Dystopian Text Set Introduction After reading The Giver and The Hunger Games‚ we were set out on the task to find a common theme. In an ideal situation‚ teachers would be able to embellish on these young adult books by supporting them with supplemental sources. Through the use of newspaper articles‚ magazines‚ picture books‚ videos‚ trailers and clips‚ and electronics our tenth grade English class will explore and discover the theme; dystopia paired with defiance. Dystopia
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Text Response Good Vs. Evil Good vs. evil is a widely explored theme in Isobelle Carmody’s novel ’The Gathering’. It is most evident in the battle between the Chain and the Kraken‚ however the more sinister‚ subtler acts of evil occur when he attempts to make each member vulnerable by breaching their weaknesses. While the physical examples such as the final battle‚ the murder of The Tod and the violent acts by Buddha and his gang could certainly be classified as evil‚ it is my belief that the
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Different Types of Text 1. Analytical Exposition Text Definition of Analytical Exposition Exposition is a text that elaborates the writer‘s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important matter. Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition 1. Thesis: Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s position 2. Arguments: Explaining the arguments to support the writer’s position 3. Reiteration: Restating the writer’s position Language
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Difficulty in Comprehending Science Text Students of all ages have been found to experience difficulty comprehending and learning from science texts(Brand-Gruwel‚ Aarnoutse‚ & Vanden Bos‚ 1998; Nichols‚ Rupley‚ & Willson‚ 1997) According to Catherine E. Snow (2010)‚ science is written in academic language which is designed to be concise‚ precise‚ and authoritative. It uses sophisticated words and complex grammatical constructions that can disrupt reading comprehension and block learning. As
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Monkey: Journey to the West is a story of an adventure for enlightenment to India in order to find ancient Buddhist scriptures. The story consists of Chinese legends‚ tales‚ and superstitions. Daoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Buddhism play a huge role throughout this story. Monkey: Journey to the West is a story that discusses religion‚ and moral issues. The monkey acts the way he does due to underlying religious themes played throughout the story. At first understanding why the Monkey acts the way he does
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The World Wide Web‚ or simply called the “www” has been progressively moving forward in the last decade. However‚ is Google really giving the world knowledge‚ which we can benefit from‚ or is the world taking advantage of this great invention and only using it for spur of the moment needs and affecting our ways of learning and brain? Is the world actually taking in facts or has the brain changed in a way that the information is just forgotten about? Human brains are becoming weak due to the reliance
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QUESTION 1: What is the practical application of text mining? Text mining can be applied in different ways. In this section‚ I will discuss 4 ways in which text mining is used. A. Search Engines Text mining can be used to create suggestions or recommendations based on user input; the Google search engine is a good example of this. As per Figure 1.1 below‚ if a person were to type the word ‘Education’ in the search engine‚ Google would retrieve results containing the word ‘Education’ in the
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Shelley’s Frankenstein You must excuse a trif ling d eviation‚ From Mrs. Shelley’s marvellous narration — from th e musical Frankenstein; or‚ The Vamp ire’s Victim (1849) Like Coleridge’ s Ancient Mariner ‚ who erupts into Mary Sh elley’s text as o ccasionally and inev itably as th e Monster into Victor Frankenstein’s lif e‚ Frankenstein; or‚ The Modern Prometh eus passes‚ like night‚ from land to land and w ith stang ely ad aptable powers of speech addresses itself to a critical aud
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vocabulary for techniques to analyse the written word‚ so equivalent techniques and terminology exist to analyse and compose visual texts. You must be able to: a. Recognise and interpret these techniques in visual texts of various kinds b. Analyse and evaluate the effect of such techniques for a variety of purposes c. Use these elements to compose a visual text which communicates a textual concept or theme d. Annotate the representation techniques chosen‚ using appropriate terminology
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daughter of Zeus‚ is instrumental in encouraging Telemachus to begin his journey to adulthood saying‚ "You must not cling to your boyhood any longer - / it ’s time you were a man." (1‚ 341 - 342). Young Telemachus first encounters Athena‚ disguised as Mentes‚ son of Anchialus‚ while he was sitting among the suitors‚ suffering from a heavy heart and daydreaming about his father. He welcomes her into his home and Athena stirs emotion within Telemachus by saying‚ "You ’re truly Odysseus ’ son? You ’ve sprung
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