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Plagiarism in academic writing: perspectives from writers and educators

In David Edelstein's (2006) article, "Where have I read this before?," the author focuses on literary writers who have been found to have plagiarized in their works.

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Alex Keegan's perspective on novels, short stories, and writing as craft and art

In his article, "The Short and the Long of it," novelist and short story writer Alex Keegan discusses the difference between writing novels and short stories, as well as the stereotypes that go along with those writings.

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Problems with bilingual education: Transitional versus immersive approaches

According to its website, this is "a journal that is published three times each year and covers a wide range of topics relating to bilingual education, bilingualism in society, and language policy in education.

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The Pennsylvania Farmer's objections to the Declaration of Independence

What objections did the "Pennsylvania Farmer" have regarding the content of the Declaration of Independence? What did the Pennsylvania Farmer agree with, philosophically, and fundamentally, regarding the wording of the Declaration of Independence? These questions will be addressed in this paper.

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U.S. democracy promotion policy and obstacles to democratic reform in Iran

"God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom'- the belief of President Bush made it clear the American perspective of devising a strategy for democracy in the Middle East confronting the obstacles of reform, the allies of terror along with anticipation of high standards from…

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Quentin Tarantino as a contemporary auteur in French New Wave theory

French New Wave cinema is a cinematic movement of the 1950s and 1960s established by French filmmakers and film critics who founded the Cahiers du Cinema that felt cinema had become too commercialized, formulaic, and unoriginal.

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A critical letter to Plato on bodily constitution and virtue

In "The Republic" you state: "We know that, when the bodily constitution is gone, life is no longer endurable, though pampered with all kinds of meats and drinks, and having all wealth and all power....the very essence of the vital principle is undermined and corrupted, life is still worth having…

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Why American higher education should be free

Should higher education in the United States be free? An examination of available evidence suggests that it should be.

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The importance of APA formatting in academic writing

The author of this response read the prompt about the American Psychological Association (APA) standard. Indeed, it is not the only standard out there. There are other ones like Modern Language Association (MLA), Harvard, Turabian, Chicago and a few others.

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Invisibility and identity in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Callahan, John F. "Before Publication." In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: A Casebook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

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