Elements of Nonfiction Name: __________________________________________________Date:______________ While some readers enjoy getting lost in imaginary world of fiction‚ others prefer the authenticity of stories from real life. Nonfiction is writing about real people‚ places‚ and events. There are two broad categories of nonfiction. One category‚ called informative nonfiction‚ is mainly written to provide factual information. Nonfiction of this type includes science and history texts‚ informational
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The Four Elements The task of the Gods was to govern the four elements and control the natural forces of the universe “According to the Empedocles‚ a Greek philosopher‚ scientist and healer who lived in Sicily in the fifth century B.C.‚ all matter is comprised of four “roots" or elements of earth‚ air‚ fire‚ and water. Fire and air are outwardly reaching elements‚ reaching up and out‚ whereas earth and water turn inward and downward” (Tracy‚ 1998). The Gods and Goddesses in mythology give nations
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substantial examples to avoid being recognized as phonies‚ but instead giving an account of our experiences gives the novel or piece of work we are writing depth and progress. Therefore I have decided to compare the reflection of the autobiographical element felt in the two novels I am currently reading. When we talk about autobiography what it means is‚ auto means self writing and biographical means to relate to a fact or reality of a person’s life history in their own works. When the two words are put
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Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn from the Latin word “stannum.” Its atomic number is 50 and its atomic mass is 118.71. Tin is classified in the ’Other Metals’ section which can be located in groups 13‚ 14‚ and 15 of the Periodic Table. All of these elements are solid‚ have a relatively high density and are opaque. This silvery‚ ductile metal is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion. Tin is usually malleable‚ but when cooled it is very brittle. It is found in many alloys
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In reading my fourth response paper‚ “Injustice for Tradition; Justice for Love”‚ which was analyzing the last two acts in the Story of the Western Wing‚ I can see not only a significant amount of change in my writing from the beginning of the semester‚ but also further improvements I have made and could have made on this paper. With re-reading this paper‚ looking at with a fresh and further developed perspective‚ the first major thing I notice about my writing is that sometimes claims were made
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Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic transition metal‚ it has historically been sometimes classified as a rare earth element‚ together with yttrium and the lanthanoids. It was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia. Scandium is present in most of the deposits of rare earth and uranium compounds‚ but it is extracted from these ores in only a few mines worldwide. Because of the low availability
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People often see the scripture‚ Tradition of the Church and social situations as completely different entities. However‚ this is not true‚ the Catholic Social Teachings (CST) bridges these worlds together. The scripture is our main source of revelation‚ explaining how to reach the kingdom of heaven. For this reason‚ the Catholic Social Teachings rely heavily upon the scriptures as this leads to the Tradition of the Church. The Tradition and the scripture are highly intertwined.The Social Doctrine
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The Elements of Communication Communication begins with a message‚ or information‚ that must be sent from one individual or device to another. People exchange ideas using many different communication methods. All of these methods have three elements in common. The first of these elements is the message source‚ or sender. Message sources are people‚ or electronic devices‚ that need to send a message to other individuals or devices. The second element of communication is the destination‚ or receiver
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ELEMENTS OF DRAMA “All the World’s a stage…” William Shakespeare DRAMA Comes from the Greek word ‘dran’ Means ‘To act’ or ‘To do’ The doing/acting makes drama DRAMA… …is a story told in front of an audience. TERMS PLAYWRIGHT- the author of the play PLOT- action of the play SETTING- time and place ACTS- Divisions within a play (much like chapters in a novel) SCENES- smaller parts of an act. ASIDE- lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience. DRAMATIC
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Story telling has been used as a staple for human development. Oral storytelling traditions varies from place to place‚ and has lessons to share with everyone. For centuries‚ stories have been used to guide people with advice through the main point of a story. They can tell about one person’s experience in certain situation. The tradition of oral storytelling is used to inform a community of member’s unique experiences in certain situations. “Storytelling that’s verbally expressed can be counted
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