I. Greek Mathematicians Thales of Miletus Birthdate: 624 B.C. Died: 547-546 B. C. Nationality: Greek Title: Regarded as “Father of Science” Contributions: * He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry. * Discovery that a circle is bisected by its diameter‚ that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal and that vertical angles are equal. * Accredited with foundation of the Ionian school of Mathematics that was a centre of learning and research
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An Unfinished Extraordinary Work Geoffrey Chaucer set out to create a masterpiece of one-hundred and twenty tales‚ two from each of the thirty pilgrims on their journey to pay their respects to St. Thomas Beckett in Canterbury. Chaucer was unable to finish the masterpiece he set upon to create‚ but the twenty-four tales we are left with are masterpieces in their own sense in the form of The Canterbury Tales. (“Works of Geoffrey” xxviii) Geoffrey Chaucer lives on with this collection of tales that
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BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION PLAN I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Tasks of the course work 1.2 Definition of slang II. MAIN PART 2.1 The origin of slang. 2.2 Types of slang. a) Cockney rhyming slang b) Polari c) Internet slang d) Slang of army‚ police e) Money slang 2.3. Phonetic peculiarities of slang 2.4. Morphological characteristics of slang III. PRACTICAL PART IV. CONCLUSION V. BIBLIOGRAPHY Slang is a language which takes off its
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"The Whipping‚" by Robert Hayden This poem is about Hayden who hears a boy being beaten‚ recalls his childhood when he too was subjected to the same and notices that this form of punishment has been handed down from generation to generation. He uses visual and auditory imagery together to take the reader to different moments in time‚ where the same event is being played over and is put in six quatrains to add emphasis. In the first quatrain‚ Hayden hears a woman "shouting to the neighborhood
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Eulogy for a Veteran Author Unknown Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there‚ I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glint of snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumn rain When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not stand at my grave and cry‚ I am not there‚ I DID NOT DIE
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Explore how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to places. Belonging refers to the acceptance of a common culture and traditions and the adoption of these practices into ones own personality. A common view of belonging is that it becomes manifested due to connections to a place‚ and a homogenous‚ undifferentiated culture. This belonging is thus felt because of assimilation and espousal of a common language‚ culture and way of life. This view is expressed
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In the short poem‚ “Wild Geese”‚ Mary Oliver speaks to the reader through the poem informing the reader that being good doesn’t matter. That we all make mistakes in life and we all have regret. Olihat what matters is that we don’t spend all our tiur imagination and free us from our anguish anorld has to offer. Oliver compares human emotions to nature itself and creates In the first stanza‚ Mary Oliver uses imagery and a hyperbole to get her meaning across. In the first line‚ Oliver informs the
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How does the poet vividly convey ideas concerning the influence that nature has upon man? Compare and Contrast at least two poets from cluster one giving detailed close analysis throughout. (Comparison of ‘Overlooking the River Stour’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Landscape’ by Michael Longley.) Equally ‘Overlooking the River Stour’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Landscape’ by Michael Longley portray to the reader that nature can consume and influence mans’ behaviour. They also both highlight how easily things can
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Write a critical appreciation of the poem INCENDIARY by Vernon Scannell. You should comment on theme‚ diction‚ tone and structure. An incendiary is a bomb which sets things on fire‚ which gets across the idea that the boy was like a dangerous weapon‚ ready to explode at any time. This poem is about a boy who sets a farm on fire in hope that he receives the attention he has been longing for. In the first line‚ the poet describes the boy to have a face “like pallid cheese”. This simile is depicts
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In the poem “An Echo Sonnet”‚ author Robert Pack writes of a conversation between a person’s voice and its echo. With the use of numerous literary techniques‚ Pack is able to enhance the meaning of the poem: that we must depend on ourselves for answers because other opinions are just echoes of our own ideas. At first glance‚ the reader notices that the poem is divided into two parts in order to resemble a conversation. When reading the sonnet for the first time the reader may make the mistake
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