What is a vignette in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros?
- MATH
A Web music store offers two versions of a popular song. The size of the standard version is…
Let’s denote the number of downloads of the standard version by x and the number of downloads of the high-quality version by y. Since yesterday the high-quality version was downloaded four times as…
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- THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
What does the tiger symbolize in line 315 of “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
The tiger is an analogy for the pendulum; it gives the impending doom of the movements of the pendulum a slightly more understandable comparison. Of course, not many people have been hunted by a…
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- SCIENCE
How is topography important in stream formation?
Topography refers to the physical features of an area. This includes any areas with a steep gradient versus a flat, level land mass. Water flows from high to low altitudes due to force of gravity….
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- MISS BRILL
What figurative language is used in “Miss Brill”?
Katherine Mansfield seems to use a great deal of figurative language early in the story to clue readers in to Miss Brill’s highly developed imagination and the fantastical world she has created of…
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- THE LOTTERY
At what point do readers probably realize the purpose of the lottery? What is the reaction of the…
Based on the title of the short story and the mention of stones in the beginning of the story, an uneasy feeling worms into the reader’s mind. For example, right from the beginning, Bobby Martin…
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- MACBETH
How is love a destructive force throughout Macbeth?
Ambition is the most destructive force in the play. Macbeth shows love and respect towards his king and towards his friend Banquo. But this love is not enough to override his own ambition. Macduff,…
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- A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
How does the narrator describe his friend’s character in the story “A Christmas Memory?”
His “friend,” as he refers to her, is really his distant cousin and we know a lot about her thanks to his bountiful descriptions. On page one we learn that she is in her sixties, has hunched…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
With dramatic irony, the writer lets the reader in on the secret, sharing information one or more…
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is narrated in the first person by Montresor. He claims that not only did Fortunato injure him at some time before the murder but that Fortunato had in…
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- SCIENCE
What are 3 biotic and 3 abiotic factors in an example ecosystem?
Abiotic factors are items that are not living (a = not, bio = life) chemical and physical attributes of an environment that affect living organisms and the function of the ecosystem. The following…
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- BUSINESS
How can I conduct a complete financial statement analysis of Chesapeake Bay Sea Food Wholesalers?… 1 image
Due to the limited information available for the company, a horizontal statement analysis will work best. This type of analysis will compare the same markers across all three years of the…
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- OLIVER TWIST
What happens in Chapter 7 of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens? Please give a short summary.
Chapter seven presents some very important events in the novel, Oliver Twist. When it begins, we find Noah frantically searching for Mr Bumble to tell him of their confrontation. Noah embellishes…
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- SCIENCE
Why is the black rock of iron ores known as magnetite?
The mineral Magnetite gets its name because it’s magnetic. Lodestone, a type of rock containing magnetite, was once use for primitive compasses. Magnetite is present in most igneous and metamorphic…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
How did Montresor know that the house would be empty in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan…
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is told from the first person point of view of the villain, Montresor. It appears to be written in the form of a confession, with the “you” being…
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- HISTORY
What are three reasons the Framers of the Constitution provided for separation of powers?
There are several reasons why the writers of the Constitution wanted to have a separation of powers for our new government. One reason had to do with our experience as British colonies. The…
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- GLENCOE WORLD HISTORY
What rights did ancient Egyptian women have?
According to Egyptology professor Janet Johnson, ancient Egyptian women had virtually the same rights as Egyptian men. Unlike in ancient Greece, Egyptian women were legal citizens and could…
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- LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Language development is affected by the way people develop in other areas. How can language…
Language is affected by internal and external input. The internal input refers to all the cognitive and physical processes that take place during human communication. They include: Encoding-…
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- HISTORY
Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?
Settlers moved to the Great Plains for several reasons. One reason was the government was offering 160 acres of land for free if the settler agreed to live on the land for five years. This was part…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
How is “Young Goodman Brown” a commentary on the human condition?
This story comments on the human condition when the narrator describes the people in attendance at the Witches’ Sabbath in the woods. Goodman Brown looks around him and sees not just the known…
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- BUFFALO BILL ‘S
If “Buffalo Bill’s” were put into conventional punctuation and made to look like prose, what…
Buffalo Bill’s defunct, who used to ride a watersmooth silver stallion and break one, two, three, four, five pigeons, just like that. Jesus! He was a handsome man! And what I want to know is,…
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- SALVAGE THE BONES
When Esch finally confronts Manny and tells him she is pregnant in Salvage the Bones, what is she…
In Chapter 7, Esch finally tells Manny that she is pregnant. Randall has a big basketball game, so Skeetah and Esch to to school to watch. While there, Esch sees Manny arrive with another girl,…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
What word BEST describes Clarisse? Relaxed Observant Cautious Satisfied
Clarrise is very observant. She is curious about everything and she asks many questions. Montag thinks she is strange for these reasons because he, like the majority of his society, has been…
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- BROTHER, I’M DYING
What are some themes that can be found in the novel, Brother, I’m Dying?
There are many themes in this book. First of all, Family is an important theme. Edwidge is brought up during her younger years by her uncle because her parents left for the United States to create…
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- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
How do you feel about the compensation the Lacks family has been given? What do you think should…
There are really two different points of view about whether patients should be compensated for the use of their cells in research. On the one hand, Skloot evokes a great deal of sympathy for the…
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- NIGHT
On what page in the book Night can the following quote be found, “Men to the left! Women to the…
In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, “Men to the left! Women to the right,” is found on the first page of Chapter 3, page 29. As they disembark the train that has brought them to the gates of hell,…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, why does Elizabeth feel it is right to lie about John’s…
In the play The Crucible, John Proctor claims that his wife cannot lie, and so when she is brought into the courtroom to confirm what is both a damning confession and accusation, the stakes are…
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- HISTORY
Identify the three parts of the Declaration of Independence. Describe each part.
The Declaration of Independence has several parts. The first part stated that when a group of people wants to be free from another group of people, the people should explain why they want to be…
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- THE HOBBIT
How does Bilbo rescue the Dwarves? What skills does he use to defeat the spiders?
Ultimately, Bilbo’s entire plan to rescue the Dwarves is dependent upon the One Ring, which makes him invisible when he is wearing it. But when he rescues his companions from the spiders, he does…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
How is “Good fences make good neighbours” relevant today?
“Good fences make good neighbors” is still very relevant today in the areas of law and politics. This statement remains true because people are still very much liable to have conflicts when…
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- HISTORY
Why was America hesitant at first to get involved in foreign affairs in the 1930s?
The United States was hesitant to get involved in world affairs in the 1930s. There are several reasons for this. One factor was we were dealing with our worst depression ever. At the height of the…
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- HEALTH
Identify barriers to effective communication.
Many a times, we feel that effective communication is not taking place and the receiver is not able to completely understand what the sender (or messenger) is saying. In essence, the message is…
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- BUSINESS
Aspire incorporated is into education consultancy. In 2011, ABC charges consultancy fee of $1000…
Arc elasticity of demand is given as: n = {(Q1-Q0)/[(1/2)(Q1+Q0)]}/{(P1-P0)/[(1/2)(P1+P0)]} where, n is arc elasticity of demand = -2.5 (given) Q1 is new quantity = 20 Q0 is the older quantity =…
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- HAMLET
Which word in this excerpt from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet means “resistant”? Anon he…
In this passage, the word “repugnant” means resistant. Here, Hamlet is meeting with the band of players or actors who have arrived at the castle. He describes to them in vivid detail a scene from…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some descriptions of theme, setting, rising action, extended metaphor, characterization,…
Author Harper Lee opens Chapter 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird by depicting Scout sitting on Miss Maudie’s front porch conversing with her rather than spending time with Jem, as Scout would normally…
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- THE RAVEN
Here Lisa says the poet is “establishing mood”. What mood is Poe creating in “The Raven”?
Poe creates a somber melancholy mood that morphs into a deep sense of foreboding and finally transforms into terror as the poem continues. In the opening of the poem, Poe sets the stage which adds…
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- SCIENCE
What is the relationship between mass and the mole unit?
The mole is a specific quantity, 6.02×10^23. A mole of anything will contain this number of particles, just as a dozen of anything will contain 12. The mass of a mole of particles depends on the…
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- SCIENCE
Heat moves from areas of higher temperature and low energy to areas of what?
It seems your statement is backwards. To quote physics4kids.com: Air mass of high pressure forces large numbers of molecules into areas of low pressure. Areas of high temperature give off energy…
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- SCIENCE
What are four examples of the role energy plays in our daily lives?
Energy is defined as the ability to do work. There are different forms of energy. Some examples of energy are light, sound, mechanical, potential, kinetic, electromagnetic (such as UV, gamma,…
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- SCIENCE
Why are all colors not visible at all times or visible some times?
Colors are what we we call the different perceptions our eyes have of light reflection or absorption. An object’s color is determined by physical properties such as rate of light absorption,…
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- HAMLET
What are some details of diction in Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 2?
Hamlet employs a lower level of diction, probably because he is speaking to himself; we usually think of a soliloquy as a way for a character to give voice to his inmost thoughts, and these would…
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- SCIENCE
A child rides a toboggan down a hill that descends at an angle of 27.2 to the horizontal. The…
The sign (positive or negative) of the horizontal component of a child’s displacement would depend on the choice of the direction of the horizontal (x) axis. I am going to direct the x-axis in the…
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- RULES OF THE GAME
How is Waverly learning lessons about real life conflict?
Waverly learns about real life conflict in a very personal way. Throughout the short story, there is tension brewing between her and her mother. By the end of the story, the conflict between them…
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- SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
What is the significance of the lightning rod in Something Wicked This Way Comes?
Understanding how a lightning rod works requires a significant amount of scientific education. Bradbury was a highly educated man, but he was also very aware of how small-town folks lived and how…
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- SCIENCE
When does thermal equilibrium occur?
Thermal equilibrium, between two or more bodies, takes place when there is no heat transfer between them and all of the participating bodies are at the same temperature. If we keep two bodies in…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
Why is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet still one of the most popular works of literature today?
People are attracted to love stories, and people are attracted to tragedies. Romeo and Juliet provides both. It contains some beautiful language. It also has humor, and sword fighting, which…
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- HISTORY
Who was John Smith and what role did he play in the Jamestown colony?
Captain John Smith was an interesting character in history. He was a sailor, soldier, slave, explorer and leader. His leadership proved vital to the Jamestown Colony in providing the necessary…
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- THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
What are significant symbols in Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? Why are these…
I would say that one key symbol within the story is the Headless Horseman himself. He’s going to exist as a character and a symbol at the same time. I think he is symbolic of Ichabod Crane’s…
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- THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
How do the themes of the supernatural, greed and selfishness, and style and imagination in The…
Storytelling is important in the 1800s in the sense that it attempts to explain strange phenomena as well as to dispel more fanciful tales. The inhabitants of Sleepy Hollow, for example, are said…
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- THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
Is storytelling always beneficial and/or entertaining within a society or a community? What…
Storytelling is not always beneficial within a society or community if the stories in question serve primarily — or even secondarily — to perpetuate myths that dehumanize other communities or…
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- SCIENCE
Fats and oils both contain a similar backbone and are all hydrocarbons, but what are the major…
Fats and oils are both derivatives of fatty acids and hence contain the same backbone. However, they differ in terms of saturation of carbon-hydrogen bonds. Fats are saturated fatty acids, while…
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- THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
What is a vignette in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros?
A vignette is a short story. Vignettes often are combined related groups of stories in book format. It differs from an anthology of short stories because of the connecting thread, and sometimes…
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