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Take time to read over the essay question or guidelines and think about what the assignment is asking you to do. You should underline any keywords such as describe, compare, contrast, explain, argue, or propose. You should also underline any central themes or ideas that the assignment asks you to discuss such as freedom, family, defeat, love, etc. Always ask your professor if you don't understand the assignment. It's important to have a clear idea of what they want before you start working on the assignment. Your instructor is your primary audience for the essay, so you will need to consider your instructor's needs and expectations before you write. Some basic things that your instructor will need and expect from you may include: A well-detailed answer that satisfies the assignment requirements A clear and direct piece of writing that is easy to follow A polished paper with no minor errors, such as typos or misspellings After considering your instructor's expectations, take some time to think about how you can accomplish these broad goals. Consider what you will need to include in your essay. For example, if you are tasked with writing about a character in a book, then you will need to provide lots of details about that character. This will probably require rereading some passages of your book as well as revisiting your notes from class. To ensure that your paper is easy to follow, you'll need to make sure that there's a logical order to your essay. Do this by creating an outline and checking your work for logic. Start early and give yourself lots of time for revision. Try to complete your first draft about one week before the paper is due. Invention exercises can help you to draw out details that you already know, which can give you a great jump start on writing your essay. Some useful invention exercises include: Freewriting. Write as much as you can without stopping. If you can't think of anything, write "I can't think of anything to write," until something comes to mind. After you finish, go over what've written and underline or highlight any useful information for your essay. Listing. Make a list of all of the details and information that are relevant to the essay prompt. After you have listed everything that you can think of, read over it and circle the most important information for your essay. Clustering. Write your topic in the middle of the page, then branch out with other connected ideas. Circle the ideas and connect them to the main one with lines. Keep going until you can't do any more. If you have been asked to conduct research for your paper, then you will want to do this before you begin drafting as well. Use your library's databases and other resources to find the best information possible for your paper. Good sources to use for English essays include books, articles from scholarly journals, articles from trustworthy news sources (NY Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.), and government or university sponsored web pages. Many instructors include "research quality" in their grading criteria, so including poor sources, such as blogs, may result in a poor grade. If you are not sure if a source is of good quality, ask your instructor or a librarian.

summary: Analyze the topic or essay question. Consider your audience. Think about what you will need to include. Develop your ideas. Research your topic if necessary.

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Wait 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the hardness of the gum, before attempting to remove the gum. During this time the solvents will work their way into the gum polymers and loosen the structures thereby releasing the gum from the carpet.

summary: Allow the solvent time to absorb into the gum.

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Canvas frames are also sometimes referred to as stretcher bars, which feature pre-cut slats that you can slip together to create the frame. This is the easiest way to customize the frame to fit your purposes and put it together quickly. Most professionals use stretcher bars. DIY frame kits like EasyWrappe are prefabricated in a variety of different sizes that will allow you to quickly fix a canvas to a frame with no outside tools, other than an X-Acto knife to trim the excess canvas. While you have to pick from a limited variety of sizes, you can stick the pre-cut wood bars to the canvas and fix them in place in less than five minutes. Get enough canvas to fit around the frame by at least six or eight inches on each side, depending on the width of the frame. It's essential that you have enough overlapping canvas to attach to the back side of the canvas, or the stretching won't work. Measure the dimensions of the frame you have, or of the eventual canvas that you want and purchase or cut a larger size of canvas, accordingly. Unprimed, sometimes referred to as "ungessoed" canvas is easier to stretch than primed or "gessoed" canvas. For the best results, buy ungessoed canvas and prime it later. You'll need a few basic tools to complete a canvas stretching job properly. Try to get the following supplies: A spray bottle filled with plain water. It's common to dampen the back of the stretched canvas. As it dries, it will shrink and thus tighten the canvas even more. Gesso. This primer is commonly used to treat the canvas after stretching. It's a white paint mixture, made of gypsum, chalk, and other ingredients, available at most art supply stores. Specialty pliers used for canvas stretching. Available at most art supply stores, canvas pliers have flat surfaces that can be used to easily stretch canvas without pulling holes in the material. Staple gun. Regular desk staplers are not sufficient for stretching canvas. You need a heavy-duty staple gun to plant staples into wood and carpentry staples capable of gripping into the frame. The canvas should be cut several inches wider than the dimensions of the stretcher bars, taking into account the width of each side of the frame, as well. You'll need this extra canvas to have something to get a grip on to be able to pull and stretch it. After you've got all your supplies, frame and canvas, cut the canvas to shape using a very sharp utility knife, or an X-Acto. Tearing the canvas will make a straighter line than cutting it will. Get the cut started along the appropriate line using your knife and consider tearing along the grain to make an accurate shape.
summary: Purchase a stretcher or build a frame. Get enough canvas for the job. Get the other necessary materials to complete the job. Cut your canvas.