What are some examples of literary devices in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
On what page of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird does Dill say the following lines: Let’s go…
The quote in question is actually only said by Dill in the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robet Mulligan in 1962. In Harper Lee’s actual book, Dill is only obsessed with wanting…
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- HISTORY
How was the fall of Iraq’s dictator different from the fall of Egypt’s dictator in the early 21st…
The dictator in Egypt that fell at the turn of the 21st century — thus serving as president from 1981 until 2011– was Muhammad Hosni Mubarak. Early in 2011, began what is now known as the…
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- THE ALCHEMIST
How old does the Englishman say the alchemist is? How has he come to be that old?
The Englishman is obsessed with alchemy. The text tells readers that he spent most of his father’s fortune in pursuit of learning the secrets of that mysterious art. In one of the textbooks about…
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- MONSTER
How does the novel Monster connect to your life?
The concepts of right and wrong are explored throughout the novel Monster. Similar to many of the other inmates in jail, Steve Harmon attempts to justify his actions by “spitting moral hairs.”…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Scout say Uncle Jack doesn’t understand children?
This happens in Ch. 9 when Scout and Francis fight over Francis calling Atticus a name for representing Tom Robinson. Scout gets mad and attacks Francis and instead of asking Scout her side of the…
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- HAMLET
If you were asked to cast an actor to play the role of Claudius in a film version of Hamlet, what…
King Claudius is a complex character and as such requires a consummate actor. Past film versions of Hamlet have featured very reputable actors; in Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of the play, Sir…
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- DESERT AND DESERTIFICATION
Are there any ways to stop desertification or to slow it down?
Desertification is a process that affects dryland ecosystems in every continent of the world except Antarctica. Most forms of desertification in the past century have been anthropogenic, or caused…
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- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Which ghost does Scrooge fear the most and why?
Of all the ghosts who visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, it is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come who he fears the most. As we see from the text, Scrooge’s legs tremble when he sees the ghost so…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Why is the knowledge of growth and development necessary in the educative process?
Without a working knowledge of human growth and development, a teacher cannot know if a curriculum or objective is developmentally appropriate. While it is true that most educators are guided by…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What did Lord Capulet say to Tybalt at the party in Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5?
When Lord Capulet hears Tybalt ordering his servant to fetch his rapier, he demands to know what his kinsman is so up in arms about. Tybalt answers adamantly that he needs to send for his sword,…
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- BURIED ONIONS
Why does Eddie run from Angel? Does he need to run?
Eddie runs away from Angel for two very good reasons. For one, he simply doesn’t trust him. Ever since they were kids together Angel has proven to be a bully and a thief. He even stole the crucifix…
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- TWELFTH NIGHT
What does Olivia keep trying to get from Viola/Cesario?
In short, Olivia is trying to win Cesario’s love. Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario, who is really Viola in disguise. While she is not at all subtle in her love, her actions are all with the…
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- HISTORY
Who founded the Plymouth colony and what motivated them to come to North America?
The Plymouth Colony was founded by people that we know as the “Pilgrims.” They are perhaps more properly known as the “Separatists.” They founded the colony so that they would be able to…
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- HISTORY
What was Andrew Jackson’s position on Indian Removal?
President Andrew Jackson was a strong supporter of Indian Removal. He was not necessarily anti-Indian, at least not in the sense of wanting to kill them all. Instead, he felt that he was…
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- CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON
Are space and time properties of our perception according to to Kant?
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason distinguishes the way we arrive at knowledge via a pair of binary distinctions. The first is the synthetic-analytic distinction. We know certain things analytically…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What are three character traits of Romeo and Juliet?
Although Romeo and Juliet are different characters, and both have different nuanced character traits, there are definite similarities between the two. When examined closely, these similarities can…
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- ENVIRONMENT
What are some of the long-term impacts of environmental problems, and how can some of these be…
The long-term impact of environmental problems are already evident. As average global temperatures have inched up as a result of natural phenomena and human activities alike, the ramifications of…
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- REFERENCE
What are some of the key obstacles that we confront today which surround the availability of…
There are many factors that affect affordable housing. Perhaps looming largest at the moment is the fact that foreclosures have increased greatly in recent years. The banking industry devised a…
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- THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” give 3 examples of imagery and 3 examples of personification…
Coleridge’s poem is rich with imagery and contains interesting uses of personification as it develops the theme of respect and love of nature, especially living creatures. Imagery is description…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What three things did the English Bill of Rights do?
The English Bill of Rights was written in 1689 by the British parliament in response to the succession of William and Mary. The English Bill of Rights was used as the cornerstone for developing…
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- A SOUND OF THUNDER
What mistake does Eckels make while the men are hunting in the story “A Sound of Thunder.”
Eckels made the mistake of walking off the edge of the floating path while hunting dinosaurs in the past. “This fool nearly killed us. But it isn’t that so much, no. It’s his shoes! Look at…
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- MACBETH
What action best demonstrates Lady Macbeth’s weakness in Act V?
By Act V, Lady Macbeth has completely fallen apart psychologically. She is a shell of the strong (if profoundly wicked) woman portrayed earlier in the play. Wracked by guilt, she sleepwalks,…
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- THE RAPE OF THE LOCK
What is the theme of The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope?
One of the main themes of The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope is the exposition of human vanity, especially the vanity exhibited by the upper classes of society. He develops this theme by using…
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- TO A MOUSE
For what reason does the speaker apologize to the mouse?
The speaker of “To a Mouse” expresses his regret for having destroyed the mouse’s winter shelter and having now given it cause to fear its fellow man. This apology is certainly ironic as Robert…
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- HISTORY
How were Lincoln and Johnson’s views on slavery and Reconstruction similar? How were they…
President Lincoln and President Johnson addressed the slavery question in their plans for Reconstruction. They also had views on slavery. President Lincoln was against slavery. He believed it was…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In The Crucible, what does John Proctor do when his wife Elizabeth is arrested?
John Proctor becomes very angry when Cheever arrives to arrest his wife. They have been visited by the Reverend Hale and by Giles Corey prior to Mr. Cheever’s appearance with the arrest warrant,…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Explain the point of Owl-Eyes’s admiration for Gatsby’s library.
In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the owl-eyed man marvels at Gatsby’s library because he expected the books to be, like Gatsby himself, fraudulent and full of blank pages. This scene suggests two…
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- SCIENCE
Twenty students ride a school bus that has a mass of 2500 kg and moves with a speed of 4.25…
Momentum is the product of mass and velocity of a system. The total mass of the system includes the mass of the bus, mass of twenty students and the mass of driver. Total mass = 2500 + 20 x 125 +…
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- HISTORY
Give your reaction to the Filipino revolts.
Assuming that you mean the revolt that took place soon after the Spanish-American War, the Filipino revolts were quite justified. Emilio Aguinaldo, key leader of the island insurrection that…
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- SCIENCE
Are tropical rain forests carbon sinks? Why or why not? Be sure to include a definition of carbon…
Yes. A tropical rainforest would be considered a carbon sink. A carbon sink is a natural environment, such as an ocean or forest, that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases…
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- SCIENCE
Can a singularity created by a particle accelerator truly become large enough to the point where…
No. A particle accelerator is a device used to accelerate particles, subatomic in nature, in a rapidly advancing state of acceleration, then crashing them into each other in an attempt to create…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
What did Dan Cody teach Gatsby?
At the beginning of Chapter 6, Nick gives us the background on Gatsby. Nick says that after Gatsby met and worked for Dan Cody for five years, “He was left with his singularly appropriate…
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- SCIENCE
A firecracker tossed into the air at 100 degrees with the horizontal at a speed of a 30 meters…
Well, the first part of the question is easy. If the firecracker was thrown at a speed of 30 meters per second, then the firecracker exploded at 15 meters, it was in the air for half a second, or…
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- ECONOMICS
What effects would not likely result from enacting a free trade agreement?
At their core, free trade agreements are promises made between nations about how they will deal with imports and exports. The most common issue involved in any free trade agreement is tariffs,…
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- LITERATURE
Why do you think the title of the poem “Superior” by Rabindranath Tagore is appropriate?
The title is ironical and suits well to the content of the poem. The narrator is a teacher who is rather bemused by the activities of the child and finds her “silly” and “absurdly…
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- SCIENCE
Why do transition metals (besides iron) have variable valences?
Transition metals are located in the d-block of the periodic table of elements. There are a total of 38 transition metals and they are present in groups 3 to 12, located in the center of the…
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- SCIENCE
What is the momentum of a system of two particles with these respective masses and velocities:…
The momentum of this system will be the vector sum of the momenta of the two particles: p⃗ =m1v⃗ 1+m2v⃗ 2p→=m1v→1+m2v→2 To find a vector, we need to find its magnitude and direction, or its…
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- SCIENCE
Twenty students ride a school bus that has a mass of 2500 kg and moves with a speed of 4.25 m/s….
Momentum is a product of an objects mass times the velocity it is experiencing. Momentum may be increased or decreased by manipulation of either the mass or the velocity. The formula for…
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- SCIENCE
How will the equilibrium shift for this reaction if you change the temperature and pressure?…
The Haber-Bosch process for producing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen and hydrogen was invented in Germany during World War I, initially to produce ammonia for military explosives. It’s now an…
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- THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
What did Della sell to get the $20.00 she needed to buy her husband’s present?
Della had beautiful brown hair. Most women in her day let their hair grow very long and had to pin it up in a sort of bouffant style. Della was proud not only of the rich quality of her hair but of…
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- THE BLUEST EYE
How does Claudia describe Mr. Henry when she first meets him?
In Autumn, Chapter 1, Claudia and her sister, Frieda, meet their family’s newest boarder, Henry Washington. Accordingly, Henry used to board with Della Jones on Thirteenth Street. However, Della’s…
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- THE LISTENERS
How can I write a creative conversation between two ghosts that occupy the house in “The…
This sounds like a really fun writing prompt. There is a lot of freedom for you to write about various things. The poem itself reads a bit creepy. A lone traveler arrives at a house at night. He…
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- THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
Describe Zaroff’s conditions for the hunt in The Most Dangerous Game.
General Zaroff’s conditions for the hunt include giving the man he is hunting good food, a hunting knife, and a three hour head start. Having these conditions tells the reader that General Zaroff…
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- ESSAY LAB
How do I write an essay on narrative technique and structure of a novel with quotations ?
An essay that deals with the narrative technique and structure of a novel will be an analytical essay. Critical thinking skills are required for this type of writing, along with a knowledge of…
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- A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Why do you think Carton sacrificed his life for Charles?
Sydney Carton changes places with Charles Darnay out of love for Lucie. When Carton and Darnay were first introduced at the scene of Darnay’s trial, the fact of the similarity of face is an…
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- THE MONKEY’S PAW
When Mr. White loses yet another game of chess to his son Herbert, he vents his frustration by complaining about the bad weather and the isolated setting. “That’s the worst of living so far out,”…
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- MANIAC MAGEE
Why did Amanda find it especially unusual to find Jeffrey on her street?
On the day that Maniac Magee arrived in town, he went to the East End. The East End in Two Mills was where almost all of the African American citizens lived. Amanda Beale, who was black, lived in…
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- SCIENCE
A dart is projected upwards at an angel of 20° with the horizontal. It has an initial velocity…
I am assuming (in absence of any further information in the question) that the dart board is at the same vertical level as the point of projection. Given data: initial velocity, u = 20 m/s angle…
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- GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
What are some examples of literary devices in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln was one of the great orators in the history of American politics. When writing the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln utilized a number of literary devices to draw the attention of his…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” when Miss Maudie’s house burns down, how does this…
Possibly the most significant reference to racism in the incident of Miss Maudie’s burning house would be the ‘morphodite’ snowman. In Chapter 8, Jem and Scout use snow from Miss Maudie’s yard and…
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