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May
May
The Gist of APA Style Guidelines
I know, this is based on the 5th edition, however, you will notice the links from the pyramid highlight changes with the 6th edition.
05
Aug
Aug
Artha~ The holy grail of thesauri
What a great find! A friend forwarded this resource to me and now I want to share it with you. Essay and thesis writing can be a dry exercise at times ~:-) so spice up and individualise your next assignment with the thesaurus application, Artha. The application works offline~ excellent! And can be downloaded for [...]
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Dec
Dec
Essay Outline for 1500~2500 words
Here is an outline that might help you to kick start your essay of 1500~2500 words. Remember, that a double-spaced page contains appx. 250 words. Introduction: 250 words – Broad introductory sentence about the topic. – Define specific words – Give sides of the argument – Why topic is relevant to learn about – State [...]
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Jul
Jul
Organizing Thesis Statments (OTS’s): Help from Cat
Image by Pequena Suricata via Flickr Intro TS (OTS): My cat is like me; my cat is sleek, unsociable and huffy; she likes to curl up on a warm bed on a rainy day; we both love food! Body Paragraph Topic Sentence 1: (thesis + support point 1) My cat and I are very alike, [...]
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Jun
Jun
Thoughtfulness: Sunday’s Selection
Some people are beautiful to be around and make life meaningful in ways that a landscape or seaplains cannot. Such is today’s Sunday Selection of blogs and articles; thoughtful in their consideration of others and and the interconnections of life. A marvelous read for the student struggling for purpose in the face of mountains of [...]