Collocations withessay

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autobiographical essay
He also asked students to write an autobiographical essay each year.
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bibliographic essay
The chapters are preceded and followed by an historical timeline and a short biographical section, glossary, bibliographic essay and index.
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brief essay
This last context of waiting is the subject of this brief essay.
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critical essay
I'm slightly averse to the monograph as a professional brochure - a professional brochure with a critical essay at the beginning.
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essay contest
In 1885, a project for classes and public lectures was finally implemented, and the scientific essay contest was initiated and became popular.
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extended essay
It is, in effect, an extended essay in musical affirmation, an uninflected expression of joy.
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humorous essay
He wrote poems, humorous essays and other non-fiction, and worked on comic books and cartoons, but was best known for his science fiction stories.
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introductory essay
The author's interpretative framework is sketched out in a very insightful introductory essay at the front of the book.
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numerous essays
The composer has devoted numerous essays, articles, as well as his book to exposing his ideas on the aesthetics 'of sonorous naturalism'.
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original essay
This essay includes the passage which explains the 114 out of a possible 115 mentioned in the original essay.
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personal essay
In its objectivity, a survey article may lie somewhere between a personal essay, and an encyclopedia article.
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photo essay
The images within the photo essay are clearly divided into 'chapters'.
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photographic essay
It is at this cut-off point that we begin to discern the argument of the photographic essay.
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present essay
The present essay begins with an ' aporia ', a philosophical knot or paradox.
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scholarly essays
Not only is the level of the scholarly essays high, but the layout of the book also deserves admiration.
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short essay
Both "secular" and "religion" are problematic concepts, but the difficulties cannot be examined in the course of this short essay.
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written essay
The score range is usually 1 through 6, where 1 indicates a poorly written essay, and 6 indicates a well-written essay.
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