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Gorgias' Encomium of Helen and sophistic rhetoric

In the English language in the twenty-first century, the term "sophistry" still exists to refer to a plausible-sounding but misleading argument, an evaluatively negative term to describe bad reasoning.

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John Locke's theory of punishment and natural rights

John Locke was an English philosopher, who is undoubtedly the philosopher of modern times and the originator of concepts like self and identity, human nature and understanding, theory of mind and several other concepts regarding political philosophy and ethics.

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Effective educational leadership through communication and vision

Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary defines a leader as being, "a person who has commanding authority or influence" (Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary, 2011). Most would agree that this definition adequately captures the essence of what is a leader.

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A loyalist's argument against signing the Declaration of Independence

I am a loyal Englishman, like my father before me; all the way back to the time of William the Conqueror. The King is the King and deserves my loyalty for no other reason that he is the King.

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Gothic and pastoral elements in Alice's Adventures and The Secret Garden

Within the English canon of literary fairy-tales -- what German literary critics would refer to as a "marchen," or a conscious attempt to write imaginative literature, with some level of artistry, for children -- both The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland…

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Gender and performativity in Rochester's and Behn's impotence poems

Literature of the English Restoration offers the example of a number of writers who wrote for a courtly audience: literary production, particularly in learned imitation of classical models, was part of the court culture of King Charles II.

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Teacher confidence and support in mainstream ESL classrooms

According to Kalaian & Freeman (1994), confidence is one of the key elements required to teach children. Instructors therefore need educational support to ensure that they can teach children with who's second language is English in an appropriate manner.

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Elizabeth Cary's "The Tragedy of Mariam" and her own life

Elizabeth Cary is an Englishwoman who received acclaim because of her written play, "The Tragedy of Mariam," which was written in 17th century England.

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Managing the transition to primary school in England: policies and practices

Education for the English child is compulsory from the age of five through the age of sixteen. This compulsory primary education consists of two cycles (i.e., 'stages') which are identified as key stages.

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Nature and personification in Wordsworth's Romantic poetry

William Wordsworth was an English poet who became renowned for his Romanticist type of poetry during the 18th- early 19th centuries.

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