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What is Explanation?

Explanation as a mode of academic writing appears across virtually every discipline, from biology and economics to history, theology, and technology. Rather than arguing a position or narrating events, explanatory writing prioritizes clarity — breaking down complex systems, processes, or phenomena so that a reader can genuinely understand them. This makes it a foundational skill in English composition courses, where students learn to present information in structured, accessible ways regardless of subject matter.

The papers collected here reflect the broad range of contexts in which explanation is required. Some take a scientific or technical approach, such as examining how LASIK surgery works or identifying the symptoms caused by exposure to mercury and arsenic. Others explain organizational structures, business strategies, or economic paradoxes like the diamond-water problem studied in microeconomics. Still others address social, legal, or cultural subjects — from reciprocity within the Iroquois Confederacy to the traditions of the Catholic faith — demonstrating that explanation adapts to whatever situation or subject demands it.

A strong explanatory essay begins with a clear sense of scope: identify precisely what needs to be understood and why it matters to the reader. Evidence carries weight when it is specific and well-sourced — definitions, data, examples, and step-by-step reasoning all serve the goal of genuine understanding. The most common pitfall is confusing explanation with argument; an explanatory thesis states what something is or how it works, not what the writer believes about it. Keeping that distinction sharp ensures the writing stays focused on illuminating rather than persuading.

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American Naval History: U.S. Navy from 1775 to Present

When we think of the defining battles of American history the image that comes to mind is likely to be battles like Lexington or Antietam - conflicts in which land soldiers played the most important roles.

Paper High School

Romans 3: Faith Over Law in Paul's Letter to Romans

Romans 3: is part of a letter by St. Paul to the Roman Christians attempting to explain to them why the Mosaic Law of Judaism was not the means to salvation. (Campbell 2101) Paul first discussed the origin and the…

Paper Undergraduate

Teacher Beliefs and Science Education Goals: A Study Review

The participants in the study included nine science teachers at the Souhegan High School (SHS) in Amherst, New Hampshire. However, three "typical case" teachers chosen for the qualitative data analysis as they were…

Paper Undergraduate

US Hegemony and the Continuity of Imperial Foreign Policy

To state that there are no fundamental differences between international politics in 1900-45 and afterwards would be to carry the argument to an extreme, even though the continuities are greater than the discontinuities. Above all else, the liberal, democratic states and empires in the U.S. and Western Europe were highly interventionist and aggressive in the developing world and Global South long before World War II, and this did not change in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Even governments that were democratically elected were sometimes overthrown and replaced by more pliable regimes, such as the ‘friendly' dictators of Central America and the Caribbean. At the same time, though, there has also been far more harmony and cooperation between the Great Powers since 1945 than in the previous fifty years, especially through NATO and the European Union. America's alliance with Japan, Britain, France and Germany has survived various stresses and strains over the decades, and even the collapse of the Soviet Union, and this requires an explanation. None of the imperial powers has fought a major war since the invention of nuclear weapons, even though they have intervened frequently against the non-nuclear states of the developing world. Perhaps this alliance is explained by political and ideological affinities, as liberals maintain, or by cultural affinities as opposed to Muslim and Orthodox civilizations, as Samuel Huntington explains—although admittedly Japan is left as quite an outlier here.

Paper Undergraduate

MBA Graduate Competencies: Mixed-Methods Research Design

The objective of this work is to develop an envisioned methodology and design for the dissertation topic based on the research problem and purpose. The international emphasis on education, including the study of languages and foreign cultures, is today still very limited and biased, creating a gap between the job skills and competencies acquired during studies and the international component increasingly present in every work environment, where the young graduate will have to travel or relate to foreign clients, suppliers and several stakeholders. De Wit, Jaramillo, and Knight (2005) report that the development of advanced communication, new technology, increased labor mobility, market economy and trade liberalization, increased private investment, decreased support of higher education, and the development of lifelong learning, are all key drivers for universities to have to internationalize their curricula. They also add that on the government side, the only attention given to this need is for educational programs preparing for government departments, and not for business and the industry at large. Therefore, it is evident that with an increasing global environment, the gap between university curricula and employment needs will also increase.

Paper Doctorate

Earth Science and the Factors That Could End Humanity

This paper conducts a critical analysis of the article 20 Ways the World Could end by Corey S Powell. The paper looks at the correlation between the article and Earth Science, and aims of the article among other aspects. In addition, the benefits of the article are also looked at as well as the use of computers in this area of study.

Paper Doctorate

Nursing Theory: Communication, Ethics, and Practice Models

The essay answers questions on several theoretical perspectives on the nursing profession. The paper reveals that theories are very critical in a nursing profession because they guide the ethical practice in a professional setting. For example, theory of caring reveals the essential caring methods that nurses should apply to patients in a professional setting.

Thesis Undergraduate

Informed Consent in Counseling: Key Legal Cases Explained

Many seek counseling each year and do not understand what services are offered, or even that the counselor they see is required by law to maintain the confidentiality of the conversation that the two of them are going…

Paper Doctorate

Communication Management During Organizational Change

Communication management in the organization and most specifically in the organizational change environment is critically important. The work of Heathfield entitled "Communication in Change Management" state that it is…

Essay Doctorate

Claude Perrault's Theory of Architecture: Origins and Legacy

Theory applies the same kind of critical thinking to the global level of architecture to the whole of architectural production. It looks at the stylistic choices currently available to architecture and asks whether they are capable of adequately representing the current environment. This is theory's critical role. In this paper, theories of Claude Perrault and why it supports Perrault's ideas which marked the origins of modern reflection on the theory of architecture is discussed. The paper also presents fundamental proves and the reason why Perrault's theory of architecture were very controversial in the past.

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