By Paragraphs, Literature

Hey rob! Just found this on the net. It seems to be a logical guide to preparing a general essay for academic work. Written Project Style Guide http://www2.art.utah.edu/coursework/styleguide.html (updated 1 May 2003) The University of Utah The most effective suggestion I can make involves...

Rob, I remember adding to another essay thread just like this. May I copy the first paragraph from that essay for you. This is possibly how a better classification essay could begin (I don’t mean to be rude). “A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, and outstanding...

Grace, I didn't say this in my previous post here (about ambition) but I usually find the topics you bring to the boards very interesting. Even when I may not always respond to every post here, I read almost everything. To some extent, I agree with Maj in that a writer may not necessarily write...

I reckon it’s Important to start from a generalization and move to things that are more specific. Maybe begin your essay like this: A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, and outstanding achievements. (From The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English) If one considers...

Maybe I can suggest a framework for your essay. * Define hero maybe by getting a definition from the dictionary. Pad it out a bit with examples of the stereotypes often associated with the ‘hero’. * State who your hero is and why he fits the hero category. * Reinforce your reasons for choosing...

Do you think so? In this particular case, either interpretation is acceptable. As an engineer working with this type of quotes, believe me, you never know what was exactly meant unless you have the whole paragraph at hand. My interpretation of "in place" was not an invetion of mine. Just go...

I don't think English is that complicated, really. I think the main problem is that it just has way too many exceptions. It's a partly deteriorated hodge-podge of a language, and so its difficulty, it seems to me, lies not in the complexity of its grammar but rather in its lack of unity and...