Category: Personal Statement (Page 24 of 36)

Define & Explain Plagiarism

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Because of the increased ease of information, plagiarism has become a growing issue in academia, particularly with online learning. We want to be careful that we are always using our own words and citing appropriately in our discussions and our assignments. Plagiarism is considered to be a very serious offense and will be treated as such.

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How to Maintain Your Online Privacy

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Find a source that provides tips about how to maintain your privacy while online. Then, proceed to write 3 paragraphs discussing these tips.

Do you think they’re accurate or specific enough?
Have you ever experienced an issue where you wished you’d known one of these tips?
Could you suggest additional tips to include?

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Italian Neo-Realism Audiovisual Essay

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This script is for an Audio-Visual Essay and must demonstrate an understanding of what European art cinema involves in relation to Bicycle Thieves (1948) and its corresponding film movement (Italian Neo-Realism).
How does Bicycle Thieves reflect a European Art cinema sensibility?
Discuss the Mise-en-scène (set design, lighting and location) Make sure to separate each one in a paragraph and label each paragraph. 

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A Quote that Best Summarizes Your View of History

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Select 1 of the quotes below that best summarizes your view of history, discuss how this quote encapsulates your opinions.

a) History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions. – Voltaire, philosopher

b) History is a myth that men agree to believe. –Napoleon, French leader



c) With the historian it is an article of faith that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present. – Kenneth Stampp, historian



d) History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ~David McCullough, historian, author of John Adams



e) I’m interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life. – TONI MORRISON, Time interview, Jan. 21, 1998

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Analyzing ‘A Celebration of Emancipation’

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Lorna Goodison’s poem, “A Celebration of Emancipation,” deals with the Emancipation Act of 1834 which abolished slavery in the English colonies of the Caribbean, but did not grant full freedom to the slaves until they had completed what was termed “Apprenticeship,” an additional four years of mandatory labor on the sugar estates. The poem depicts the attitudes of those who were made free earlier to those who were still tied by Apprenticeship to the estates. Continue reading

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