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Help me with chosing an essay topic... "Explaining a Concept"

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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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Choose a concept, that is, a general idea drived from specific instances. It should be something factual, something that interests you. It can come from your academic work in other courses or extracurricular experiences. As such, be prepared to explain its basic features. Because this is explanatory writing, you will not need to argue that your explanation is true or correct. In this type of writing, you should analyze and synthesize, interpret and summarize the work of exprets. In presenting the information, you should draw connections between its features and discuss their implications.
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Would Hybrid vehicles work? Say talk about Advantages, Disadvantages, Environmentally friendly, High cost, etc.....??

Gimme some ideas on how i can break this topic down.... and be efficient.... or if you can think of a better topic... post it..

Im having a hard time getting ideas.

Paper is to be 3-4 pages. With minimum 4 sources....

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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 09:07 PM
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I think they want a more "metaphysical" concept than some kind of object or classification of objects.
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 09:11 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
I think they want a more "metaphysical" concept than some kind of object or classification of objects.
gimme an example.... the instructor gave an example of Automobile travel, and Elementary school teaching.
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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Old Sep 23, 2003 | 10:24 AM
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Old Sep 23, 2003 | 10:35 AM
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I did this in my writing 121 class last fall. I explained how a turbocharger works, and included the functions of all the individual parts as well as describe the benefits of the system as a whole.

I got an A-
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