entertainment. No one wants to go to a dull‚ boring museum and look at dull‚ boring paintings. One museum that capitalized on human intrigue was that of Charles Wilson Peale. Peale established the first natural history museum in the United States. (AP Intro‚ Source B) His portrait shows him holding a large curtain slightly open‚ enticing the viewer and piquing his interest towards the tall wall of paintings in the background. (B) This kind of mystery and intrigue encourages natural human curiosity
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Five Experiences‚ One Vacation Most people think of Disney World as a place for children. So‚ when my boys began asking to go there for our family vacation‚ I wasn’t very excited. I had never been there and imagined me and my husband just following the boys around the park. Boy‚ was I wrong! Each of us had a wonderful time and it seems that we all remember things different‚ even though we were all together on the same vacation. Our five different memories have apparently come from our five different
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essential to succeed in basketball such as: shooting‚ passing‚ ball-handling and dribbling (Olberding 2011) (ihoops.com 2012). All of these fundamental skills are used to play basketball‚ at the highest level of achievement for my assessment. This essay will address the body systems and fitness components essential to basketball and will analyse my personal success in gameplay. Aerobic capacity is imperative to a successful basketball game play merely because it is the foundation block in which
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AP World History Ch. 11 Notes * Han empire falls and its territories divided 220 C.E * Warfare among territories causes development of small pox * Ge Hong‚ a Daoist interested in discovering elixir of life * Daoists made significant discoveries in metallurgy‚ pharmacology‚ and math * Tang empire ended in 907 C.E Sui and Tang Empires * Fall of Han allowed many different politic styles. * Sui reunified China and reestablished Confucianism as central philosophy *
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heavy down beat evokes a sense of relief that that the murder will bring after society drove the murderer insane. Both Orwell and Foster the People address varying situations in which murder must occur through their written and melodic choices. Part 2 Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” offer a satirical view of British Imperialism. Orwell openly mocks the British control of Burma through “I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors‚ the British”
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AP English Language & Composition A satire is a work that is intended to ridicule or mock ideas‚ persons‚ events or doctrines‚ or to make fun of human faults or weaknesses. The Onion News Network is a network that features satirical reporting on international‚ national‚ and local news. The Onion created an article called MagnaSoles‚ and this is a satire. It speaks about this so-called “MagnaSole product” and really tries to advertise and sell it. Many rhetorical strategies and appeals show up
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alan katz AP Euro Age of European Explorations The renaissance’s curiosity helped pave the way for the European age of exploration‚ which took place from 1450 to 1525. There were many factors‚ including technological‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors‚ including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions‚ the commercial and price revolutions‚ the new monarchs‚ and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God‚ glory
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An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is
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Grant Clay Period 3 10/25/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 10: Motivation & Emotion Red – Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions 1. Motivational Theories & Concepts a. Motivation – Involves Goal-Directed Behavior b. Drive Theories i. Homeostasis – A State of Physiological Equilibrium or Stability. ii. Drive – An Internal State of Tension that Motivates an Organism to Engage in Activities that should
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The skills I had developed up until this point further evolved in the AP (Advanced Placement) English class I attended during my senior year. AP English was the most challenging literature class I took during my time in high school; it was also the most enjoyable and rewarding. We read literary works such as “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver; “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Waldo Emerson; “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley; “The Things They Carried” by ???; and “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen
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