ASSIGNMENT PAPER 3: Explaining a Concept Paper (The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing‚ chapter 4) “Write an essay about a concept that interests you and that you want to study further. When you have a good understanding of the concept‚ explain it to your readers‚ considering carefully what they already know about it and how your essay might add to what they know.” (167) “Concept explanations inform a reader about processes‚ phenomena‚ theories‚ principles‚ or ideas.” (136) Basic features (164-165)
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references showing that he is a strong and devout Christian who believes deeply in his faith. Walker emphasizes that the only true master is Lord Jesus Christ. He goes on to explain that we are all created by the same God‚ therefore we are equal and that no man is “superior” or more worthy than another. With this said he poses the question what gives the white man the right to enslave a black man ? David Walker urges the slaves to remain strong and stay true to their fate. Throughout his writings he
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The short story Everyday Uses by Alice Walker has always been a favorite of mine. I remember the first time that I studied this story and how the ideas and feelings interested me. This is the reason why I chose this story. I hope that students will find it as interesting as I did. My goal for the literature circle group discussions is for students to compare and contrast the interpretations of the characters speech‚ action‚ and silence. Who talks‚ and to what effect? How does this affect the students’
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The innovator’s method is a successful way to come up with entrepreneurial ideas and create a worthwhile product. The innovator’s method is meant to change the way of thinking about and looking at a product. The method had four steps to help in the creative process. The four steps are insight‚ problem‚ solution‚ and business model. After applying each step of the model‚ people will have a better idea if their product will be profitable or not. The innovator’s method has helped me to open my
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“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (Norton 1530) is a story told in first person from the perspective of “Mama”. The piece depicts two sisters‚ Dee and Maggie‚ as opposites in their personality and way of living. While Maggie is shy and quiet‚ Dee is materialistic and bold. Furthermore‚ Maggie loves where she lives and her way of living. In contrast‚ Dee loves the urban life and wants to display her heritage when in reality she does not want to live it. This is evident when Walker describes the battle between
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Prize novelist Alice Walker is best known for her stories about the life of African American women‚ their struggle with society for survival‚ racial‚ sexual and inexpensive equality and spiritual unity. She writes through her personal experiences. Most critics consider her works as feminist‚ but Walker describes herself as a “womanliest”‚ showing appreciation of women and their abilities no matter what the color of their skin is. On February 9‚ 1944‚ in the small farming community of
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Subject: Chemistry SL Title: Preparation of a salt (lead iodide) by using precipitation method. Aim: To produce 1.50 g of lead iodide‚ PbI2‚ assuming 100 % conversion‚ using 1.00 g solid potassium iodide‚ KI‚ and 0.1 M lead nitrate‚ Pb(NO3)2 solution of volume 30 cm3 and hence calculate percentage yield. Calculations: 2KI(s) + Pb(NO3)2( aq) —> PbI2 (s) + 2KNO3 (aq) Mass of PbI2 to be produced = 1.5 g Moles of PbI2 = = 0.003 Moles of KI = 0.003*2 = 0.006 Mass of KI = 0.006*166 = 1.00 g
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"Everyday Use": Todays view on Culture and Heritage In "Everyday Use‚" Alice Walker tells a story of a mother’s conflicted relationship with her two daughters. At face value the story tells of "Mama" gradually denying the superficial values or her elder‚ more socially accepted‚ daughter "Dee‚" and begins to favor the more practical views of her less fortunate daughter "Maggie." As clear a story as this may seem‚ there are many undercurrents open to a deeper interpretation. The story as a whole
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HTime series using Holt-Winters Forecasting Procedure Summary The Holt-Winters forecasting procedure is a simple widely used projection method which can cope with trend and seasonal variation. We can apply this method to lots of fields such as banking data analysis‚ investment forecasting‚ inventory controlling and so on. This paper shows us a practical banking credit card example using Holt-Winter method in Java programming for data forecasting. The reason we use Holt-Winter is that
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Behavior Therapy: Basic Concepts‚ Assessment Methods‚ and Applications. Different kinds of psychotherapies have existed throughout history‚ and have always been rooted in philosophical views of human nature (Wachtel P.‚ 1997). Specifically‚ behavior therapy intents to help individuals overcome difficulties in nearly any aspect of human experience (Thorpe G. & Olson S.‚ 1990). The techniques of behavior therapy have been applied to education‚ the workplace‚ consumer activities‚ and even sports
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