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    Teen Talk

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    Teen Talk Text 1. (two excerpts) Dear Dr. Erika‚ There’s a girl in my class who thinks whenever she opens her big mouth everybody better shut up and listen. And at lunch she sits at the best table in the cafeteria‚ and woe! if you park there. She pitches a fit. She actually gets her way in everything. Even the teachers are scared of her and treat her different from the rest of us. Reina‚ 14 Dear Dr. Erika‚ I dread my second period class. There’s this girl who‚

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    Figure in art

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    FIGURE IN ART CONTEMPORARY VS RENNEISANCE CULTURAL From historical Renaissance aspect‚ the nude figure in art has always been represented as innocent and pure‚ as well sensual and sexual. Therefore contrasting to the contemporary point of view‚ whereas the nude is often a mirror reflecting the darkest parts in society through dehumanization‚ distortion and repulsion. Religion in society was quite superstitious back in the 1400’s and the artists beliefs in God where very strong and faithful‚

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    EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS Abstract Different techniques and principles for protein extraction and characterization were demonstrated in this experiment. Various proteins were extracted from different sources: 1.67 g yeast invertase‚ 1.03 g egg white albumin‚ and 5.15 g of milk casein. Activity assay for invertase was performed using Benedict’s test and the enzymes inverting action on sucrose was confirmed. Warburg-Christian Method and Bradford Assay were also employed to determine

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    Type Talk

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    Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live‚ Love‚ and Work by Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen Dell Publishing‚ October‚ 1989 Type Talk is a primer on personality preference typing centered on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ("MBTI"). The MBTI is a widely-used "test" that helps a person begin to understand why people perceive situations differently‚ communicate different from others‚ and opt for different activities. The book ’s authors‚ Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen

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    The Irony in ’The Lottery ’ Shirley Jackson wrote the story ’The Lottery. ’ A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views‚ situations‚ and the title are all ironic to the story ’The Lottery. ’ The point of view in ’The Lottery ’ is ironic to the outcome. Jackson used third person dramatic point of view when writing ’The Lottery. ’ The

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    David Hilliard- "The Ideology of the Black Panther Party" David Hilliard wrote this speech in response to the trial of Bobby Seale‚ the president of the Black Panther Party. Hilliard was the Chief Editor of the Black Panther newspaper. His use of language throughout the speech is very powerful and thought provoking‚ even the two counts of explicative words are used well to enhance his points. Hilliard is constantly pointing out the evils of the American system‚ and shown through examples within

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    Americans stand with picket signs marching in the streets‚ promoting the Black Lives Matter campaign‚ I see the festering wound that has been present in this country for too long. Its shell has become hard and resilient with increased inattention and neglect‚ causing much hurt and much need for change. America is painfully peeling away these layers awaiting to see the beauty that hides beneath the distorted surface. The black community has been a fragile yet necessary subject over the past months

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    Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description‚ through her actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ through a narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature‚ and through the actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the

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    The Titanic - Irony

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    Sarah Vander Loop January 8‚ 2012 English 2B The Titanic The R.M.S. Titanic by Hanson W. Baldwin is a story using irony to immensely interest the reader. The author uses both dramatic and situational irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something important that the characters do not know. Situational irony is when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen or should have happened. “The Titanic was unsinkable…” was a thought that ran through many people’s heads as

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    The Development and Characterization of Chloe Bethke Victor Frankenstein’s Creation Reader Response Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel‚ Victor Frankenstein’s Creation is portrayed through his relationship with Victor‚ view of the world‚ and actions to discover himself. Mary Shelley’s theme of the creature is his reflection of society’s corruption. Despite

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