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Q&A How long does a first draft have to be if the essay i'm writing is 300 words long?

I keep trying to figure out how long the first draft has to be if the essay is 300 words long. Please respond if you know!

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Brenna‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How would you format one essay that asks two different, separate questions?

Traditionally, I've only written essays that have one thesis statement that are supposed to answer one question. Now I'm being asked to answer two separate prompts in one single essay. First promp...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Hi ho‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I use colons and semicolons to summarize information?

I'm writing a paper that goes something like this: To quickly summarize MIT is located in Massachusetts FIU is in Florida, The tuition cost for MIT is 45 thousand versus 6 thousand for 30 credi...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Paul‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Not sure if my idea for a conclusion is introducing a new argument

I hate conclusions, but one thing I know about them is that you're not supposed to introduce new arguments. The theme of my essay is about how the class of characters in the work I'm writing abou...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by David D. Davidson‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I gather enough material to write a close reading essay?

I always seem to struggle with finding enough information to write a 1500 word close reading essay, and it feels like I stretch my ideas so thin that my essay quality becomes poor. While only ref...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Malcolm‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Order of body paragraphs/examples in essay writing

Short version: In an essay that aims to persuade and leave an impact on the reader (which also involves making it flow logically), is it more effective to have the larger scale societal example in ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by K-Feldspar‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A essay writing agree, disagree partially agree

In preparation for IELTS I want to write on "It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinctio...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by clarkson‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A In narrative essays, should I make all the paragraphs narrative?

In narrative essays, should I make all the paragraphs narrative? For example, the introduction, the body, and the conclusion are all narrative paragraphs. What if I started the introduction with ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by direprobs‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using sources multiple times in a paper in different places--how to cite

I'm writing a paper for National History Day in my Social Studies class and am using MLA formatting. It occurred to me that I had a lot of differing information from some sources, such as a histori...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by EMMA JOYCE KIRKPATRICK‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I structure an essay into a thesis statement and three points in three paragraphs? -this is not a school homework [closed]

I'm writing an essay but I struggle with thesis statements and paragraphs. My teacher wants my thesis to be significant, specific, single, and supportable. I often know what I want to write, but st...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ben ‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A In a formal writing, does having a paragraph rewritten by another person make the style change noticablely?

I am writing a personal statement to apply to a grad school. At first, I thought that because the role of this statement is to show an image of me as a person, using the tone I usually use when blo...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ooker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the fine line between "confidence" and "presumption"? [closed]

I am about to apply to a grad school, and I have prepare the SOP for it (think it like a cover letter to apply to a job). I know the rule: show what I've got, not tell how I think I'm cool. I've tr...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Ooker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Essay Writing Introduction Paragraph

How do I write an introduction paragraph when it comes to writing a simple essay for those who have no idea what to write about and I don't have a creative mind? Please explain to me step by step.

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Milagros Barrios‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Difference between Analytical Writing and Critical Writing

I have been spending time online since yesterday trying to understand the difference between analytical summary writing and critical writing. I intend to write an analytical summary essay on the t...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Cipher‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Many quotations of a black British novel which used creolized English language. When to use sic?

I finished writing my essay about Sam Selvons "The Lonely Londoners" which is written in creolized English. The use of creolized English comes with many grammatical as well as spelling errors. Now ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by BrianBrain‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Changing Capitalization in a Quote - MLA

I'm writing an essay (MLA style) for class and I am quoting a whole sentence within my sentence. For example: They published a “manifesto” proclaiming that “[a]ll are welcome to walk through our ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Shmuel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does a thematic quote qualify as an allusion?

I am writing a paper on "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" and I need to include an allusion in my introduction paragraph. Can my allusion be a direct quote from Nelson Mandela that ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Lee‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is an MLA citation needed for a broad description of a poem's theme?

I'm trying to figure out whether I need to cite these poems or not. “Out, Out—” has its morbid description of a young boy bleeding out and its underlying theme of death. “Nothing Gold Can Sta...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by 2c2c‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing subjectively or objectively? (IELTS writing)

I'm asking this question in the interest of getting a high score on IELTS writing, specifically Task 2, the 40-minute 250-word one. My primary confusion is whether to write subjectively or objectiv...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by He Shiming‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Adding dementia to writing

I am wondering if it is a good idea to include a sense of dementia in my writing. For example, it's a personal narrative where the character is traumatized for a paragraph. I feel like a good way t...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by LanguagesNamedAfterCofee‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How Important are essay writing conventions in the university level and above?

I go to a CEGEP, which is basically pre-university in Montreal. In my Introduction to English class, I had a teacher who allowed us to go around the typical essay writing conventions. Conventions l...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Zolani13‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A MLA formatting for multiple in-text citations of the same soure

I am writing an essay and must use MLA formatting. I can format the MLA formatting for the speech on the works cited page but I do not know how to form my in-text citations. The whole speech is don...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Anna‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does this essay demonstrate flow, clarity, and passion?

I am applying to school and, after 3-4 weeks of thinking and writing essay iterations, I ended up with the essay below. What are your professional objectives? (300 words) I have one prof...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Peretz‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What makes writing emotional?

Over the years, my English professors seem to have agreed on one thing: that I'm a superb technical writer, but terrible at eliciting emotional response in something like a story or an argumentativ...

5 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭