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    Fischer Esterification – nucleophilic substitution reaction Strong acid catalyst (concentrated sulfuric acid Purpose of a reflux is to heat a reaction mixture at its boiling temperature to form products‚ without losing any of the compounds in the reaction flask TO HAVE GREAT PERCENT YIELD: As reaction is reversible‚ removal of water or the addition of an excess of one of the reactants (cheaper one) drives the reaction towards formation of ester. (Excess carboxylic acid is used)  Adding excess

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    show off to the other about his job and worthy marriage and kid only to be surprised when his friend reveals his occupation and status. Then comes the sudden change in the first man attitude towards his friend. Typical Chekhov kind of humor. The thin man turned pale and rigid all the once‚ but once soon his face twisted in all directions in the broadest smile; it seemed as though sparks were flashing from his face and eyes. He squirmed‚ he doubled together‚ crumpled up… His portmanteaus‚ bundles

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    different opinions on what is and isn’t good enough. The author does a great job at explaining this and showing the bad side of this mindset by using many different rhetorical devices such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Ellen Goodman wrote‚ “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji’’‚ to show her argument on the constant changes in how people view themselves and others throughout their life. Ellen Goodman uses many different rhetorical devices. At the beginning of this passage‚ she talks about how many teenagers’ lives

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    separate “doctors and generals and coaches…” Gladwell uses the word “and” to connect each occupation to the next‚ which tricks the reader into thinking that there are more occupations listed than there actually are. The same tactic is evidenced in “to shape and manage and educate…” By stressing the prevalence and importance unconscious reactions have‚ the reader will more likely believe that unconscious reactions are influential. Literary Elements & Style Gladwell uses a eye instrument-based metaphor to

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    Do television shows portraying thin female actresses influence girls to develop a negative body image? Ellen Goodman’s‚ “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji” makes a persuasive argument about how people’s opinion of their physical appearance changes throughout the years. Goodman blames television for changing of teens and adult’s view of weight. Goodman uses the appeal of logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos as a persuasive technique in her article. “You look wonderful! You’ve put on weight.” Goodman states that

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    Offensive Play by Malcolm Gladwell Kyle Turley‚ a determined N.F.L offensive lineman from Nashville who played for 9 years. This position in football was a very dangerous one due to problems with your heads. His head was hit over and over again. The results of his head being hurt numerous times led to him experiencing black outs‚ dizziness‚ or even unconsciousness. He would sometimes overdue it because he would be so frustrated. Although after experiencing such harm this scares him now because

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    “Numerous correlation and experimental studies have linked exposure to the thin ideal in mass media to body dissection ‚internalization of the thin ideal ‚ and disordered eating among women ” (Proud to be me .org) As a child we are lead to believe that being thin is beautiful and perfect . That any form of otherness was no longer seen as attractive. In the media thin women are paraded in short clothing ‚ television reporters with shiny teeth model in tight dresses ‚ and mothers remind their

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    Jessica Mandrick E90 Project Proposal Swarthmore College Department of Engineering Thin Shell Concrete Structure Design and Construction 1 1 Introduction The ACI code defines a thin shell as a: “Three-dimensional spatial structure made up of one or more curved slabs or folded plates whose thicknesses are small compared to their other dimensions. Thin shells are characterized by their three-dimensional loadcarrying behavior‚ which is determined by the geometry of their forms‚ by the

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    Book Arrangement Jon Krakauer begins Into Thin Air with a dedication page that displays the names of everyone on Rob Hall’s (the team leader) team who perished during the climb. Following the dedication page‚ there is an epigraph that suggests the theme of the book: theme here. Krakauer then gives an introduction in which he explains how he compiled the book and how the climb impacted his life. The book also contains several pictures that Scott Fischer (another team leader) took while climbing‚

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    Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the novel Into Thin Air‚ starts the novel out of chronological order. The first three chapters take place in the future. Krakauer uses a different approach on the start of his novel than most authors. The novel begins when Krakauer reaches the top of the mountain‚ which is a bit anticlimactic. For a task as rewarding and treacherous as climbing Mount Everest‚ beginning the story at the climax confuses the reader. However‚ this allows the reader to realize that the climax

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