Text focus Questions – Unit 1 His 101 1. Describe Ziggurats (Ch. 1) 2. Identify the “black lands” of Egypt (Ch. 1) 3. How is the modern era different from other previous eras according to the author (Are We Human) 4. Identify the new human species highlighted in this article and how it became extinct? (Are We Human) 5. Why does Babylonian society limit the freedom of women in the Code of Hammurabi (Ch.2) 6. Describe and define the Axial Age. (Ch. 2) 7. How does the author challenge current theory
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Is 16 young to drive? 16 year olds everywhere are soon going to be able to drive but according to Today news 16 year olds get into more accidents than anyone else in the U.S. I believe that the driving age should be raised to 18 for the safety of everyone. 16 year olds can be reckless and cause crashes. 16 year olds are also proven to get into numerous accidents and they can get distracted at the wheel. 16 year olds get into the most car collisions; they even at times cause deaths. Usually
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Film Vs. Text: A Comparative Analysis of Homer’s Epics as Adapted in a Different Genre The epics‚ The Iliad and The Odyssey‚ are two of the most influential pieces of literature written around 700 B.C.‚ both of which are written by Homer. These books show the paths taken by heroes and how the Gods have mingled with their lives depending to whom they are favored. As a result of the world’s large interest on these pieces of art‚ a film adaptation of these epics have been produced throughout the
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Texts in Conversation: How the New Yankee Stadium Reflects American Culture Historical: Since the late 1800’s‚ Baseball and the United States have had significant cultural changes and had strongly influenced each other. In it’s early forms‚ Baseball was a sport that was sparingly played in the New York/New Jersey region of the U.S. In 1845‚ Teams such as the “New York Nine” and the “Knickerbocker Club” were already beginning to play organized games of baseball with the modern rules seen in today’s
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First Nations children live in poverty‚ whereas for non-First Nations Canadian children this ratio is one in six. These discrepancies are compounded by the fact that non-Aboriginal Canadians earn almost twice the annual income of Aboriginal peoples. This situation led the UN Office of the High Commission on Human Rights’ Committee on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights to overtly criticize the Canadian government for its deplorable record on First Nations’ poverty. In 1998‚ the committee
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Thomas L. Friedman Introduction to the Paperback Edition Why go through all the trouble of writing a second expanded and updated version of The World Is Flat only a year after the first expanded version was published and a mere two years after the original? I can offer a very brief answer: because I could and because I had to. Precisely because of the powerful technological forces detailed in this book‚ the publishing industry
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Text Type Context Purpose Audience Relationship Experts to learners Give out detailed information about a particular topic Interested people Information Non-narrative text type designed to document‚ organize and store factual information. Knowledgeable people to people with no or little information about a topic learners Examples Encyclopedia Dictionary References Leaflets/Brochures Those wishing to be informed Explanation Instruction Exposition
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various criteria. It can exist in oral (folklore) or written form; literary speech can be prosaic or poetic. Literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction is a prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people‚ places‚ events. The main forms/genres of non-fiction are character sketch‚ journal‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ biography‚ essay etc. Fiction is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. The main kinds of fiction are epic (narrative)‚ dramatic
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for mums‚ but why so little support?’ it is clear to see that these speeches are both highly persuasive texts. A persuasive text must convince the audience of a point or argument. To be effective it must include a variety of textual techniques to create an emotional response from the audience‚ and the textual form must be selected to best convey the writer’s idea‚ in this case‚ a speech. For a text to be effective it must be made relatable‚ even if the subject matter is not something in the audiences’
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You are what you drive When you see different people driving different cars on the roads‚ will you give yourself a second to think whether there is something relationship between the certain cars and the drivers’ personality? There is a theory that people who drive certain cars share personality traits. Generally speaking‚ our choices may say something about our values and interests. To some extent‚ women tend to buy smaller cars and men are likely to buy larger cars. But there are many other
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