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How to add power to disconnected facts

When I was working on my dissertation, my university hosted its first Three-Minute Thesis competition.  Created by the University of Queensland, the premise of the competition is simple:  1 dissertation explained in 3 minutes with 1 presentation slide.  My research focused on how high school English teachers teach African American/Black literature, and I had to …

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Grammar is my weakness. How do I use punctuation to clarify my message?

What’s the real purpose of punctuation? **This content is part of my self-paced, 1-hr writing course geared towards academic writing. Find more about the full course here. When you think of punctuation, what do you think of? Perhaps you think of commas, semicolons, periods, and question marks. In this post, I encourage you to shift …

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