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  • Allusions - are indirect references to something or someone that is well-known, such as a person, place, event, book, movie, song, or art. Allusions can help the writer to make a point, create a mood, or add humor.
  • King Midas' Touch - comes from a Greek myth about a king named Midas who wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. He was granted this wish by the god Dionysus, but soon realized that it was a curse rather than a blessing. He could not eat, drink, or hug his daughter without turning them into gold. He begged Dionysus to take away his golden touch, and the god told him to wash himself in the river Pactolus, which turned its sands into gold.
    The meaning of this allusion is to describe someone or something that has the ability to make anything successful, valuable, or profitable.
  • Achilles' Heel - from a Greek myth about a hero named Achilles who was invulnerable except for his heel, which was the only part of his body that did not touch the water when his mother dipped him in the river Styx to make him immortal.
  • During the Trojan War, Achilles was eventually killed when Paris, the Trojan prince, shot him in the heel with an arrow, exploiting his only weakness. This event has since become a symbol of vulnerability or a fatal flaw despite overall strength, and that's why the term "Achilles' Heel" is used as an allusion to refer to a person's or thing's one crucial weakness or vulnerability.
  • Pandora's Box
    From a Greek myth about a woman named Pandora who was created by the gods and given a jar (later mistranslated as a box) that contained all the evils of the world. She was told not to open it, but her curiosity got the better of her and she unleashed the evils upon humanity, leaving only hope inside the jar.
  • Sisyphean Task - from a Greek myth about a king named Sisyphus who was punished by the gods for his deceit and arrogance. He had to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down every time he reached the top, repeating this action for eternity.
  • Sisyphean Task - used to describe a seemingly endless and futile endeavor, one in which the effort put in is never rewarded with meaningful progress or success.
  • Herculean Strength - from a Greek myth about a hero named Hercules who was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and a mortal woman. Hercules was famous for his superhuman strength and performed twelve impossible tasks, known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules, to atone for killing his family in a fit of madness caused by Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus.
  • Herculean Task - used to describe exceptional physical strength and the ability to perform extraordinary feats of endurance and power. It is often used metaphorically to emphasize someone's exceptional abilities or efforts in a particular task or endeavor.
  • Cohesion - refers to how well something connects and links.
    is when ideas in writing are connected and built on to create a logical flow as we read.
  • We can use cohesive devices to help us sequence, organise and express our ideas logically.
  • Repetition is when a word, idea or statement is repeated to emphasise important information.
  • Adverbials are words or phrases that express time, place or manner.
  • A determiner is a word that comes before a noun to add detail to the nouns and make links to what has already been said.
  • Transition words help link ideas within a text, sequence information, add to information and counter information.
  • Research Paper - A piece of academic writing that provides analysis, interpretation, and argument based on in-depth independent research.
  • Hypothesis - A declaration of anticipation or projection that will be examined through research.
  • Variable - Any element, characteristic, or circumstance that can be altered, regulated, or assessed in a scientific investigation.
  • Abstract - Designed to provide an overview of your work without delving into specifics.
     
    • Methodology - The structured approach to addressing a research issue by collecting data through a range of methods, analyzing the gathered data, and making inferences based on the research findings.
    • Research Instrument - Any instrument utilized for gathering, acquiring, assessing, and examining data pertinent to your research topic.
     
    • Introduction - It establishes the scope, context, and significance of the research being conducted by.
     
    • Population - It can mean a group containing elements of anything you want to study, such as objects, events, organizations, countries, species, organisms, etc.
     
    • Questionnaire - The primary tool utilized for gathering data in survey research.
     
    • RRL (Literature Review) - It offers a comprehensive summary of the sources you have investigated, encompassing books, academic articles, and any other pertinent sources related to a specific research field.
     
    • Sample - The specific group within a population that you will collect data from.
     
    • Data - Any data that has been gathered to authenticate the initial research discoveries.
  • Conclusion - This section summarizes your findings and provides an overview of what was discovered during the course of the investigation.
  • I - Introduction
  • M - Methods
  • R - Results
  • A - And
  • D - Discussion
  • Imrad - a common organizational structure (a document format)
  • Imrad is the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type.
  • Technical - definition that comes from dictionaries, encyclopedias, books, websites, etc.
  • Operational - the researcher is the one who formulates the meaning of the term.
  • Definition of Terms - an alphabetical list of important terms, acronyms..
  • She has King Midas’ touch when it comes to business proposals. Whatever she suggests gets accepted and accomplished.
  • He was the fastest runner in the country, but his ankle was his Achilles’ heel. He sprained it during the final race and lost his chance to win the gold medal.