Economics Internal Assessment Writing a Commentary on News article Task 1 Headline: Pharmaceutical giant Paladol misjudge its market by raising the price on its best-selling headache relief tablet. Price elasticity of demand (PED) is a measure of the responsiveness or sensitivity of consumers to a change in the price of a particular good. In this article‚ Paladol raised the price of its product‚ which was a mistake; there are a lot of other medicines for a headache and most of them would
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COMMENTARY Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a complex literary piece that through diction‚ symbolism‚ and imagery explores the typical human inclination to push boundaries and the corollary that comes with these actions. The use of diction in the excerpt builds intricate characters that question and challenge the reader’s ideas. As a main component of the story’s theme in an overall sense‚ as well as in the passage‚ the allegory and representation of the characters form a new interpretation of the
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IB English Crucible Commentary by Kim Le Select 2/3 sequential pages of significant thematic and literary value Pages Chosen: 124‚125‚ 126 The crucible is a play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials‚ in the late 1600’s. In the final 3 pages of the novel (124-126)‚ Proctor (the protagonists) of the novel faces the prospect of a hanging unless he confesses to his alleged crimes of witchery. The passage is of high literary value‚ cleverly
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Michael McIntyre “Ian I’m on train” commentary Michael McIntyre is seen as camp‚ slightly oriental‚ straight guy with a family. His friendly bubbly persona appeals to the general public as many of his anecdotes are based on real life situations that he along with the general public have encountered. McIntyre’s persona and comic effect are enhanced by the visual acts he performs on stage‚ the use of his hands; facial expressions and tone of voice (prosodies) bring his anecdotes to life and allows
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‘Frankenstein’ - Commentary The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a narrative of Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist‚ who has created life from dead matter. He has made a promise to his creature that he would create another monster – a female – for his companionship. He has been working hard on this task alone in his laboratory. Victor contemplates the ramifications of his work on society. He fears that the new monster may become wicked and treacherous‚ maybe even worse
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In the myth of Orpheus‚ adapted from a book of myths by Jean Lang. A boy named Orpheus discovers a hidden talent‚ and suffers terrible heartache. Orpheus found his true love and married her‚ but he didn’t know it was going to lead him to sorrow. Orpheus’s talent gets in the way of a normal life. At the beginning of the story‚ Orpheus has a normal life but with a natural talent for music. His parents were Apollo the god of music and Calliope the muse that oversees singing. When Orpheus played the
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Cristiano Alguzzie Ms. Johnson – 1st AP Lang 2-12-2015 Horace argument essay Adversity is a condition marked by misfortune. Adversity is everywhere and occurs in everyday life. Adversity can be defined in many complications‚ obstacles‚ barriers‚ challenges‚ disasters‚ and troubles that we have faced in our lives. And they definitely make people stronger. Take for example Brooke Ellison or the life of a superhero. Brooke Ellison was just an average girl then at the age of eleven she was hit by a
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Studying Spoken Language Unit 4 Lesson 1: Introduction to studying spoken language OBJ: to gain an overview of the unit and begin to understand how to study spoken language Starter: Using PPT‚ explain the outline of the unit. Students to write the three areas down in their books. Development: ‘Let’s start with you’ activity on PPT. Students write down the definition of ‘idiolect’. Write down two ideas for each ‘bubble’; each factor that can change their idiolect. Share with
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In The Red Convertible Louise Erdrich uses the foreshadowing and the symbolism of boots and water to show the death of Stephan and the car as a symbol of the loss of a lifelong brotherhood in the last 40 lines. Louise Erdrich uses the symbol of boots to show the weight of the PTSD from war in Stephan’s life to the point where he was alive‚ he was truly not living a healthy life because he was weighted down by the war and his experiences this is shown when he first arrived home and would not leave
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Queenie 1097300104 E5B Data Analysis First Part Personal information: including the participants’ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ marital status and monthly income. Gender As Figure 1 showed‚ there were 45% of female participants and 55% of male. The numbers of the participants of each gender were very close. Age The respondents were all my friends on Facebook; as the result‚ the majority (73%) of their age was in the range of 16-20‚ as seen in Figure 2. Figure 1: Gender
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