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Overcoming writer's block and improving college writing skills

However, with a few simple tools, any student can learn how to get over any form of "writer's block" and overcome any fear of self-expression. First, it is important to be as unconcerned as possible about lofty diction: that is, using big words.

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Antithesis and rhetorical strategy in King's Birmingham jail letter

In rhetoric, antithesis is defined as a "figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure. In his 1963 "Letter to a Birmingham Jail," the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Film budget and Oscar success: correlation or coincidence?

Hoffmann's (2005) article discusses whether or not a film's budget is any indicator of if it will win the prestigious Oscar Award for Best Picture.

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Understanding media literacy through critical communication studies

As a Communications major as an undergraduate, I frequently found my major scoffed at by both friends and family. People seemed to assume that because they knew how to communicate in their daily lives that they were experts in understanding how the media had an impact upon their lives.

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Women's revolt against patriarchy in Mary Wilkins Freeman's story

In the short story, "The Revolt of 'Mother'," author Mary Wilkins opens the readers' eyes to another feminist read that deviates from the usual depiction of women.

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INTASC Standard III and VI: Instruction and communication in diverse learning

This domain is covered by INTASC Standards III, Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs and VI, Communication Skills.

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Personal work ethic and career progression in skilled trades

My day usually comprises eight to ten hours of hard physical labor, five, sometimes six days a week. Often, when I do have a day off, I am too tired to do anything but rest for the working grind of the upcoming week and prepare for my week's work of intensive classes.

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Alternative work arrangements and organizational trends in medical credentialing

Does your organization use any alternative work arrangements? Which alternative work arrangements are most appealing to you?

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Evaluating educational software for classroom instruction and curriculum integration

INTASC Standard IV: Multiple Instructional Strategies -- The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

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Joel Spring's deculturalization and ethnic resistance in American history

Summarize how Joel Spring develops the concepts of deculturalization, segregation, resistance, and political activism with the different ethnic racial groups discussed in the book called "Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality."

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