The Cassowary Bird A cassowary is the name for a large‚ flightless‚ and strange looking bird that lives in the tropical forests of Australia and New Guinea. Cassowaries come from the ratite group‚ and there are three species: Southern Cassowary/Double-wattled cassowary of Australia and New Guinea‚ Dwarf Cassowary of New Guinea and New Britain‚ and the Northern Cassowary of New Guinea. The genus and species of the cassowary is Casuarius casuarius. The order the cassowary is from is the Struthioniformes
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NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH The toddler climbed laboriously up onto the stool‚ determined to “help” her mother. But her mother did not notice; she was far too busy with the frantic preparations for the birthday party. Ten three-year-olds and their mothers coming for an afternoon of treats‚ games and face painting: a herald of another party‚ ten years from now‚ when make up would be the order of the day‚ the child’s father had observed. As the mixer whirred and the dishwasher swished and the oven beeped
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Throughout I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings there were many themes such as racism and segregation‚ strong black women‚ and literature. The strongest theme addressed in the book was racism and segregation. Racism and segregation was shown in just about every aspect of the book. A major example of to this theme is presented by how Maya and her family lived in the black side of Stamps. Their side of town is all dirt roads and broken down‚ while the white side of town the roads are paved and everything
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What is a paragraph? * A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic What are the parts of a paragraph? * Topic sentence The topic sentence is the sentence that tells the main ideas of the whole paragraph. This sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph. * Body The body of a paragraph has sentences with information that supports the topic sentence. It is important to remember that every sentence in the body must be connected in some way to the topic sentence. *
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Books are a relaxing way to learn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography by Maya Angelou about a girl growing up in the south facing segregation and the hard times during WW1‚ as well as‚ coming of age and trying to find somewhere where she belongs because she is a caged bird trying to be herself. At the age of 3‚ and her brother Bailey‚ 4‚ parents‚ Vivian and Bailey‚ divorced and were sent to Arkansas to live with their grandmother‚ Annie who they call Momma. At the age of 8‚ her
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A Process Paragraph A process is a series‚ a sequence‚ an orderly progression. One step or event follows another: first this‚ then that‚ then something else. You generally write a process paragraph to accomplish one of two tasks: 1. To describe how to make or do something (directional process) 2. To describe how something works (informational process) The Structure of a Process Paragraph 1. The topic sentence names the process and indicates the reason someone should be interested in knowing about
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The Study of Birds and Bird Watching Information Running Head: BIRDS AND BIRD WATCHING Abstract In this research paper about birds and bird watching it includes the learning of what exactly bird watching is‚ the best places to bird watch in the world‚ where to find birds for bird watching‚ the greatest time of year (seasons)‚ as well as the worst time to consider bird watching‚ the many diverse species of birds that you might see at the various different bird watching locations in the
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People often have a desire or need for power and control‚ the way people go about to achieve this determines if they are successful. In the short story "Butcher Bird" written by Wallace Stegner‚ Mr. Garfield won the respect of his peers by engaging in the conversation and acting polite and courteous to his wife and guests. On the other hand Harry lost his power and control by being negative‚ stubborn and cruel. Not only did Harry lose the respect of his peers he also lost respect from his son. Individuals
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The Origin of Birds For as long as cohesive evolutionary theories have been in place‚ the heated debate regarding the origin of birds and their relationship to dinosaurs has raged on. After the 1860s birds have been hypothesized as being closely related to an ample assortment of extant and extinct reptile lineages. These include a diversity of basal archosaurs and archosauromorphs‚ pterosaurs‚ crocodylomorphs (including modern crocodylians and their Mesozoic relatives)‚ and various theropod ornithischian
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purposes are summary‚ analysis‚ synthesis‚ and evaluation. The purpose of the paragraph is why the writer is writing the paragraph in the first place. The writer is sharing their ideas‚ stories‚ experiences‚ information‚ and the purpose for writing. If there was no purpose of the paragraph‚ the writer would not need to write it. The audience is an individual or a group of people who the writer is trying to address the paragraph to. The writer wants to try to bring the right mood to the audience
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