To get a general overview of the chosen topic and its available literature preliminary reading is essential. Evaluating the appropriate literature is a long process, because it is important to read as much and as many different kinds of sources of texts as possible, to get a broad overview of all the relevant primary and secondary literature and its contents. ... If the writer is confronted with a wide range of books, it is advisable to choose the most recent literature to find the most up-to-date writings on the chosen topic. ... The paragraphs are written for yourself, to clarify ideas and t...

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While Mesopotamia's people followed The Code of Hammurabi as their guide to the law, ancient Egypt used their famous Pharoah/Kingship method to govern their land. ... The most famous piece of literature derived from Mesopotamia is The Epic of Gilgamesh. ... The Egyptian religion also played a role in their government, which brings me to my literature topic. ... The deceased used it as a guide as they journeyed into the Underworld. They also exercised it as a guide to not let them lose their way as well. ...

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(Hyland 2004, pp.122-123).In SFL view, Scaffolding encounters the idea that a teacher should provide and initiate direct materials for students and guide the practice. ... For example students through support and scaffolding will be able to distinguish between academic writing and everyday language; as well as introduce them to the genres of academic writing by raising their linguistic awareness and guide them through their practices till they will be able to produce texts independently and in non awkward approaches. ... (Hyland 2004, p.125) Thus, scaffolding frames have been considered funda...

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Authors Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor's passionately religious writings represent typical literature of the seventeenth century period. ... Her father made it so that she had private tutors and also access to earl's library, where she spent most of her childhood reading about history and literature. ... Contrasting from Anne Bradstreet, Taylor, "the Calvinist beliefs of this Puritan minister, scholar, and author guided his decisions that were also influenced by the political atmosphere of the times" (Milieu). ...

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"Through the Looking Glass- would serve as a guide through adolescence, deception and addiction. ... All that is known for a fact is that this is an excellent piece of literature and an introspection into the mind of a would-be addict. ...

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It is necessary to take into account the academic literature on the topic and apply to real-life situations. ... Therefore, teachers need and should make clear that writing is guided by conventions specific to the text types and that although these conventions are never completely fixed, they do provide "certain dimensions of restraint". ... Even teachers of very young children can draw upon their knowledge of functional grammar in order to guide the children's thinking (Christie 1996) and explore the meaning of the text. ...

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