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Question: “Elizabeth Bennet is one of the best loved heroines in English fiction” How far can you justify this statement?
Answer:
Answer by Pane
I can’t. I’ve never heard of her.
Question: Discuss the statement “literature is only fiction”?
Anyone who has any good points, considering a discussion of the statement “literature is only fiction”?
Answer:
Answer by The Master
Literature is fiction in that the story being told is made up by the author. But often times facts are used in a fictional story to help bring life to and make a fictional story seem more real. I know this isn’t a political question, but you often times get more reality out of certain fictional books than you will from news stories on tv or in newspapers.
Question by Nathan: What’s a good thesis statement for a history essay on slavery and abolition?
First off, may I say that I don’t need any factual help on slavery and abolition; I’ve been studying up on it for months. My problem is solely with coming up with a compelling (or even usable!) thesis statement for the essay I’m writing.
I’m working on a slavery/abolition essay, which I can write no problem by the deadline at midnight — but what I really need is a thesis statement. My main problem is that It has to be in the form of an argument, but I don’t know how to argue about something as factually and morally clear-cut as the wrongness of slavery and the rightness of abolitionist thinking. Here is my instructor’s guidance:
1. Examine the institution of slavery in the United States and the abolition movement that followed it.
– Discuss the effect of slavery on society in the North and South, the slaves, and the slave-owning families
– Examine the major motives and basic arguments for the abolition movement and the outcome for slaves and women.
Under “tips,” she writes:
- Your thesis statement must be a point that is going to guide your whole paper and is an argument.
- Provide specific examples to back up your ideas. Make sure that you then explain why those specific examples back up your argument.
Can anyone sling some quick or free-form ideas on what angle I can take in presenting this information? Thank you.
Best answer:
Answer by Stephen K
Perhaps how the blacs were the obvious slaves, but how the owners were also slaves to an institution that brutalized them all
What do you think? Answer below!
Anyone who has any good points, considering a discussion of the statement “literature is only fiction”?
Most professionals would love to land their dream job but when it comes to writing a resume that would qualify them to make the jump; they end up stuck with what to say and how to say it.
Not knowing how to create an interest-generating opening statement is a common problem and can quickly lead to job seeker discouragement before the job search even begins!
Here are 3 tips to creating a powerful opening statement that will quickly get you positive attention:
Tip #1 Do Create a Qualifications Summary
A qualifications summary should go at the very top of your resume. It does not explain what your professional objective or goal is, but it does give a clear and powerful overview of who you are and what you can do.
Why don’t you want to use a professional objective? Because your resume needs to be focused on what you can do for a company versus opening with a statement that leans towards what YOU are looking for.
Tip #2 Create an Authentic Opening Statement
To maximize your focus and clarity try a simple writing trick:
Begin to write about what you are doing when you are at your very best, followed by your other key strengths and attributes.
Do not edit yourself as you freely write up to a page of information.
After a quick break, return to what you wrote and begin to highlight the key words and phrases you feel are the most powerful. Your document should be reduced to about half at this point. After another break return to your document a second time and repeat this exercise.
Now you have a powerful, authentic and compelling draft statement describing where you really shine!
Tip #3 Use Universal Language
Another common mistake professionals will make is to load their opening statement with industry jargon. Yes if you are a CIO, corporate counsel or a VP of Finance you have very specific language that you use. However your resume has to be written for multiple people in multiple departments.
In many cases your resume is being viewed (and thus must be equally compelling) to directors of human resources, division presidents and various managers.
Scan your opening statement for red flags including acronyms that are not spelled out, information on specific companies, too much detailed technical information and sentences that are only decipherable to people intimately associated with what you do.
These key tips will help you to easily create an authentic statement about who you are when you are at your career best, and command the attention of the companies that are looking for someone….just like you!
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