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E Pluribus Unum
Essay Grade: 78%   (326 words, approx. 1 pages)
To what degree does the Latin saying "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of Many, One) describe America's national character?
Eagle Scouts
Essay Grade: 86%   (786 words, approx. 3 pages)
Explains the process of becoming an Eagle Scount. Describes the self-esteem garnered by participating in the process.
Early Memories
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,038 words, approx. 4 pages)
A personal essay which describes early memories of a high school student. Examines how memories are created and stresses the importance of early childhood memories.
Easter Time in Poland
Essay Grade: 86%   (439 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay provides a discussion of easter in Poland.
Eat My Socks, An Essay on Friendship
Essay Grade: 88%   (695 words, approx. 2 pages)
A personal essay detailing the evolution of a childhood friendship in China.
Eating at Home Vs Eating Out
Essay Grade: 85%   (444 words, approx. 2 pages)
The following is a contrast and comparison essay. It supports the idea of eating at home, and states the disadvantages of eating out.
Ebonics
Essay Grade: 86%   (747 words, approx. 3 pages)
Discusses the issue of Ebonics and the teaching of it in schools. Uses an essay by entertainer Bill Cosby as a reference.
Economics Project
Essay Grade: 86%   (538 words, approx. 2 pages)
The following provides a description of certain stocks.
Eddies Character and Relationship Towards His Family
Essay Grade: 75%   (756 words, approx. 3 pages)
View from the bridge

by Arthur Miller

Eddies Character Towards His Family
Essay Grade: 78%   (476 words, approx. 2 pages)
a view from the bridge

by arthur miiller

Edward Hopper-Story painting
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,035 words, approx. 4 pages)
A fictional story that was made based on a Painting by Edward Hopper.
Effects of College on Relationships
Essay Grade: 83%   (663 words, approx. 2 pages)
Examines the effect of college on friendships, and other relationships. Describes how the rigorous demands college can sometimes test the strength of relationships.
Effects of Skipping Class
Essay Grade: 84%   (443 words, approx. 2 pages)
This essy is about the effect of skipping class and what the outcome will be.
El Programe De Estudios Al Extranjero
Essay Grade: 92%   (432 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay discusses an experience of studying abroad in Spanish.
Eleven, a Response
Essay Grade: 83%   (213 words, approx. 1 pages)
Details personal feelings and responses to the short story, "Eleven", by Sandra Cisneros. Provides a brief plot synopsis.
Emily Bronte Uses the Opening Chapter of `Wuthering Heights',.
Essay Grade: 75%   (946 words, approx. 3 pages)
The novel involved many different themes, including the supernatural, jealousy, and the way in which people live, some of which are hinted upon in the first chapter. The novel has a complex plot although you can get some idea about what it is about by looking at the first chapter, as there are many hints.
Employing Comedy: Family Guy
Essay Grade: 78%   (581 words, approx. 2 pages)
Family Guy's spontaneous and sometimes foolish attitude is effective because it targets a general audience to either laugh at themselves or laugh at another specific audience, a light-hearted yet potentially hurtful strategy MacFarlane employs throughout the series.
English Assessment
Essay Grade: 75%   (1,418 words, approx. 5 pages)
The Charlie's Angels fight scene with the creepy thin man has the presence of the 21st century `power chicks.' In the fight sequence, the women seemed more powerful and overcame the men. In this scene, the women were clearly portrayed as more powerful, intelligent and stronger than men.
English Culture
Essay Grade: 88%   (404 words, approx. 1 pages)
This essay is about the English Culture and how it compares to American Culture.

Written by, Kristina Goetz

English: A Friend or Foe?
Essay Grade: 88%   (810 words, approx. 3 pages)
Today English is the language of international law, international politics, business, and diplomacy, but its worldwide spread as part of the current trend toward globalization threatens some non-English cultures. It is important that these communities encourage the preservation of their mother tongues and protect their respective cultures without isolating themselves from the fast globalizing world.
Enjoyable Stories
Essay Grade: 92%   (580 words, approx. 2 pages)
A brief essay on the central characteristics that contribute to a successful or satisfying story.
Entering High School
Essay Grade: 90%   (366 words, approx. 1 pages)
Describes the event of entering high school and how it can be a stressful experience.
Entrance to College
Essay Grade: 92%   (483 words, approx. 2 pages)
College entrance essay
Epilogue of Lyddie
Essay Grade: 89%   (1,490 words, approx. 5 pages)
This is an essay of how another chapter in "Lyddie" may occur.
Equality for Men and Women
Essay Grade: 75%   (505 words, approx. 2 pages)
A consideration of the degree to which men and women are treated equally in today's society.
Eragon
Essay Grade: 83%   (254 words, approx. 1 pages)
When Eragon finds a polished bluestone in the forest, he thinks that it was a valuable stone that he could sell. The stone was not a stone, in fact the stone was an egg. Inside the egg was a dragon hatchling.
Essay about Groundhog Day
Essay Grade: 88%   (205 words, approx. 1 pages)
This essay tells about how Groundhog Day came to be a U.S. holiday.
Essay about Valentine's Day (St. Valentine's Day)
Essay Grade: 83%   (153 words, approx. 1 pages)
This essay gives a brief report of how Valentine's Day, or St. Valentine's Day, became a holiday.
Essential Reasons for Abortion
Essay Grade: 87%   (918 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay provides essential reasons for abortion.
Ethical Dilemma at Work
Essay Grade: 88%   (766 words, approx. 3 pages)
An essay on a personal ethical dilemma at work.
Ethics in Antigone
Essay Grade: 75%   (669 words, approx. 2 pages)
From the times of kings and warlords to the days of presidents and peacekeepers, men and women have often found themselves in a position where their ethics are being questioned.
Euthanasia
Essay Grade: 87%   (778 words, approx. 3 pages)
Euthanasia: Arguments against
Euthanasia: the Right to Die
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,019 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay provides my personal opinion regarding the controversial subject of euthanasia.
Evaluation of Academic Classes
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,454 words, approx. 5 pages)
Provides a student review of academic classes, including accounting, English and history. Considers the academic and personal benefits of each class.
Even Success Has Consenquences
Essay Grade: 83%   (489 words, approx. 2 pages)
Even success can be bad. As an example: Ray Charles and Kurt Cobain
Evolution of Civil Disobedience: Thoreau to King
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,065 words, approx. 4 pages)
Although it is impossible to know for sure what effect an event has had on history, both Thoreau's essay and King's civil rights movement have effected every subsequent civil rights movement in one way or another. Martin Luther King, Jr. succeeded in securing the rights African Americans, through his presentation of opinions contrasting with those of Henry David Thoreau, and his establishment of civil disobedience as a fundamental mechanism for working towards justice.
Examinations - Are They Good or Bad?
Essay Grade: 83%   (255 words, approx. 1 pages)
Exams - a word that many students dread to hear, a word that seems to have the magical power to transform a happy and cheerful person into a frustrated and nervous wreck. Examinations, exams for short, are longer and more comprehensive versions of tests held every term.
Examining Metaphors in Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death
Essay Grade: 78%   (399 words, approx. 1 pages)
Discusses the Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business." Analyzes the books first chapter, The Medium is the Metaphor. Describes how mass media outlets are not only based upon our culture but our way of life.
Existentialism Is Everywhere in Today's Society
Essay Grade: 88%   (636 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay shows how existentialism was in the movie "Forrest Gump."
Expectations and Successes
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,108 words, approx. 4 pages)
Examines the relationship between parent and child. Describes how single parent relationships can be stronger than others. Analyzes how parenting methods affect relationships.
Experience in Life
Essay Grade: 80%   (449 words, approx. 2 pages)
How experiences affect our life.
Experience Over Youth
Essay Grade: 75%   (439 words, approx. 2 pages)
In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus is repeatedly an example of experience over youth. This lesson is around even today, as children and teenagers believe that they can outwit anyone, even their elders. A personal example shows how such thinking can result in a mess and why experience is better than youth.
Experience Shapes Relationships
Essay Grade: 78%   (263 words, approx. 1 pages)
Examines what role past experience plays in shapeing new relationships. Also explores how time spent together influences relationships.
Experiencing Different Cultures
Essay Grade: 78%   (835 words, approx. 3 pages)
Discussing different cultures with people of another country can help give you an idea of how different your own country is from other places. Talking to someone from another country enables one to have more respect for that person, because you learn their different way of living and learn to appreciate your own way of living.
Experiencing Family Deaths
Essay Grade: 83%   (473 words, approx. 2 pages)
Discusses the tragedy of the experiencing the deaths of loved ones. Describes coping skills and explores how the experience affected a young child.
Explain How Shabbat Affects the Jewish Way of Life.
Essay Grade: 75%   (851 words, approx. 3 pages)
Celebrating Shabbat gives Jews a sense of belonging, purpose and a reason things. Going to the synagogue and the rituals in the home brings the whole Jewish community together and makes them feel united as one.
Expository Essay on Texas Hold Em Poker
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,821 words, approx. 6 pages)
This is a step by step explanation of the rules, basic strategy as well as complex strategies to improve play of No Limit Texas Hold `em Poker.
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