Victoria Lindsay ESS 102 Research Paper Draft 1/27/2017 Science Fiction Short Story Synapsis: My short story will be written in the form of a log‚ and tells the story of a young woman who is selected for an investigational mission into space. Mysterious radio waves have been received on earth from beyond Pluto‚ and NASA wants to discover if there is any possibility that they indicate life on another planet. She is the single crew member on the ship‚ and details her experiences including close calls
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I read “The Woman Taken in Adultery” which is actually a chapter in the New Testament. The story is about how the scribes brought a woman (who committed adultery) in front of Jesus asking if she should be stoned. Instead‚ Jesus turned the tables on them and said‚ “He that is without sin among you‚ let him cast the first stone at her.” I have heard of this saying before such as‚ “People who live in glass houses‚ should not throw stones. The author wrote this to show us how Jesus would show mercy on
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time being stuck in a marriage filled with spiritual repression‚ Chopin reveals in her writing of “The story of an Hour”. In this short story Kate Chopin brings the reader to ask him or herself many thought provoking questions such as “Does love always lead to happiness?” through her use of the elements of fiction. Love does not always lead to happiness. In the opening line of the short story‚ Chopin already begins to use irony when she writes‚ “knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart
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The Anthrax Letters A Medical Detective Story written by an expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine‚ Leonard A. Cole‚ does a spectacular job of informing the reader of what the Anthrax Letters actually were‚ how hard doctors worked to treat anthrax and how these letters affected people’s lives. He is a professor and a director of Programs relating to his expertise (Leonard A. Cole Bio‚ par 1-2). Leonard A. Cole has a Bachelor of Arts‚ Master’s degree and Ph.D. degree in political science. He was
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of a grayscale image is a nonnegative integer interpreted as the intensity (brightness‚ luminosity) of the image (Deever and Hemami‚ 2003). It is a picture that has been created or copied and stored in electronic form. An image can be described in terms of vector graphics or raster graphics . An image stored in raster form is sometimes called a bitmap (Margaret‚ What is image? - Definition from WhatIs.com:‚ 2005) According to Magaret Rouse‚ Raster graphics are digital images created or captured (for
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Elements of Fiction 1. Settings * Place and time where the story takes place * It sets the mood of the story 2. Characters * Elements that move in the story *Classifications of Characters* * Protagonist – good guys * Antagonist – bad guys * Round – complex‚ many sided * Flat – one to two traits only * Static – sake sort of person from the beginning till the end * Dynamic/developing – undergoes permanent change * Major – main roles * Minor – supporting
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English 10-1 Exam Study Notes Elements of Fiction/Short Story Unit Plot Exposition: background info and may include antecedent action Rising Action Climax: highest point of emotional intensity Falling Action: working towards the resolution Denoument/Resolution: unknotting of the plot Plot Manipulation: an unmotivated action by a character or when the author relies too heavily on chance or coincidence to bring about the solution to the conflict Conflict Man vs. Man – against another character
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new treatments. The issue on using animals in medical research is controversial‚ provoking the discussion about animal ethical and legal problems. Animal research has brought great advances in the fields of solving medical problems‚ curing diseases‚ and developing vaccines in recent decades. Since it makes significant contribution to the progress of medical research‚ from my perspective‚ animals should be used for medical research. The overwhelming majority of medical breakthroughs are achieved after
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The uprising prelude Let me take you to a time… A time so long ago even man failed to exist. There were no countries like England‚ China and Russia‚ just a large district. It was known as Pangea by the animals. It was considered as a forbidden area by them 13 Districts‚ which contained the most vicious‚ vile‚ abominable creatures which were not known to man until they were tamed and captured by 13 men. These men were named the Eidolon and each owned one district to themselves but with great
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Katelyn Morgan ENG 111 Shores October‚ 2012 Using Death Row Inmates For Medical Research Due to animal testing‚ one animal dies in a laboratory in the United States every second‚ in Japan every two seconds and in the United Kingdom every twelve seconds. Billions of non-human animals have been burnt‚ crushed‚ sliced‚ electrocuted‚ poisoned with toxic chemicals‚ and psychologically tormented because of medical research. Alternatives for these experiments have shown to be less expensive and can
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