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Essays are generally scholarly pieces of writing giving the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story.

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What kind of things constitute a good academic essay? Are there any books I can read to aid my research in writing an academic essay? Hello! I am doing research on critical analysis and evaluation for ...
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I'm working on an essay for my Spanish class and I need to include citations for the first time. Since I don't know how to write them myself, I was thinking of using a citation generator. I tried ...
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I've been told that the following thesis statement would be considered to be a fallacy, specifically a hasty generalization. The use of artificial intelligence, specifically generative AI, promotes ...
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So I'm writing an essay and we have to use transition sentences between paragraphs. I understand how this would work between body paragraphs/points 1-2 and 2-3 since each is a distinct point but I'm ...
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Context: In an IELTS essay where I need to give my opinion on "whether the best way to solve the world’s environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel". (In the first paragraph, I ...
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I have a limit of 15 pages for this paper so I am trying to save as much space as possible, so I was wondering what I could do to remove blank space.
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I'm writing an essay, and I have in it this paragraph clip: "Finally, euphemisms are constantly used in both films in order to lessen the impact of what the American government was doing to ...
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I'm writing a professional essay for an argument, and I'm trying to find a good paragraph starter to use for the penultimate paragraph. I'm leaning towards writing something similar to 'finally,' or '...
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As examples, which would be considered correct in APA style? A: Researchers from the University of Michgian's Department of Computational Analysis (John et al., 2023) determined that... B: Researchers ...
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How can I write a favorable conclusion paragraph? I know I could just summarize the main ideas of the essay, but are there any other ways to write a conclusion paragraph?
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I am writing an essay in which I am looking at how the portaryal of women in Disney movies has changed over time. To answer my research question, I am analyzing and then comparing three different ...
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So quite often I find it difficult to articulate my thoughts. I suspect the reason is that I have an intuition of what I want to ask but not the vocabulary. For example or see the comments or previous ...
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I was never that good at writing essays, especially if the essays require works cited or sources. I have a basic idea of the methods but how do I practice making a good essay I am no longer in school ...
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I am writing an essay about a problem that I had in a program that I was creating, of course, I managed to fix the problem, but I am wondering how much detail I should put into describing the actual ...
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In my composition class, I was told that an essay should start with a hook to catch the reader's attention and show them that the content is intriguing and worth reading. One of the many ways we ...
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