Rachel Carson wrote The Sea Around Us in 1951‚ which ended up in her winning a National Book award for a Non-fiction book and a John Burroughs award the following year. In this book she covers a wide range of topics involving our oceans in three parts. The first part‚ titled Mother Sea‚ Rachel Carson describes the history of how the seas formed‚ life on the surface and near the floor of the ocean‚ how the sea changes with the seasons‚ how islands are formed‚ and how seas come and go. Part two‚ titled
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literary terms notes Nonfiction-literature that is based on fact (facts‚ true) Examples: textbooks‚ biography‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and autobiography Fiction-literature that comes from the author’s imagination (fake‚ not true) Examples: short story‚ novels Types of Fiction: Short story-a piece of fiction short enough to be read in a single sitting Novels-book length fiction Plot-the series of causally related events that make up a story Parts of Plot: Exposition-the part
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The Hawksbill sea turtles are considered one of the most beautiful turtles in the ocean today. Poaching and other threats have led to a decline of the turtle population. Theses beautiful creatures are close to extinction and if there is nothing done to protect them‚ then these turtles will be gone forever. They are considered to be smaller sea turtles compared to other sea turtles. Hawksbill turtles are named for their narrow head and sharp bird-like beak. A hawksbill sea turtle is easily recognizable
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Mitchell Stevens Wide Sargasso Sea Reading Notes Part 1 1) Carefully read page 15 to the break on page 20. What conflicts are revealed in the opening of the novel? Use specific details from the text in of your answer. Antoinette is a young girl growing up in Jamaica. The first conflict she presents is the cultural differences. Slavery has just ended and her parents are former slave owners. After hanging out with her best friend Tia‚ Antoinette notices that she stole her pennies and dress
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Pacheco 1 Running Head: THE LITERARY SCRAPBOOK: ASSIGNMENT 8.2 The Literary Scrapbook Assignment 8.2: Course Project ENG102: English Literature Dr. Cornell Ashley M. Pacheco Jones International University October 29‚ 2011 Pacheco 2 Introductory Essay for the Literature Scrapbook My journey through English Literature comes many thoughts and questions on the knowledge behind the writing. What is English Literature? English Literature was first produced in England from the introduction
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Poseidon: God of the Sea The Olympian God Poseidon‚ or Neptune in Roman culture‚ is known by mortals as the King of the Seas and the Earth-Shaker. He controls the oceans and the land man walks upon. With the wave of one hand he could create massive earthquakes‚ horrific tsunamis‚ and storms that would destroy entire cities. When he rode across the seas in his chariot the seas calmed before him. As the second most powerful God of Olympus‚ Poseidon was held in high regard by gods and mortals alike
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What is Sea-floor spreading? Seafloor spreading is a process of plate tectonics in which new oceanic crust is created as large lumps of the Earth ’s crust split apart from each other and magma shafts up to fill the gap. Who discovered sea-floor spreading? The man who discovered sea floor spreading was Harry Hess. Harry Hess was a geologist. Part of his mission had been to study the deepest parts of the ocean floor. In 1946 he had discovered that hundreds of flat-topped mountains‚ perhaps sunken
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of isolation and madness in the opening pages of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’?’ In the opening of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’‚ Jean Rhys automatically gives the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness. This quote‚ ‘too young for him they thought’‚ foreshadows the isolation of the family from the society‚ it clearly shows that Antoinette’s family are segregated. The quote ‘one calm evening he shot his dog‚ swam out to sea and was gone forever’‚ tells us the extent of madness and insanity of
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Would the Sea Turtles be Missed? “Six of the seven sea turtle species are listed as vulnerable‚ endangered‚ or greatly endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of threatened species (Roach).” These suffering sea turtle species are the following: Reen‚ Hawksbill‚ Kemp’s Ridley‚ Leatherback‚ Loggerhead‚ and Olive Ridley. All of these turtles are found in the waters off the coasts of the United States of America. The only species of sea turtle that is not in
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“Sea turtles are one of the Earth’s most ancient creatures” (Basic Facts). They have been around since the dinosaurs‚ which is about 110 million years. The scientific name for them is Chelonioidea. The Earth is home to seven different species of sea turtles. They are Green‚ Loggerhead‚ Kemp’s Ridley‚ Olive Ridley‚ Hawksbill‚ Flatback‚ and Leatherback. Sadly‚ six of those seven sea turtles are endangered. Every type of sea turtle is a little bit different than the others. The Green sea turtle is
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