The mass of Gliese 581 is 30 percent of the mass of the sun. Luminosity means how bright something is‚ and the luminosity of Gliese 581 is .2 percent of the Sun’s luminosity. From this information‚ we know that Gliese 581 is a very dim star! There are three confirmed and two other possible planets that orbit Gliese 581. Each of these five planets are close to the star and have a circular orbit. The planets orbiting Gliese 581 were named in the order they were discovered and are named Gliese e‚ Gliese
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I found that the first paragraph about how important it is to have a will most effective. I found this paragraph most effective because the writer had rhythm and variety in the paragraph. The writer because he had rhythm and variety his information flowed. The writer stated facts about how important it is to have a will. I believe it is very important to have a will. When my grandmother passed all her belongings went to my uncle. I never received the belongings she had told me she was leaving me
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In the article “Unteaching the Five-Paragraph Essay”‚ Marie Foley argues that the five-paragraph formula restrains students from actively thinking. The five-paragraph structure is still used today because teachers are continuing to teach students the formula. The formula is said to be easier to teach to a class rather than to teach individual students different patterns of organization. Foley says that the formula being taught is easier on them to teach and to grade because of how crowded the English
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Response Paragraph I really enjoyed reading Alexie’s essay. What he writes about is very expressive‚ and you get the full point of what he is trying to express. The main part that touched me is when he is explaining how he was treated‚ and what he had to go through just because he was smart‚ and wasn’t afraid to express himself. The other children would beat him up; he was looked down on‚ and also treated as an outsider because of this. Alexie didn’t care though because he knew that there was something
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Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1.The sample below is an opening paragraph from a student essay on the development of entertainment media. In it‚ she describes TV-watching in her family to make a point about how central TV was as a form of entertainment in the 60’s. (1) As I was growing up in the 60’s‚ television was the only entertainment my family knew of the electronic sort. (2) The 7 o’clock nightly news was such an important part of our family that my dad knocked a wall down and
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Intro: Siddhartha always believed that he did not have the ability to learn from others‚ and is only able to learn from him. Many ponder over his beliefs and come to the conclusion that Siddhartha did‚ in fact‚ have teachers along his journey to enlightenment. His teachers are not formal educators that taught in a classroom. They are normal people with normal lives that guided the headstrong‚ Siddhartha into learning a variety of life skills that broadened his horizons and eventually reach enlightenment
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In the opening paragraph‚ Gregor wakes up one day seemingly randomly after having worked as a travelling businessman for five years to support his family and finds that he transformed into a vermin (a roach or some kind of beetle) overnight. The setting takes place in the early 1900s‚ all going on during the international strive towards industrialization‚ but a distance from the internet and communications age of today. This allows the reader to understand the situation of the Samsa family members—that
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Opening Paragraph McCandless was searching for freedom and the chance to truly become an individual. Alaska gave McCandless a place where he could be far away from everything that held him back. One of these was certain human relationships in his life. “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships.” (Krakauer‚42) McCandless did not feel that he needed people around him to feel happy. Next Sentence One major change that McCandless had was his opinion on relationships
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Comparison Paragraph In spite of these differences‚ the similarities are striding. First‚ both cities are the political centers of their countries. The president of France lives in the heart of Paris‚ in the Elysees Palace. Likewise‚ the president of the United States has its meeting place in Washington‚ in the Capitol. Second‚ the two cities look similar. L’Enfant‚ the French engineer who designed Washington‚ was greatly influenced by the layout of the capital of France. For this reason‚ many
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What is forgiveness? The term‚ commonly seen as a religious act‚ has various viewpoints. Its level of importance is deemed subjective as each individual’s opinion varies from one to the other. Mankind’s heavy debate on the subject is visible from multiple platforms such as novels‚ music‚ and movies. While one medium may deem it very important‚ another may see it as an unnecessary action. The standardized definition of forgiveness is “to pardon an offense or an offender” (“Forgive”). However‚ such
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