Question by newyorkstudent81: What distiquishes good and effective evaluation criteria for (graduate) academic writing?
What does research prove is the best way for grading college writing and evaluating it’s effectiveness?

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Question by Mindy Cho: Are there any good writing help/prompts books you know of?
My friend’s b-day is coming up. She’s a writer, so I wanted to get her a book of writing prompts, writing tips, charter profile templates, etc…

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!!

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Article by Kevin Phillips

Anyone who needs to find a good job should pay a lot of attention to writing the resume. Online examples of resumes or samples and various templates and formats provide a rich source of inspiration for many job seekers. However, copying a resume is not exactly a good idea, because of the different employment situations that can vary from case to case. Reading some online reviews, identifying highlights and insisting on a successful work history make the right course of action when trying to convince a manager to hire you.

The request for examples of resumes or ready-made samples has become so high that there are even companies specialized in professional resume writing. In fact, more than half of the items you can download in the resume section are authored by experts. This incredible demand for assistance in finding a job has resulted from the ever higher emphasis placed on resumes. Yet, the basic function of resumes does remain advertising: they sell your skills, but once you get an interview you pass at a whole new level where the resume cannot help you any more; then, you have to prove what you claim in the resume.

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Question by randizzle: What is a good resume template or program for an IT (Computer) professional?
I think my resume format sucks, and I need help because I am a techie, and dont write resumes well. I need someone to provide me either a link to allow me to see some resume templates or recommend a good resume building program for an IT professional, specifically for a systems administrator. Thank you.

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Question by Miguel B: What is a good site I can use for academic writing and paragraph writing?
I have this assingment for looking up a few sites and register in them about academic and paragraph writing. The problem is that I can’t find any good ones. Also I have to write information about them and don’t know what to write about them. If anyone can help me I would be greatful.

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Question by Henry H: What are the characteristics of good academic writing?
What do you consider to be the characteristics of good academic writing? In general, what attributes should good academic writing possess?

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Well, the academic year has already started in earnest and, talking to a number of young and mature students this week who have already been set their first assessment, having not studied for a while (some for as long as two decades!) many of these students were already nervously asking me about how they could best prepare for completing their work. Most of these students were concerned about whether they would be able to make up the deficit they perceived in their understanding so they would then felt much less daunted.

As a result, this immediately set me off thinking a great deal about what makes really good essay technique on the basis of my experience both as a student and as a teacher now for knowing how to write an essay that is suitably academic as part of a coursework assessment.

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Written by

Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh

MA student, Applied Linguistics, University of Salford, UK.

2010

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Okay, so I am a freshman in high school and i have huge aspirations. I tend to set goals for myself that others see as impossible… but that’s just the way I am. i have put a lot of dedication into school and I am hoping to one day go to a great college to get a great education.
So, first semester my GPA was a 4.75. I took three honors courses, and gym (required).
English 1- 100
Geometry- 98
World History- 100
Gym- 100

(as of first semester, im ranked one out of 468 in my class)

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plz help itz due march 16 tommorow!
what do you think of my essay to apply for honors english 9??
What would be a good conclusion/closing statement?

Reader,Writer,Thinker Essay

When I read, I feel as if I escape from this world to chase my dreams through a book. I love

reading. I’ve enjoyed reading ever since fourth grade, I remember my first chapter book was The BFG

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