Blog

According to the author video on colonizing, the main Spanish goal was to establish self-sustaining communities.

According to MLA, what items (of information) do not require documentation?

In the passage, which sentence cites an external source? (1)The brain consolidates learning during two particular phases of sleep. (2)According to Dr. Robert Stickgold of Harvard University Medical School, who conducted a series of tests involving visual tasks, the brain seems to need lots of slow-wave sleep and a good chunk of another kind of sleep, Rapid Eye Movement, or REM. (3)Dr. Stickgold hypothesizes that the reason the brain needs these particular kinds of sleep is that certain brain chemicals plummet during the first part of the night, and information flows out of the hippocampus (the memory region) and into the cortex. (4)He thinks the brain then distributes the new information into appropriate networks and categories. (5)Inside the brain, proteins strengthen the connections between nerve cells consolidating the new skills learned the day before. (6)Then later, during REM, the brain re-enacts the lessons from the previous day and solidifies the newly-made connections through the memory banks.

During the American Revolution, a Tory was

A family of felines lived under our house, kittens could be heard throughout the night is an example of: 

Which of the following was NOT true of Columbus’s first voyage?

Identify the implied thesis in the following passage: Some students learn the hard way how to study effectively. One student I know used to have bad study habits: he would not take notes in class, he would read in front of the television, and he would wait until the last minute to review for a test; as a result, he ended up on academic probation.   

The three ways of borrowing information from a source include: 

That I received for my hard work is an example of: 

The statement that most sodas, Kool-Aid, and candy are high in sugar would not need to be cited because it is considered common knowledge.