Algebra 2 Writing Assignment When solving a quadratic equation you are looking to get the roots/solutions/zeros or x-intercepts. There are many different methods. Those methods are‚ graphing using tables‚ factoring‚ square root method‚ completing the square‚ and quadratic formula. The two that I find the easiest are factoring and completing the square. This is how you would use these two methods. When using factoring to solve a quadratic equation you must set it to zero before you do anything
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What If You Were Blind? Imagine if you were blind Complete darkness No colors No views No beauty Just pitch black If you were blind‚ ask yourself how badly you’d want to see? If pushing yourself to your limits‚ could give you sight‚ would you do it? If there were a cure‚ would you let anything stand in your way? Would you listen to the haters‚ and the critics to see again? Do you really want to succeed? Would you really care if they mocked you? Laughed at you? Pointed at you? Bad-mouthed
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great Langston Hughes. What makes these poems so intriguing though is the way the setting‚ theme‚ and speaker create distinct images for the people who read these poems. The setting helps describe the situation of the poem with regards to the time of day‚ the season of the year‚ the historical significance‚ the person being addressed‚ and the external or internal conflicts. The theme also did its part with respect to its link to the poems. The theme of the poems created issues and ideas which caused
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In Wilfred Owen’s "The Dead Beat" poem‚ Owen speaks from a one sided opinion of a helpless trooper who let his emotions affect his fight at war. His problems from home transferred to the ground of a battlefield‚ making the poor soldier appear weaker than everyone else. His soldiers whom are on the same side as the trooper fail to make an effort to stand by and support the man‚ which completely contradicts the whole concept of fighting as a team. A war with soldiers is like a sports team with supportive
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“The Groundhog” The poem begins in June with the speaker exhibiting deranged‚ angry actions and thoughts about the Groundhog. The poem then transitions to the fall where he feels abandoned and lifeless like the soulless groundhog‚ next the poem changes to the summer where he seems to notice beauty in his soul and in the groundhog‚ and finally it transitions to a summer a few years later where he is analyzed as being reciprocated into a new person with only a little left of his past like the groundhog
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Cinderella is in a dilemma caused by her ignorance of the potential consequences of her actions. With the use of irony‚ structure‚ and diction‚ “Conte” shows how innocence and naïveté result in regrettable mistakes that create life experience. The poem deviates from the basic fairy tale through the use of ironic predicaments. Cinderella makes a bold statement from the beginning: “First of all‚ I’m bored” (1). She misses her old life of feeling useful through cleaning. As a princess‚ she sits around
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I cannot live with You It would be Life And Life is over there__ Behind the Shelf The Sexton keeps the Key to Putting up Our lifeHis Porcelain Like a Cup Discarded of the Housewife Quaintor Broke A newer Sevres pleases Old Ones crack I could not diewith You For One must wait To shut the Other’s Gaze down Youcould not And ICould I stand by And see Youfreeze Without my Right of Frost Death’s privilege? Nor could I risewith You Because Your Face
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“The Fish” In the poem “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop one of the main themes is power. This is shown through simile‚ personification‚ and repetition. The author purpose is to show the reader that power can be restricted and that power maybe the sturdiest at their main years‚ but over time power will dwindle with time. The theme of power is shown through the use of simile‚ “Here and there his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper‚ and its pattern of darker brown was like wallpaper”.
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A sonnet is described as a short lyric poem. But before well known sonnets of such poets like Shakespeare‚ the word sonnet used to simply mean little song. Over the centuries there have been different types of sonnets. Some of the most known sonnets are the types labeled as the English (Shakespearean)‚ Italian‚ and Occitan Sonnet. One of the most modern types of sonnets is known as Free Form. Most sonnets will follow its conventional form. This poem will consist of 14 lines with iambic pentameter
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English Composition 2 Essay 1 – Analyze the favorite Poem Due date 10/19/2013 (Final) The secret of the machines (by Rudyard Kipling) Each person has a different worldview. Technology can bring many benefits and convenience to our life. However‚ these conveniences are not unlimited. In other hand‚ it makes us become dependent. There is nothing better than our own. Many authors have shown that vision through poetry and writing. And the poem “The secret of the machines” by Rudyard Kipling is
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