Classification essays

“Saving Sourdi” by Mailee Chai, is a story of a women name Sourdi , where her life is been arranged for marriage to a husband who will provide a lifestyle suitable to raising a family. However, she was provided with a good environment to raise their children in, and a strong man who will support their needs financially. As a young child Sourdi was really close to her younger sister Nea; They talked about things every night before going to…...

Mankind is actually a fragile animal, so they believe the family, friendship, love yourself more. In fact, these feelings only to ensure our human reproduction from generation to generation, and prosperous. I believe in Family. My family is a traditional Chinese family which is an extended family with my grandparents, my parents and I living together. My grandparents are kind to me. When I was a little child, they gave me a lot Of care and love.Essay Example on I…...

Living organisms tend towards balance with their environment. Cells achieve this through diffusion. This is the random movement of solutes from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration. Osmosis is a special case of diffusion. Osmosis is the movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane. During osmosis, water molecules diffuse through the membrane from a region of higher water potential to lower water potential until equilibrium is reached. (1) In this lab, the idea was to see how…...

I am the astute descendant of Martha and John and the imposing model of two gallows, puckish boys. My superlative childhood was engulfed with the colors of my parent’s motherland, the aroma of family cooked meals, on a lukewarm summer nights, and with my household walls Jam-packed with melodious tempos. My oddly hazy adulthood entailed of incalculable hours painfully tackling books, constantly interpolating on the completion of the cruelty. Now, allow me drape your ears with my dear dexterity, And…...

Throughout my life by me being a neat fanatic I have compared the lives and actions of neat people vs. sloppy people. My purpose is to entertain while comparing the role and actions of the two lifestyles to give an understanding of how neat and sloppy people view their world. In my analyzing and conclusions of analogues I've written I have informed not only mysef but friends, classmates and those who read my analogues of how neat people and sloppy…...

In my essay, I shall write about certain features of the performance "Romeo and Juliet" by the distinguished dramatist William Shakespeare. "Romeo and Juliet" falls into one of three main categories of Shakespeare's plays, as it is a tragedy. A tragedy is a play with an unhappy ending usually due to a fatal flaw in the main character(s). This in turn leads to a final catastrophe, which brings the tragedy to an end. In particular, I shall focus on Act…...

Pope Gregory traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church triadic harmonies which doesn't characterize gregorian chant there is no harmony why does gregorian chant sound so different from other types of western music syllabic a setting of gregorian chant with one note per syllable neumatic a setting of gregorian chant with two to four notes per syllable neumes early notation that suggested melodic contours using small ascending or descending signs the mass service in the roman…...

Music can be defined as An art based on the organization of sounds in time In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the____its pitch higher Tone color is synonymous with _____ timbre Plucking the string with the finger instead of using a bow is called_____ pizzicato Brass instruments did not acquire valves until the middle of the____century 19th ______is a standard adopted by manufacturers for interfacing synthesizer equipment MIDI Melody may be defined as a series of single notes that…...

"Prehistory" may be defined as the period prior to written records The landmark known as stonehenge is located in england which iron age sea-faring people created a non-pictographic alphabet? Phoenicians The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the history of Persia Hammurabi's Code is significant chiefly because it is unusually comprehensive and extensive In Hindiuism, the Absolute Spirit is known as Brahman The earliest discovered inscribed clay tablets come from Sumer Research in the origins of writing suggest that written…...

What was the most important factor that created changes in the Minoan civilization? NOT: They developed large cities and created great palaces. The time line shows early Greek civilizations. The development of early Greek culture occurred over a period of approximately how many years? 2200 What is Peloponnese? a peninsula Whose accounts influenced Western education and culture for thousands of years? Homer The map shows Greece. Judging by this map, would it be difficult for another country to attack Greece?…...

Features of Anglo-Saxon culture: - Warrior tribes - Lords and thanes - Gift-giving - Hospitality and feasts - Pagan and Christian traditions Which are features of Anglo-Saxon culture? Check all that apply. A society organized into warrior tribes An emphasis on gift-giving and hospitality A mixture of pagan and Christian traditions Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon poem that was written down in about 1000 CE True The story is: - Set in sixth-century Scandinavia - Describes the heroic deeds of a…...

In music, the early twentieth century was a time of stagnation. disinterest. the continuation of old forms. revolt and change. revolt and change. T/F Twentieth-century music follows the same general principles of musical structure as earlier periods. false The most famous riot in music history occurred in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces. Richard Wagner's Siegfried. Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. All of the…...

Fact 1 Imagery is language that connects to the senses. Fact 2 Writers use imagery to "unlock" a reader's memory of a specific expirence. Fact 3 Imagery can appeal to any of your senses. Fact 4 Most imagery is partially visual. Fact 5 Diction refers to a writer's word choice. Fact 6 A writer's diction creates a tone , or mood, of a piece of writing. Fact 7 Diction is important to imagery. Fact 8 Diction can be formal or…...

Who is the speaker in "After the Hurricane"? a teenage girl named Fredricka "After the Hurricane" tells about what aspect of Hurricane Katrina? trying to get food and water what is the tone or feeling of "After the Hurricane"? angry and dissapointed What is the structure or form of "After the Hurricane"? unconventional or free verse What is the form or structure of "Watcher"? traditional A stanza is like what in a poem? a paragraph What does the tone of…...

christian church a powerful institution that influenced people's lives feudalism a type of government in which nobles controlled land warfare the violent result of nobles trying to gain land What are the features of a medieval romance? Check all that apply. -a hero's adventure -poetry or prose -fantastical elements -a focus on chivalry code of chivalry -morality -faithfulness -loyalty not the code of chivalry -cowardice -arrogance -studiousness Sir Gawain one of king arthur's knights Camelot King Arthur's castle the Green…...

Read the lines from "Auspex." Woe's me, I shall be lonely When I can feel no longer The impatience of their wings! Which best describes the effect of the expression "Woe's me"? It heightens the sense of loss in the poem. What does each stanza in "Auspex" show? the different stages of a natural process Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life." Let the dead past bury its dead! What is the effect of the repetition of the word…...

Read the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic." At a neighborhood fair in Texas, somewhere between the German Oom-pah Sausage Stand and the Mexican Gorditas booth, I overheard a young man say to his friend, "I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel—so lonely for one." And the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. In this excerpt, the author reveals the narrator's view on heritage by presenting dialogue that includes a contrasting perspective. Read…...

Part 1: Epic Poetry: Gilgamesh ----- Which character from Gilgamesh: A New English Version is an example of a supernatural force who intervenes? Lord Shamash Which best defines the word repetition in epic poetry? the recurrence of words and phrases for a specific effect In Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Gilgamesh repeatedly has dreams and says, "Enkidu, dear friend, I have had a dream." It creates a rhythmic pattern that the audience can follow, and it signals that the audience…...

True A musical note is the symbolic representation of a sound with pitch and duration true tone color is a property of pitch false the overall shape of a melody is called its range true melodies that move principally by small, connected intervals are conjunct true melodies that skip in disjointed intervals are disjunct true a phrase is a component unit of a melody false the phrases in the tine Amazing Grace are of unequal length false the melody of…...

the iambic pentameter in "To His Excellency General Washington" an even ? rhythm the rhythm of "To His Excellency General Washington" complements the poem as? formal tribute What type of meter did the Revolutionary-era poets use? iambic Iambic meter in poetry imitates what style? classical powerful turbulence Enwrapp'd in tempest and a night of storms; Astonish'd ocean feels the wild uproar lavish affluence From splendid domes of first degree Where ladies meet, to sip their tea tranquil diligence And busily…...

Read the passage from Beowulf. The hero arose, surrounded closely by his powerful thanes. A party remained under orders to keep watch on the arms; the rest proceeded, led by their prince under Heorot's roof. And standing on the hearth in webbed links that the smith had woven, the fine-forged mesh of his gleaming mail-shirt, resolute in his helmet, Beowulf spoke: Which word from the passage is a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture? thanes Read the passage from Beowulf. Wealhtheow came…...

Setareh Salehi Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos‘, Cop in The Hood, is the story of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy, becoming a cop and working for over a year. The book follows Moskos chronological journey, from the academy to the street and the last part of the book is dedicated to a pretty thorough analysis of the War on Drugs. The first interesting observation from Moskos’s work is his analysis of the police…...

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a play written by William Shakespeare and is possibly his most renowned piece of work. The play is set during the Elizabethan period when daughters had to marry according to their parents’ wishes; males were potentate. A girl was ready to be married as soon as she hit the first stages of puberty. Being considered brash and immature in this fickle stage of their life, it was the fathers’ responsibility to choose a suitable individual who…...

Smart textiles is the modification of fibers, fabrics and special articals which is produceing day by day in different way and different techniques. Many intelligent textiles already feature in advanced types of clothing, principally for protection and safety and for added fashion or convenience. Smart materials or textiles can be defined as the materials and structures which have sense or can sense the environmental conditions or stimuli, whereas intelligent textiles can be defined as textile structures which not only can…...