EXPOSITORY PIECE “Our identity is influenced by how others see us” Monica Ung 11B A person’s identity is the essence of who they really are. However‚ the way an individual is viewed can shape their identity but only slightly. Identity usually comes through from an individual’s beliefs‚ opinions and experiences nevertheless; appearance and social status can also play a role. In today’s society‚ perception and the way someone is seen tends
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On A Piece Of Chalk by Thomas Henry Huxley This summary has a great deal of information detailing how chalk shows us about the geological history of earths development. The summary contains excellent facts and scientific investigations. Mr. Huxley originally gave the lecture "On a Piece of Chalk" in 1868 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to the working class of Norwich. His lecture served as a basis for other scientist who would modify or further explain the
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2013 Music Appreciation Writing Assignment #3 Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell offered us sadness with minor keys and happiness with major keys. I really do not have much experience nor really understand keys but‚ I think Purcell’s uses of the minor and major keys makes since because minor means low and unimportant and that is how you feel when ever you are sad. While‚ major stands for important and significant and when the feeling of happiness domains your spirit‚ you feel on top
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Baroque Period through the Romantic Age Introduction When we look at Baroque Art we are looking at the art of the 17th century. There seem to be a strong influence on the spiritual activity; this art creates a form of energy‚ movement and passion. Artist were able to capture the essence in soul of what they were feeling and expressing themselves through their work. The Following three works of art focus on a religious content and are from the Baroque period. Image #1 “ The Raising of the Cross”
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Do you hear it? It becomes louder… Are you deaf? Or you’re not paying attention… Do you see it? It’s coming; well actually it is there… Are you blind? Or you’re not paying attention… Do you feel it? It’s actually on our skin… Are you numb? Or you’re not paying attention… Do you smell that? There’s a blood‚ I hunger for that. I know you too… It was on 1960s‚ when the Philippines was one of the elite countries who was among the so-called “tiger economies”. This was the time when our
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Introduction Texture is one of the basic elements of music. When you describe the texture of a piece of music‚ you are describing how much is going on in the music at any given moment. For example‚ the texture of the music might be thick or thin‚ or it may have many or few layers. It might be made up of rhythm only‚ or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment‚ or many interweaving melodies. Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Suggestions for activities to introduce
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Catholic reformation and Baroque style‚ including many pieces of art work. This era produced phenomenally graphic and realistic art‚ much of it being gruesome and bloody toned. Art is always an interesting record of humans perceptions of what is happening around them. For example‚ I enjoyed reading about Michaelangelo Merisi‚ better known as‚ Caravaggio who was at the forefront of the painting world in the seventeenth century. He typically paints religious inspired pieces which reflects he was religious
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Prompt: ‘We cannot always be ourselves in the company of others’ Statement of Intention This expository piece draws upon the context ‘Identity and Belonging’ in conjunction with personal memoirs from Alice Pung’s ‘Growing up Asian in Australia’. The purpose of this piece is to explore and invite my audience to experience what it is like to be the subject of isolation due to differences in appearance‚ language and culture and to point out the internal struggles people have while trying to discover
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The Baroque was an era of great changes in religion‚ politics‚ science‚ and economics. The Baroque Era began with the Counter-Reformation and ended with two types of revolutions‚ political and industrial‚ that changed the world. The baroque was also a period of scientific innovation led by the discoveries of Descartes and Galileo. Science was no longer based on Greek ideals or religious dogma‚ but on reason and empirical laws. The counter-reformation was The Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant
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Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most influential composers of the Baroque period. He‚ along with many other composers‚ created some of the earliest European music familiar to us today (What is Baroque Music?). The Baroque period can best be described as using the power of music to communicate (What is Baroque Music?). The composers used a single voice that was accompanied by instruments‚ as well as specifying the instruments used‚ to capture the importance of the relationship between tonic and dominant
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