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    define a subject within the topic that you’ve chosen that you will write about. Once you have narrowed your research focus, write the topic and subject within your topic in a clear statement in your Research Essay Preparation Template. This will guide your next steps, as everything you look for and everything you write must relate to this specific focus. Step B: Gather Your Information Remember the stages of research: 1. Look at print resources and non-print resources, critically analyzing

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    [Research Paper Title] The Modern Language Association (MLA) provides guidelines for documentation style. This template is based on commonly used guidelines from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th edition) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd edition). For more information about MLA style and publications, go to the MLA website at: www.mla.org. Catcher in the Rye starts off with Holden Caufield, the main character, alone at the top of Thomsen Hill above

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    Writing has been the normal way of communicating for hundreds of centuries. Ever since the early Hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt in 3000 B.C.E. to the well recognized Greek scripts, writing has been one of the best forms of communicating. With any type of writing there are specific types of guidelines and rules that a writer must follow to sound intelligent to make the reader understand him/her clearly. In the English language, there are different types of formats to write and hundreds of ways to write

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    14 commas. 1 semicolon. Commas. Granted you had a couple lists in there, but I've identified 6 commas that were unnecessary. Although correct comma usage is debated, all agree that the comma is overused. It clutters the message you are trying to convey. Strive to minimize your comma usage. Don't use one if you can get away with it. That being said, one comma can change the meaning of a sentence. Example: "I want to eat, Grandma." Or "I want to eat Grandma". Semicolons. Your semicolon use in

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    Plagiarism can be found in all aspects of life. Professors and teachers will usually tell students that plagiarism is not tolerated. Bosses will tell their employees that stealing others’ work is prohibited. People will often suffer many consequences for plagiarising. But those large fines and repercussions can all be avoided if documentation is given for the information that was taken. Documentation can simply be including in-text citations and adding in a works cited. However, correctly and accurately

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    Templates 2. Writing Style 3. Filenames 4. Company Logo Use 5. Hyperlinks 6. Headers & Footers 7. Text & Layout 8. Appearance. As Green Heaters Pty Ltd will continually produce high quality documents to publicise and market the environmentally friendly heaters I will investigate

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    Plagiarism in College Work Essay example

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    topic of plagiarism improves plagiarism avoidance and understanding.” (Estow, Lawrence and Adams 2012) Writing Style Standards and Plagiarism There are several popular writing styles standards including MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CE, and Harvard. In order to avoid Plagiarism, each style standard has specific citation requirements that must be carefully implemented. The particular style used for a paper

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    My Reflection In Writing

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    helped me rekindle my flame and passion for writing. I have learned a lot during this course, such as my MLA formatting was incorrect. I was homeschooled through a really strict curriculum, and yet they never explained to me that I was writing MLA style incorrectly. Sadly, I just now realized this error and a majority of my papers have an incorrect format. I realized this in my research paper instruction paper, where the MLA format was explained. This class also taught me to take criticism when it

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    Reflection Paper

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    Throughout this semester, there were many obstacles that I had to face regarding the different assignments assigned. However, I was able to effectively complete all of these tasks to the best of my ability regardless of the amount and specific requirements each one possessed. I also managed to gain a better understanding of the certain processes required to create successful essays. I realized that it was extremely important to stay on task, manage my time wisely, and organize my information in a

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    This material set-off in this fashion in the handout identifies the revision notation for these matters. Guidelines for the Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Citing Sources You are not to employ footnotes or endnotes in your essay. Rather, when you employ another's ideas or quote from a source in your essay, please employ the Modern Language Association, "MLA," format for in-text citations; the format is set forth in Keys, p. 144 et seq. Quoting, Citing, and Referencing Source Material

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