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  2. Essay - Wikipedia

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    A history essay sometimes referred to as a thesis essay describes an argument or claim about one or more historical events and supports that claim with evidence, arguments, and references. The text makes it clear to the reader why the argument or claim is as such.

  3. Wikipedia:The value of essays - Wikipedia

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    The answer is you can't, with any certainty. No essay or information page has any formal status of having more worth than another. As with everything involving Wikipedia:Consensus formation, it mostly comes down to common sense and the cogency of the argument. A well-reasoned essay grounded in accepted interpretations of policies, guidelines ...

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    In some types of writing, repeated use of said is considered tedious, and writers are encouraged to employ synonyms. On Wikipedia, it is more important to avoid language that makes undue implications. Said, stated, described, wrote, commented, and according to are almost always neutral and accurate. Extra care is needed with more loaded terms.

  5. Wikipedia : The Most Important Thing Possible

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    It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors and is made to be humorous. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. This essay isn't meant to be taken seriously.

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  7. Academic writing - Wikipedia

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    Academic style has often been criticized for being too full of jargon and hard to understand by the general public. [11] [12] In 2022, Joelle Renstrom argued that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on academic writing and that many scientific articles now "contain more jargon than ever, which encourages misinterpretation, political spin, and a declining public trust in the ...

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  9. Wikipedia:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays

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    This explanatory essay itself is a supplemental page, which is an even more ambiguous group. [1] Essays, supplemental, help (how-to), information and template documentation pages generally have a limited status during deliberations as they have not been thoroughly vetted by the community through the policy and guideline proposal process ...