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One of the strongest points I notice in my essay is listing a lot of examples of environmental injustice. The biggest one is the flint Michigan water crisis. One of the things I struggle on was deciding if I wanted to copy a quote from a source or paraphrase the author's words into my own. If it was hard for me to decide, I usually went with…

and didn’t want to change it. In the novel, I think their hair symbolised their pride. For example, Ponyboy referred to his hair as his pride. In what way did Johnny compare Dally to the Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind? Be specific and paraphrase what the book said in your own words or use directly quoted lines and then explain your thoughts on the comparison. In the novel, Johnny compares Dally to the southern gentleman from Gone with the Wind. Johnny used the time Dally took the…

Despite your claims that the information you paraphrased from Hugh Holman’s A Handbook to Literature was common knowledge and the paraphrasing you’ have done, you still plagiarized. You seem to have some misunderstandings which have led you to believe that this is acceptable. Your essay was plagiarized because you failed to give credit to Holman for using ideas from his book. If we look at Holman’s literature he uses the Norman Conquest then Renaissance as timeframes to compare, then delves…

Scientists (UCS), a nonprofit organization composed of numerous scientists, discovered actual costs of implementing nuclear power as an energy source. Within the article Is Nuclear Power Our Energy Future, Or in a Death Spiral?, author Dave Levitan paraphrases UCS's findings as, "the price tag for a new nuclear power plant jumped from between US$2 billion and US$4 billion in 2002 all the way [to] US$9 billion in 2008.…

This was a unit of few topics, but very important nonetheless. Depending on your opinion, we covered two of the most important topics in American History: The Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War. Both have far reaching impacts that can be found today throughout the United States. Going into this unit, I knew quite a bit about the Civil Rights Movement and very little about the Cold War. Throughout class time, my knowledge has grown to incorporate ideas and motives of others as to what…

In class when writing my introduction I would summarize a passage to give some background information about the reading I would take quotes from. I would paraphrase my quotes right after I would incorporate them in order for the reader to understand my point of view of why I picked those quotes. When I would right my in class essays I would manage my time by looking back at the key concepts I had labeled out…

My open group observation was of the Lake Area Club, Back to Basic meeting. This is an open meeting, meaning anyone can go. The meeting runs from 8pm to 9pm every Tuesday night. There were two facilitators to the group. In the beginning the leaders told us that we would be reading from the Big-Book and would be studying the steps, but not only studying the steps, we would be takin the steps. The population the group targeted was anyone that was dealing with a compulsive behavior, including…

Reading Paraphrastically: Ethics of Stem Cell Research Summary of website: Ethics of Stem Cell Research is a website that describes why stem cell research may be viewed as morally wrong. The argument focuses on a number of viewpoints that is mainly focused on human embryos. The article’s discussed why individuals may not support stem cell research that involves human embryos. The website has several points that show the viewpoint of individuals against stem cell research and possible counter…

Portfolio Essay “You are the Vanguard Class of 2020,” said Lieutenant Colonel Cross after a long first day at USMAPS. In July 20, 2016 this phrase did not mean much to me. I completely ignored the definition of what a vanguard is. By definition a vanguard is a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas. After three semesters of rigorous academics and military bearing, I now understand and know what it feels like to be a part of the Vanguard Class of 2020. Throughout the…

1. Did this poem make you laugh? Why or why not? ANS Yes, because the poet try to stress that the louse shouldn’t walk toward the middle class lady head but toward the beggar or ragged boy instead, but the poet also presents another contrast idea by the louse. For this insect, no matter how elite middle class is or how beautiful she is both doesn’t matter to the louse, it doesn’t care about the social class but just want a delicious dish. 2. (A) What is the louse doing? (B) What does the…