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An excellent way to improve your creative writing is through the judicious use of metaphors. Most poems, for example, contain at least one metaphor, and many are nothing more than a single extended metaphor. They can also spice up prose fiction, too, by conveying abstract ideas in concrete language. Many metaphors depend heavily on symbolism. That […]

The idea of research is a foreign concept to many students, because although professors and teachers require you to include a given number of secondary sources when completing an essay, no one bothers to teach you what this research is supposed to accomplish, and how to go about doing it. This leaves many students wasting […]

Many students believe that getting good grades on papers involves merely producing a quality essay that has good ideas and is well written. However, while this is undoubtedly very important, there are many other considerations which will determine what grade the paper actually receives. From the time you receive the assignment, through its completion, and […]

Just the phrase “Five-Paragraph Essay” can induce coma in the most vivacious of students. Something about writing to a formula just crushes any sparks of enthusiasm that may be lurking beneath. But never fear. Even the driest of outlines have potential for creativity. Yes, you heard right. You, yes you, can enjoy writing your five-paragraph […]

For better or for worse, group projects are all the rage in education. They were designed to promote sharing of ideas and cooperative learning. But back to the real world. We all know what happens when the teacher assigns a group project. Either you manage to sign up to work with your friends, or you […]

Essay exams tend to strike more fear into the hearts of university students than any other test or assignment. However, an essay exam is really only a teacher’s list of one or more essay topics that they want you to answer. This article helps demonstrate how you can succeed on your essay exam using the […]

Human rights are fundamental inalienable rights that you have just by virtue of the fact that you are a person. Although the government can pass laws to protect your human rights, human rights are rights believed to be granted by God or by some higher power and everyone has human rights even if legislation doesn’t protect […]

Everyone loves to argue. Oh, come on, you know it’s true. We love to get into debates and prove each other wrong. And yet when the professor assigns an argumentative essay… how many of us have frozen, convinced we had no idea how to write one? What is an argumentative essay, anyway? And how are […]

Homozygous is a word that refers to a particular gene that has identical alleles on both homologous chromosomes. It is referred to by two capital letters (XX) for a dominant trait, and two lowercase letters (xx) for a recessive trait. Effects of Homozygous Genes Following are some examples of homozygous genes. The dominant trait for eye color […]

Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same, but have different meanings. The word “homonym” comes from the prefix “homo,” which means the same, and the suffix “-nym,” which means name. Therefore, a homonym is a word that has the same name as another word, meaning that the two words look […]