Tutor profile: Kwami M.

When it comes to writing philosophical papers, how long should the introduction paragraph be?

It depends on the teacher or professor mostly, but you should keep it brief. There's no need to add so much fluff. Get right to the point but also ease your audience into your paper. Writing introduction paragraphs with the right amount of detail and communicating effectively to the reader is most important.

In Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act 1 of the play, he mentions Niobe, a figure from Greek mythology. What literary device is this?

This literary device is an allusion, which is typically used to reference an event, a person or thing from another text.

What was the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution?

The 18th Amendment was a ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the US.