reading. The skill of good essay writing is to be able to critically discuss and evaluate ideas within a set word limit. The focus of an essay is usually on developing an argument or analysing ideas rather than on description. The essay is written in paragraphs and...
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...Critical Response Paragraphs UWF WRITING LAB WRITING CRITICAL RESPONSE PARAGRAPHS By Chris Yow Quoted material is taken from the autobiography The True History and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Many instructors assign daily critical response paragraphs to ensure students are reading the assigned texts and to help students think critically about the texts they are reading. Critical response paragraphs do not simply summarize the text or evaluate whether or not you like the text; they are a 7- to 10-sentence persuasive and focused analysis, argument, or interpretation about the text. They not only help you think critically about the texts you read but also help you formulate ideas that can be expanded into longer essays. There are four parts to a critical response paragraph:1) an argumentative topic sentence, 2) evidence in the form of quotations or paraphrases for the argument you are making, 3) interpretation of your evidence in relation to the argument, and 4) a strong concluding statement. Follow the guidelines under each part to help you write a critical response paragraph. Do not write a plot summary. Engage the text. 1. The Argumentative Topic Sentence You can think of your critical response paragraph as a mini-essay; your paragraph’s topic sentence (usually the first sentence) must act as both the thesis and the introduction. You should include the author’s name and the title of the text you are writing about, and you must state precisely and concisely what...
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