What are the venomous snakes of Texas?
- SCIENCE
What are the venomous snakes of Texas?
There are only 4 species of venomous snakes in Texas but there are many subspecies. Ten subspecies of rattlesnakes, 1 cottonmouth, 3 copperheads, and 1 coral snake. Rattlesnakes are feared the…
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- PETRARCH
What does Petrarch’s Sonnet 90 say about true love, and what poetic techniques does he use?…
Petrarch’s Sonnet doesn’t speak of true love, it speaks of unrequited love that lives on in painful memories. True love is most logically equated with love is reciprocated between two people. In…
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- SCIENCE
Are there different types of hurricanes?
There is only one type of hurricane but there are different catagories based on the Saffir-Simpson scale: Wind speed is one determining factor. Storm surge helps to classify them to. Category 1 – A…
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- HAMLET
There is honesty and integrity in HamletProve that there is honesty and integrity present in the…
I’m not sure that Shakespeare really had honesty and integrity in mind when he wrote Hamlet. If it comes down to that, however, Horatio could exemplify honesty and integrity as he did what Hamlet…
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- LITERATURE
If you were in time travel where would you go and why? OR If you were to step into a book and…
If I could time travel, I would go to the time of one of the great floods that came out of glacial Lake Missoula in Montana and rushed across the part of Washington where I live. At least, I…
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- SCIENCE
What are the different types of clouds?
Clouds are classified according to height and form. A few examples are: Low clouds: below 6,500 ft. 1. cumulonimbus-associated with thunder storms. 2. cumulus- dense, billowy clouds. 3….
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- TEACHERS
Got any Literacy & Fluency resources or ideas that you’ve used or tried that could be adapted…
I’m assuming you are teaching fluency as a proxy for comprehension. In other words, you want your students to be better readers, and the way you are measuring their reading improvement is by…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
In the poem Road Not Taken 1)What does the expression mean-“And both the morning equally lay”…
“Both the morning equally lay” refers to both paths. They are (almost) equal in the eyes of the speaker. Nothing much differentiates them aside from that one is less traveled than the other, simply…
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- THE GIVER
How does the justice system in The Giver relate to our society?Things like how they tell if…
We do not know a whole lot about the justice system in this society, but from what we can see, I would say that it is much more totalitarian than our own. It seems that the leaders of the society…
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- MATH
-3x+2y= 8 What we have is one equation with two variables. So , we can not find a single solution for the equation. The solution will be unlimited values for x and y with a ratio between both…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Looking for stanza-by-stanza summary, figure of speech, rhyme comparison, similes and themes of…
Too many things to ask together in one single question! I will give you the basic thematic pattern. Frost’s poem is about the choices in life–the crossrads we all have to encounter and then decide…
- TEACHERS
Favorite Methods of Teaching VocabularySo, we all have our favorite, tried and true methods of…
One method that I use for teaching vocabulary is the use of a graphic organizer. In this organizer the student draws a picture that represents the word, writes a personal definition, uses the word…
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- THE WEARY BLUES
What is the poem “The Weary Blues” about? What is the theme, and can you relate to the poem? Why…
The Weary Blues is about a man who is in a jazz or blues bar, playing the piano and singing the blues. That is what the poem is about at its most basic level. Hughes wrote this during the Harlem…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Society and Culture Debate thoughts and views ! Thanksdo you feel that police do a good job in…
I do not think that many of us have the necessary background to talk intelligently about whether the police do a good job of identifying criminals and solving crimes. We just don’t know enough…
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- SCIENCE
Help with a physics question: Mechanical Energy in a Pendulum?Okay, so I am taking a…
You are asked to calculate the efficiency of a pendulum as a machine. That means comparing the energy at two points: at the start just before it is released and when it is at the lowest point. If…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Why is Shakespeare still a very popular playwright?Why is Shakespeare still a very popular…
I would say that Shakespeare is still a highly popular and relevant playwright because modern drama’s roots and exploration of character motivations can be first seen in his works. For example,…
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- SCIENCE
Why does urine smell sometimes?
The smell of urine has a great deal to do with the amount of urine and the different chemicals that are secreted by the kidneys. If urine is too concentrated it can have the smell of ammonia. In…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Can Oliver James’s and Clive Hamilton’s notion of ‘affluenza’ be supported, in a literary…
In my opinion, there is something to be said both for and against the idea that Brave New World supports the notion of affluenza. On the “pro” side, it is clear that the people of the World State…
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- SCIENCE
If your tonsil are swollen can it block your epiglottis?
The tonsils are located in the back of your throat (posterior pharynx), and are a part of your immunologic system. They help the body fight off invading pathogens. They are similar to the…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
The notion of consumerism is a theme in Huxley’s Brave New World. Can you comment and indicate…
Consumerism is very important to the World State in this book. There are two reasons for this, in my opinion. First, the state needs the people to consume as much as they possibly can so that…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are the major conflicts in To Kill a Mockingbird?
The two major conflicts in To Kill a Mockingbird also concern the two main plots of the novel: the trial of Tom Robinson and the repercussions that affect Atticus and his family; the story of Boo…
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- MY LAST DUCHESS
What is the poem, “My Last Duchess” about, and what is the theme?
Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is a dramatic monologue in which the single speaker talks to a representative of his fiance’s father. Ostensibly, the conversation is preparation for negotiations…
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- PHILOSOPHY
Mill revised Bentham’s version of utilitarianism. What are those changes?
It is Jeremy Bentham who is believed to be the founder of ‘Utilitarianism’. He is the author of the famous ‘greatest happiness principle’ which highlights ‘the greatest good for the greatest number…
- RICHARD CORY
What happens in the poem “Richard Cory,” what is the theme, and can you relate to this…
Edward Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory” has a title that conjures the contradiction of the man: He was rich, but not in the core of himself. Recalling the economic depression of 1893, the…
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- POETRY
what is the summary of the poem “to india my native land”?
As the title suggests, the poem is heavily influenced by national pride and love of country. Derozio is attempting to bring back the glory of a nation that is no longer. Writing in a period of…
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- SCIENCE
Sarcoidosis is a disease in which clumps of inflammatory cells develop in different areas of the body. It most commonly affects the lungs, eyes, skin, and lymph nodes. Doctors believe sarcoidosis…
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
What does Holden think of the show at Radio City?
In chapter 1 of The Catcher in the Rye, we know that Holden hates the movies, and he resents his brother D.B. for giving up on being a writer of short stories to be a screenwriter in Hollywood:…
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- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
In Gulliver’s Travels, how do the Houyhnhnms act as satire?
The Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, act as a representation of a purely logical society. When Gulliver is first learning their language, he talks with his master, and one of the first…
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- SCIENCE
Is it ever possible to bleed through your pores??
Yes and it is the case of Twinkle Dwivedi, a 13 years old girl, who spontaneously bleeds through her pores, due to a disorder for which doctors have not yet found an explanation. Her whole body is…
- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
Is Gulliver’s Travels only meant as satire, or does it function as entertainment as well?
Swift intended Gulliver’s Travels mainly as a satire of the culture in which he lived and the people who claimed wisdom and superiority. Each section of the novel covers one or more aspects of…
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- MACBETH
What is symbolic of blood in Macbeth?
Macbeth is Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Blood imagery dominates the action and the dialogue. Before Macbeth takes the stage, he is described by the Bleeding Captain as being a ruthless warrior:…
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- SCIENCE
do you lose braincells when you get older?
The short answer is yes. But you don’t have to wait until you get older, it’s actually happening right now, and has been since you were 18 or so. Brain cells do not regenerate, and we lose them…
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- HISTORY
How did Federalists and Jeffersonians differ in their political principles? In the kind of…
The Federalists were for a diversified economy with a tilt towards manufacturing. Hamilton really wanted manufacturing so the US could be more independent of other countries. This went along with…
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- THE ROAD
Help! I need passages from The Road!My final paper for English is due tomorrow but I no longer…
The Road is online at http://www.wattpad.com/73312. The father debates several times whether or not to shoot the boy and/or himself. The first and most menacing instance is when the father and son…
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- THE YEARLING
Why do all of the men in this novel have girl names? JK
Well, not all of the men in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ novel, The Yearling, have feminine names. Buck and Lem Forrester’s first names could certainly not be considered feminine; and Oliver, the…
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- SCIENCE
Is it true that the dominant man/female at the time of conception can help determine whether a…
I have not come across any such idea earlier, either as scientifically established or as a popular belief. The sex of a baby is determined by the type of male sperm that fertilizes with female egg…
- I STAND HERE IRONING
What is the “stream of consciousness” technique in literature, and how is it used in “I…
The stream of consciousness technique takes a reader inside a character’s mind, revealing perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of a character on a conscious or unconscious level. This technique…
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- I STAND HERE IRONING
Why is only Emily’s relationship with her sister Susan discussed in “I Stand Here Ironing?”Why…
I believe the Emily’s relationship with her sister Susan is the only one discussed in the story because it is the one most significant to her. The narrator, Emily and Susan’s mother, says that,…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
Society in Brave New World is efficient, productive, and safe, but freedom and individuality are…
I think that you should go and look at Chapter 16 again. In this chapter, Mond talks to Helmholtz and John about the way the society is. I think that the best way to answer your question is to…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does Atticus greet Mrs. Dubose? describe how
I assume that you are talking about what happens in Chapter 11. If that is the case, Atticus greets Mrs. Dubose simply by coming into her house (after knocking and being told to come in) and by…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
How are these used in conjunction with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in protecting…
I think that you are probably talking about the other amendments in the Bill of Rights when you say “these.” The 5th and 14th Amendments prevent Congress and the states, respectively, from…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
As Victor pursues the creature what is the one thing that gives him pleasure?
In Frankenstein, Victor is tormented by the thought that he is responsible for the murders committed by the monster. His feelings of guilt haunt him and spur his revenge against his creation. The…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How do Scout and Jem Finch use the three lessons taught by Atticus throughout the novel, To Kill…
THE INNOCENT. Scout and Jem both see the terrible crime that has been committed against Tom Robinson, and his fateful end hangs over them like a cloud. They eventually see the light when it comes…
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- SCIENCE
How do plasma proteins affect fluid balance?
Plasma is what is left over when the formed elements are removed from the blood. Some of the proteins in plasma are also found in other locations of the body. The proteins in blood are called…
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- DARKNESS AT NOON
How does Rubashov’s experience with Arlova affect his appreciation of the “grammatical…
The “grammatical fiction” is what Rubashov experiences when his individuality defies Party bounds and appears, often when he has a toothache or is daydreaming. The grammatical fiction equates with…
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- SCIENCE
Zoology Question: How do we distinguish the terms hypothesis, theory, paradigm and scientific…
A scientific fact is an observation that can be made by anyone and can be reproduced under similar conditions. If I say water extinguishes certain kinds of fires this can be done over and over…
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- THE DUCHESS AND THE JEWELLER
In The Duchess and The Jeweller, what did Oliver discover about the pearls?
At the end of the story, Oliver discovers that the pearls that the Duchess has given him are worthless. They are not real and so that means he has paid her a huge amount of money for fake jewels….
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- FENCES
What is the underlying theme d
- FENCES
eveloped throughout the play? How do the elements of the drama…
I think that you will find many examples of underlying themes in Wilson’s work. I am not certain that one can be pinpointed. Most of the themes of the play happen within Troy. The conflict…
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- FENCES
The importance of the setting/staging within this play. How would the play be different if the…
I would say the physical set construction or backdrop of the “fence” where Troy sits is extremely important. The opening scene where he is talking with his friend in his backyard helps to show the…
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- ESSAY LAB
Can someone help me to make this sound a litter more sophisticated.I need to write a letter to a…
Let me start by saying that this is an excellent first draft! I just have a few suggestions that may make your letter sound a little smoother. In your second sentence, the use of the word “herd” is…