How did Georgius Agricola further the study of geology?
- ANTHEM
What are some rhetorical devices found throughout the book Anthem?
Euphemism: This is the use of pleasant or inoffensive wording to describe something unpleasant. The initial members of the council who developed their society found nice names for even unpleasant…
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- LUNCH MONEY
What is Maura’s speech about at the School Committee meeting in Andrew Clements’s Lunch Money?
In chapter 22 of Andrew Clements’s Lunch Money, Maura uses her speech to explain to the School Committee how she and Greg plan to create a Chunky Comics Club, just like the already existing school…
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- AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Why does the man standing in the doorway seem out of place in “After Twenty Years?”
The man standing in the doorway seems out of place because it is a hardware store that is closed and the lights are out. When Jimmy the cop is walking down the street, he does so with a habitual…
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- THE ALCHEMIST
What is strange or unusual about Santiago’s dream in Coelho’s The Alchemist?
Santiago goes to a gypsy woman for help with interpreting a dream that he has had twice. He learns for the first time of a couple of terms that he learns more about later: the Language of God and…
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- SCIENCE
How would you describe the appearance of a moraine?
The most common type of moraine is a terminal moraine. Glacial moraines are created as a glacier (which moves by definition) transports unconsolidated sediments across a landscape. At the front, or…
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- HISTORY
How do racism and commercialism relate to United States imperialism?
Racism and commercialism are certainly two of the factors (but not the only two factors) that contributed to American imperialism in our dealings with the countries mentioned. One aspect of…
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- THE LOTTERY
The purpose of all fiction might be taken as entertainment or self-expression. Does Jackson have…
Entertainment and self-expression are limited reasons for writing fiction. One of the larger, more important reasons for writing fiction is to express human emotions that are often inexpressible. I…
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- SPEAK
List figurative language examples from “Marking Period 1” in Speak.
Figurative language is an effective tool in any piece of literature because it aids the author in illustrating thoughts, feelings and ideas. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is no exception. Marking…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Why is a citizen of a country given rights?
This is a good question that gets right to the heart of the idea of government. Most of us live in societies that have been ruled by more-or-less stable governments for multiple generations. We…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
What are some modern examples of the multi-party system?
There are several examples of the multi-party system throughout the history of the United States. Currently, we have two major political parties. They are the Republican Party and the Democratic…
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- SCIENCE
How are chemical bonds involved in chemical reactions?
Chemical bonds are formed and broken during chemical reactions. The bonds between the atoms of the reactants are broken, then bonds between the atoms of products are formed. Chemical bonds are…
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- SCIENCE
Genetic code is a set of biochemical instructions by which living cells translate information encrypted in DNA or RNA sequences into amino acids sequences. The genetic code contains sequence of…
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- HISTORY
Why did the Radical Republicans want to impeach Andrew Johnson?
The Radical Republicans had several reasons for wanting to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans had clashed over Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson had a plan…
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- HISTORY
What did the 1763 Treaty of Paris do to French power in North America?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 eliminated French power in North America. France had been fighting the British in the Seven Years War from 1756-1763. The portion of this war that was fought in North…
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- HISTORY
How was the concept of Manifest Destiny used as justification for the settling of the West and…
Manifest Destiny played a big role in the settling of the West and in fighting the Mexican-American War. Manifest Destiny means it was meant to be that we would settle the west. It was only natural…
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- SCIENCE
What happens if an animal is removed from the food chain?
The food chain depends on a delicate balance of nature, when one organism is removed that delicate balance can be affected in a number of ways. The prey/predator relationships change. Removal of a…
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- JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
How does the last paragraph of “Just Lather, That’s All” make the reader reconsider his or her…
Up to the last paragraph of the story, the reader is likely to have a very distinctive impression of the Captain. He has a taste for violence, and appears to enjoy his job. This is shown most…
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- THE TEMPEST
How do Alonso and Antonio, as they appear in Act 2 of The Tempest, compare with the enemies…
In Act I, Scene II, Prospero is speaking to Miranda and telling her how they came to be on the island. He describes his brother Antonio’s treachery. Prospero enjoyed studying and concentrated on…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What isn’t a part of the sociological imagination?
In order to understand what is not part of the sociological imagination, we first have to understand what the sociological imagination is. One textbook, Sociology in Modules, Second Edition, by…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
Why is Montag confused about where he should run to escape the police?
Great question! In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag must run to escape from the police and the hound. However, Montag is confused about where to run. Several factors contribute to…
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- SCIENCE
What three things do Mitochondria have so that they can work alone?
It was first suggested in the 1960’s that mitochondria evolved a symbiotic relationship with prokaryotic cells. That would have been the first step toward what we now call a eukaryotic cell. The…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some important things to understand about To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
Perhaps the most important thing to understand as you read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is its setting and context. The book was published in 1960, before the passage of the Civil Rights Act…
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- THE LOTTERY
In “The Lottery”, how does Jackson start to foreshadow the ending in paragraphs 2 and 3?
The narrator says that school is out, but as for the children, “the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them.” Usually, when summer vacation has arrived, children are thrilled at the thought…
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- RULES OF THE GAME
In “Rules of the Game”, what are three kinds of conflicts in the story?
A conflict is a struggle between opposing forces. It can be external or internal. An internal conflict is a struggle a character has with his or her self. An external conflict is a struggle a…
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- HISTORY
Why is Patrick Henry convinced that the British mean to wage war on the colonies?
Patrick Henry’s speech to the Second Virginia Convention in Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775, provides some clues as to why he believes a British attack is imminent. Patrick Henry starts out…
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- THE ROAD
In the book The Road, between pages 131-144, how does the father know that the town has been…
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- THE BOOK THIEF
What book do you think Hans Jr. would believe to be suitable for Liesel?
Hans Jr. is a fully committed Nazi and his father is not. Hans Jr. believes in the Nazi party because he also believes that before the Nazis took power, Germany was at its worst. He believes that…
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- HISTORY
What group of people in society (class) would have supported Adam Smith’s ideas and why?
The class most likely to have supported Adam Smith’s ideas would have been the middle class. The upper classes would not have supported him because his ideas would have harmed their interests….
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- MATH
If 3 workers can build 3 houses in 3 days, how many houses can be built by 12 workers in 12 days….
Since there are 3 workers for 3 houses to be built in 3 days, then we can see we have 1 worker per house per day. Therefore we have 4 groups of 3 therefore, 4 workers can make 4 houses every day,…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
In The Outsiders, were Ponyboy and Sodapop put into foster care, and if so, why?
In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the narrator and his story helps the reader understand how difficult life is for the three Curtis boys, whose parents were killed in a car accident. The…
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- MATH
It takes a worker 2 hours to lay tile for a floor space that is in shape of a square which…
First, find the rate at which the worker can lay tiles. This rate can be found as floor area divided by time. Since the worker can lay tiles for the floor space in a shape of a square with a 6 ft…
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- ILIAD
Discuss how Homer uses pathos to highlight the conflict between Hector’s military duty and other…
We should define pathos. Broadly speaking, pathos is a quality that evokes pity or sadness. Based on this definition, there are four qualities that Homer uses to provoke sadness. First, as Hector…
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- LONDON
What formal features are heavily used in “London” by William Blake and what are some examples of…
“London” by William Blake uses regular rhyme and meter. It consists of four open quatrains rhymed ABAB. Each quatrain consists of four lines of iambic tetrameter, meaning that it is composed of…
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“Behind every great man is an even greater woman.” Does this famous aphorism apply to Holden…
No, the aphorism “behind every great man is an even greater woman” does not apply to Holden because he is not a great man. Even more, Holden mentions a connection with four females in the entire…
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- MY LAST DUCHESS
What do you learn about the portrait? How does this develop your understanding of the Duke’s…
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
What are Holden’s struggles in the book Catcher in the Rye? 1 image
Holden struggles are with relationships, both with people and with himself. When we look at other people, the struggle with relationships is evident through his interactions with his roommate when…
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- THE NECKLACE
After paying off her debt in “The Necklace,” Mathilde wonders what her life would have been like…
After Mathilde loses the necklace, she learns what hard work really is. Prior to this, she had wasted her time, pining for a more luxurious life. Perhaps if she would have worked as hard as she…
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- THE LOTTERY
What does Old Man Warner say in the story?
The Lottery–Shirley Jackson Old Man Warner appears in the story five times. He is an important figure, because he is the oldest man in the town. So, no other person has been part of the lottery…
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- SCIENCE
Can different sciences have different models for the same subjects? explain your answer.
Models are typically used to represent complex systems and to determine answers to questions about systems that can vary in complexity. When learning about elements in basic chemistry, for example,…
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- SCIENCE
How does using a model help a scientist to answer questions?
A scientific model is an image or drawing, structure, visual, mathematical computation, or graphical representation that aims to depict a scientific theory. Scientific models help to make an…
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- SCIENCE
A ball is thrown vertically up at a velocity of 14m/s. What’s the time it will take for the ball…
To answer this question, consider the equation of motion of the ball: yf=yi+Vot−g⋅t22yf=yi+Vot-g⋅t22 Here, yfyf is the final height of the ball, yiyi is the initial height of the ball,
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- SCIENCE
how does distance affect the strength of the force of gravity
Gravity is defined as the force that attracts objects towards the center of the Earth, or any other physical object that has mass. Gravity is affected by two variables. These variables are…
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- SCIENCE
Longitudes are vertical map lines on the Earth, also known as meridians. They are a way to show distance from the Prime Meridian that runs through Greenwich England. Longitude is shown as positive…
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- SCIENCE
What is Newton’s third law of motion?
Newton’s third law of motion states that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’. Here, action and reaction are forces and are always coupled to each other, that is, if there is…
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- SCIENCE
Why is kevlar the strongest substance/element in nature? Explain.
Kevlar is a brand name for a para-aramid synthetic fiber (usually shortened to “aramid fiber”). It was invented by DuPont and has been around since the early 1970s (see the first link). It is not…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Describe the atmosphere that is created by the imagery of the first two paragraphs in Of Mice and…
John Steinbeck begins his novella with a description of his beloved Salinas Valley that is filled with animals and the beauty and permanence of nature. It is a rich, fecund area with a river that…
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- SCIENCE
Explain why neither carbon dioxide nor silicon(iv)oxide conduct electricity
Carbon dioxide, CO2 and Silicon (IV) dioxide, SiO2 do not conduct electricity, simply because they do not have free electrons. For conducting electricity, free valence electrons are required. In…
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- SCIENCE
Nano chemicals are materials that are manufactured at a scale that is 10 thousand times smaller than the size of human hair. Nano chemicals are developed to bring forth increased characteristics,…
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- SCIENCE
what happens when you mix chlorine and sodium bromide?
When chlorine reacts with sodium bromide, we get a displacement reaction, in which chlorine will replace bromine. The balanced chemical reaction is: Cl2+2NaBr→2NaCl+Br2Cl2+2NaBr→2NaCl+Br2 That is, we…
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- SCIENCE
How did Georgius Agricola further the study of geology?
Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer), also known as the ‘father of mineralogy’, is considered the founder of geology as a scientific discipline. That is, he provided the foundations for the study of the…
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