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August 23, 2018 Educator

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

From J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, what are a few examples of how Holden Caulfield…

Holden suffers from depression and social anxiety. These two mental illnesses certainly don’t help Holden to sustain relationships. In fact, Holden either avoids deepening a relationship with new…

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SCIENCE

What is the effect of temperature on the rate of dissolving?

An increase in the temperature increases the rate of dissolving a solute in a given solution. When a solute is added to a solution, the molecules of solute and solution bump into each other and…

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CHARLES

A lot of information online suggests that Laurie (Charles) is both the protagonist and the…

The reason we see Laurie interpreted as both protagonist and antagonist is due to the role both play in terms of plot. The protagonist is largely the main character who drives the action in the…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

How can a new car salesperson use what he/she knows about cognitive dissonance (sometimes called…

In order to understand how a car sales man or woman can use the idea of cognitive dissonance theory to make a customer more content with their purchase, one must understand what cognitive…

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SCIENCE

If the pressure is held constant, does increasing the solute concentration increase or decrease…

Water potential describes the tendency of water to move from one place to another. Water moves from areas of high water potential to areas of low water potential. Water potential is dependent on…

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THE ALCHEMIST

What are 3 mistakes that Santiago makes in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist?

The first mistake Santiago makes is trusting a thief when he first gets to Tangier, Africa. The young Arab spots the young, naive newcomer to his home and takes him to a tea bar. He shows Santiago…

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CONTENTS OF THE DEAD MAN’S POCKET

In “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket,” what mental strategy does Tom use to get himself to move…

In the story, Tom uses one main strategy to keep himself moving, and that is blocking out his own thoughts. He forces himself to concentrate on mechanical movements rather than allowing himself to…

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SCIENCE

List two technologies that allow parents to select the sex of their child and two points against…

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis or PGD is a technique used to determine the presence of a possible X-linked disease, to detect an abnormal number of chromosomes in an embryo, and to determine the…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What are ten things we know about Atticus in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird?

Atticus is one of the main characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. He is the morally upright lawyer who defends Tom Robinson. This is a list of 10 things the audience learns about him…

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MATH

Jason bought two identical boxes of nails. One box weighs 168 ounces. What is the total weight of…

The key here is understanding the question prompt. We are told that Jason bought two identical boxes of nails. The keyword here is ‘identical’. Identical means the same. So if one box weighs 168…

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BUD, NOT BUDDY

In Chapter 11 of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, how does Bud’s rule affect his…

The rule you are referring to from Chapter 11 of Bud, Not Buddy is Bud’s rule about waking up in an unfamiliar place. According to Bud, if you wake up and are not sure where you are, the best…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

In To Kill A Mockingbird, what are at least three ways in which Boo Radley is powerless against…

No one knows for sure what type of mental disability Arthur (Boo) Radley suffers from, but it’s enough to keep him from being able to work a job or live alone. It also seems like Boo doesn’t talk,…

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MATH

A rancher has 2000 ft. of fencing to enclose three adjacent rectangular corrals as shown in the…

Hello! Unfortunately you have no drawings attached, but I can envision. I suppose all three corrals has one common dimension, denote its length as x.x. Then there are 4 walls with this length and 2…

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SCIENCE

What type of inheritance includes several genes that effect a single trait?

Some phenotypes are due to the additive effects of multiple genes rather than on simply a single gene pair. This type of inheritance is known as polygenic inheritance. Height and skin color are…

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MANIAC MAGEE

What is Maniac doing when the older gentleman approaches him?

On a hot August day, Maniac Magee was with his friends in the East End trying to cool off. Someone had “wrench[ed] off the cap” of the fire hydrant, and water was spraying everywhere. Maniac and…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How do Scout and Jem feel about their father at the beginning of Chapter Ten?

We learn at the beginning of Chapter Ten that Atticus is considerably older than most of the other kids’ fathers in Maycomb–he is almost fifty years old. Because of his age, and his personality as…

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A WRINKLE IN TIME

How does the opening chapter in A Wrinkle in Time leave the reader wondering about the future of…

As for Meg’s father, the opening chapter leaves us with a cliffhanger. We know the father has disappeared and that this a cause for gossip in their New England village, but we don’t know where he…

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CHAINS

What is the outcome of the bid in Chapter 3 of Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson?

The outcome of Chapter Three’s private slave auction is that both Isabel and Ruth are sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lockton. Mr. Robert is attempting to get rid of Isabel and Ruth as quickly as possible….

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LAW AND POLITICS

Discuss what you think of government involvement in the marketplace. Should we have government…

This question shows us why it is so hard to get people to agree politically. We would almost all agree that government should be involved in the marketplace to some degree. We would all say that…

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SCIENCE

You are 20 degrees S and 35 degrees E and move to a new location which is 35 degrees N and 65…

Imagine a coordinate system (an xy graph) where the positive y axis points North, the negative y axis points South, the positive x axis points East and the negative x axis points West. Your…

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SCIENCE

I am a new Computer Science student. Please tell me how you got to your conclusion so I can learn…

The advantage of a large memory cell is that you can store much larger numbers (and all data is, ultimately, numbers) in one cell, which generally improves the speed and reliability of data access….

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SCIENCE

Describe an example of a historical situation where the work of many people over time helped…

It is rare today that a lone scientist working alone in a laboratory will make a break-through discovery which will revolutionize health care. More likely, multiple scientist working in multiple…

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THE CRUCIBLE

What is an example of assimilation in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible?

Assimilation occurs in Act III of The Crucible within the group of Salem girls. John Proctor brings Mary Warren to the court to admit to the judges that she and the girls are frauds and have been…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What is the point of the Misses Tutti & Frutti Barber story?

The Miss Tutti and Frutti Barber episode is mainly used as comic relief and as a way for Harper Lee to explain why there is a Halloween pageant and not the normal trick-or-treating taking place in…

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SCIENCE

Where does photosynthesis happen? Be specific.

Specifically, organelles known as chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis for green plants and algae. Any part of the plant that appears green contains chloroplasts. They are mainly located in…

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HISTORY

How does Martin Luther King, Jr. use evidence in his “I Had a Dream” speech?

Martin Luther King, Jr. cites different types of evidence in his “I Have a Dream” speech. After citing that the speech was given on the one hundred year anniversary of the signing, Martin Luther…

THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY

In Stephen Crane’s short story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” what are three symbols?

Stephen Crane uses symbolism in his story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” to represent the westward expansion or eastern encroachment into small town Texas. As the newlywed town marshal of…

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

What is the main theme in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?” What is…

Love is the overarching theme of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” This love embraces all of creation, not just human beings, and drives the entire narrative. Punishment follows when a mariner…

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THE GREAT GATSBY

In The Great Gatsby, explain why Nick thought his house was on fire.

The reference to Nick’s house being on fire is found at the beginning of chapter five: When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire. Two o’clock…

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LITERATURE

Why do we need to study first the historical background of a certain place before digging deeper…

Generally speaking, literature is directly influenced by what is going on in society at the time. Oftentimes, literature teachers ask students to know this because it is a form of literary analysis…

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

How was Scrooge visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past?

Dickens doesn’t show us exactly how the spirit gets into Scrooge’s room. Instead we know that Scrooge is asleep, then awakened by the clock chiming, and then the spirit pulls back the curtains on…

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MATH

Kristen must travel a toll road for a total of 120 miles. After 70 miles she realizes that she…

Kristen must keep her average speed at or below 65 mph. In the first hour of her journey, she travelled 70 miles. This is too fast. If she continues at the same speed she will have to pay the $100…

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THE GREAT GATSBY

In The Great Gatsby, what are some quotes referring to acts of violence throughout the novel?

Tom Buchanan is a dominating and sometimes overtly violent man, and there is evidence of this throughout the book. He manhandles Nick from a room, and we learn of his abuse of Daisy in the very…

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OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET

Please summarize Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis.

Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis is the the first book in a trilogy sometimes called the Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy, consisting of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous…

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MATH

A triangle has angle measures that are related as follows: -The largest angle is 12 times the…

The total number of degrees in any triangle is 180. There are several ways to set up an equation to answer this question, but the easiest way is to let the measure of the smallest angle of the…

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BUD, NOT BUDDY

What are some motifs used in Bud, Not Buddy?

One motif in the novel is Bud’s rule book. Bud keeps reminding the reader about his “Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.” By the end of the book,…

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NIGHT

Why are the spirits among the Jews of Sighet relatively high at the beginning of Night?

Elie Wiesel’s Night paints a harrowing picture of the Holocaust’s effect on a young man. Yet at the beginning of the novel, all is well in Elie’s life despite the war taking place all around him….

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MISS BRILL

What is the characterization (personality, appearance, mannerisms, interactions, and speech) of…

We can also see the way Miss Brill thinks of the world around her as evidence of the way she conceives of herself. She doesn’t see herself as isolated and alone, especially because she can “[sit]…

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THE CRUCIBLE

What happened to John Hale once he left Salem?

I am assuming you are referring to when John Hale quit the court at the end of Act III. If you are not, please rephrase your question to make it more specific. When John Hale becomes fed up with…

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SCIENCE

What element makes up the most in the human body by mass?

The human body is composed, primarily, of very few elements. In fact, only 4 elements make up the 96% of our body. These elements are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. Rest about 4% is made up…

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LITERATURE

What theme is highlighted in this excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell?…

Quote: “Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right, and doggedly he swam in that direction, swimming with slow, deliberate strokes, conserving his strength. For a seemingly…

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LITERATURE

What is the theme and structure of the poem “My Parents” by Stephen Spender?

The theme and structure of the poem “My Parents” by Stephen Spender is as follows: Theme The theme of this poem is a father and mother’s love and protective instinct for their children. In this…

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THE LOTTERY

What is the procedure for the lottery step-by-step in the short story “The Lottery”?

Mr. Summers runs the lottery, assisted by Mr. Graves. The night before the drawing the two men prepare slips for every household in the community–but not for every individual member of every…

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES

What makes the voice of Dr. Manette pitiful and dreadful? To what name does Dr. Manette answer?…

Long unused to speech after his years imprisoned in the Bastille, Doctor Manette’s voice is rough and pathetic, almost apologetic for daring to speak. While he responds to Defarge’s…

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

What power enables the Mariner to stop the wedding guest in his tracks?

The mariner has a supernatural power which enables him to recognize a man who will benefit from his tale and who therefore can be stopped and held in a sort of spell while he listens. The mariner…

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AURORA LEIGH

How can I use the criteria for “good poetry” set forth by E. B. Browning in Aurora Leigh to…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning sets forth the elements of good writing in her poem, Aurora Leigh. Here is what she advises: 1) Good writing should comfort and encourage; Aurora tells us how she writes…

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES

What is the tone and mood in the first chapter of tale of two cities?

The tone and mood of A Tale of Two Cities is established in the often quoted opening first paragraph.”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age…

LAW AND POLITICS

Does the Executive dominate the House of Lords in British politics?

No, the executive does not dominate the House of Lords in British politics. In the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom, a system in which the prime minister is the leader of the majority…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they seem.” What reasons does she give…

In Chapter 22, Miss Maudie sits down with the children and consoles them after Atticus loses the court case. While they are eating cake, Miss Maudie tells Jem not to fret because things are never…