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Academic Writing Showcase

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  1. Building Blocks

  2. Peer Review

  3. Revision Samples

  4. Link to the Google Docs Version of Final AP.

1. According to the experiment of "Dogs Mentally Represent Jealousy-Inducing Social Interactions." by Amalia Bastos, the reason why dogs are jealous is not the competitor itself, but the interaction between the owner and the competitor. More importantly, these findings are the first evidence that dogs are jealous

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2. According to the experiment of "Investigating jealous behaviour in dogs." by Judit Abdai, there are so many factors that cause the jealous behavior in dogs which is the reason why the researchers declined to conclude that the dogs in the experiment were actually experiencing jealousy, preferring the more cautious conclusion that the dogs exhibited jealous behavior.

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3. According to the experiment of  "Jealousy in dogs." by Christine R Harris, Professor Harris concluded that dogs are actually jealous of animals other than themselves or similar animals approaching their owners.

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An article intended for publication goes through peer review to determine if it is valid, quality, and sometimes original. As its ultimate goal, it aims to keep science pure by ensuring that invalid or low-quality articles are not published in science journals. Publishing companies view peer review as a filter for content, directing higher quality articles to more prestigious journals, thereby creating brands for journals. Articles can be enhanced by running them through peer review. Therefore, it is important that publishers ensure that peer review is rigorous.

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Peer Review Advice From Me

1. One of the most important things in writing a MLA format essay is everything should be in MLA format. We need to use 12 front times new roman.

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Peer Review Advice From Me

2. Citations and Grammar needs to be improve in most of the essays I peer reviewed. Some students do not include any page number in their whole essays.

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Peer Review I Got

1. My tone is informal at first and I seperate my big three into different parts by subtitles. I think these are very good advice that could make my AP more formal and fluence.

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Peer Review I Got

2. I do need to fix my grammar because English is my second language. I also need to be careful with my in-text citation. These are excelletn advices I got in order to increase my grades in essay.

1. I add the video I make about the jealousy behavior of my dog - JinBao which add a different type of information to my AP.

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2. I write a "problem" paragraph which in order to state what kind of problem that will cause by dogs' jealousy behavior.

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3. I added the infographic I made. There are specific statistics in this graph which could let readers understand the problem more clearly.

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