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    Unit 22

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    Unit 22 1.1 Bacteria are a single cell micro-organism that can only be seen from under a microscope. It lives off the nutrients from its surroundings. Viruses are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria‚ They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. The basic unit of Fungi is a hypha which is a hollow tube. The hypha threads spread out over and into the food material making a visible mesh or mycelium. Some fungi form together to create toadstools

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    To Catch a Thief

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    To Catch a Thief The sun was out as if it shone like a million stars sparkling right at you. Except it was a sad day at the Hinton’s family mansion. For the Hinton’s family it was a very early morning. The mansion was huge; tall and giant like a massive storey building. A door almost made of steel. The ground was so smooth like a pebble being washed away on a beach. Tall‚ glazed windows were newly installed. There were crunchy leaves; gold‚ browns‚ greens‚ the sight of autumn commenced. You could

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    Langston Hughes Humor

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    Langston Hughes is represented in Black Voices by the Tales of Simple. Hughes first presents his character Jessie B. Simple in the Forward: Who is Simple? In this tale the reader is given its first look at the character Jessie B. Simple who is a black man that represents almost the "anybody or everybody" of black society. Simple is a man who needs to drink‚ to numb the pain of living life. "Usually over a glass of beer‚ he tells me his tales... with a pain in his soul... sometimes as the old blues

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    modern medical research in the nineteenth century. The four humors of Hippocratic medicine are black bile (Gk. melan chole)‚ yellow bile (Gk. chole)‚ phlegm (Gk. phlegma)‚ and blood (Gk. haima)‚ and each corresponds to one of the traditional four temperaments. A humor is also referred to as a cambium (pl. cambia or cambiums). Essentially‚ this theory holds that the human body was filled with four basic substances‚ called humors‚ which are in balance when a person is healthy. All diseases and

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    Balancing the four humors The Greeks and Romans viewed madness and sickness as an affliction from the gods. Greek physicians‚ most notably Hippocrates‚ believed these afflictions we from an imbalance of what he called the four humors. These included blood‚ phlegm‚ black bile‚ and yellow bile. In many cases many treatments prescribed to balance the humors could be considered precursors to psychotherapy. Hippocrates had his patients’ discuss their dreams to gain insight into their ailments. From

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    Humor in Huck Finn

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    Mark Twain depicts various types of humor in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Satire is the first type of humor evident in the novel. Religion is the most common example of Twain’s satire‚ which he communicates through the character Huck Finn. Throughout the novel Twain satirizes prayer through Huck. In Chapter One‚ the Widow Douglas attempted to convey the importance of religion to Huck. She took out her bible and read stories of Moses to Huck. Huck was intrigued by the story of Moses and

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    Humor in Latino Culture

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    10 CODES THAT DEFINE LATINO HUMOR The one paragraph about Latino humor “The aspects that characterize the Latino humor are: satire‚ ethnic self parody‚ parody of the dominant culture‚ code switching‚ language plays between Spanish and English‚ mistranslations and the fusion of the profane‚ body functions‚ sex and swear words into a self referential type of catharsis” Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture‚ Volume 1 1- Humor determines how close or far the rest are from our own selves

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    sense of humor essay

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    Sense of Humor What do you know about sense of humor? Did you know that it helps you control human health and emotions? “Sense of humor is a way to produce and experience pleasure by provoking or being provoked to laugh. It is also a trait of appreciating the humorous‚ you can’t live without humor it is inexplicable” (McMahon). “Most people have it and are able to laugh at jokes or funny situations that people make. This is developed at a very early age‚ and it is considered vital part of human

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    Humor American Culture

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    Raquel Fortuna LEH 301-Humor: A Symptom of American Culture May 18‚ 2013 Humor in Advertising When you are watching television how many times do you stop and wonder how humor influences your desire for the newest‚ latest‚ and most improved gadget? And why do some commercials elicit humor in us while others deserve to be banned? Well the television advertisement provides the perceiver with a form of communication in which a complex‚ mental stimulus illuminates‚ amuses‚ and elicits the reflex

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    Benefits of Humor in Persuasion Humor has many benefits for communication and persuasion. Communication through humor is an important way to make stories more memorable‚ characters more compelling‚ and causes more accessible. Understanding and appreciating humor is a unique part of being human‚ and making people smile and laugh is a learnable skill. To truly understand the nature of humor empowers the individual to communicate strategically – to create messages that are “stickier‚” or more memorable

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