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    Jill Seymour HST 197 Dr. Smith September 17‚ 2012 Text Analysis of The Epic of Gilgamesh The question I thought about while reading this text was what the role is for women‚ and how their actions and descriptions reveal Mesopotamian attitudes concerning gender. The female gender was not highly looked upon during these times. The only time you see a respected female figure is when the mother of a son is being talked about. Any other time females are being talked about‚ they are portrayed with

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    TEXT RESPONSE ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ ‘Jenna Fox’s parents made the right decision by re-creating her in the way that they did. To what extent do you agree? In Mary E Pearson’s 2009‚ futuristic novel ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’‚ Jenna Fox’s parents made the correct w did what any parent would do to save there child by using the technology decision by re-creating there daughter in the way they did. However Jenna went through difficult times in accepting who she was. Throughout the novel

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    Modern electronic mail letter that many people use to communicate over long distances. It can access them through an example application of Yahoo instant Massenger‚ G-mail‚ MSN‚ facebook‚ twitter‚ skype and others. Chat is the one who called the line of text typed through the keyboard. Internet can also help us in selling and buying things we need or what we want. In the internet we can buy or sell items that we want is a very simple example could be an open web www.kaskus.com‚ www.tokobagus.com‚ and

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    Module Six: Text Questions Review Questions 1. What is a family? What is family composition? 2. What is cultural bias? What is an example of this? 3. What are stereotypes? How are they different from prejudice? 4. What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family? Critical Thinking Questions 1. How can families assimilate to a new culture? 2. What are some of the problems with stereotypes or cultural bias when looking at families? 3. Adversity affects today’s family

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    taken similar ideas that speak powerfully about human nature to the different context of 20th century America‚ within the world of Clueless where a much fluid social structure is orientated around popularity and superficial materialism. While both texts are able to mirror the values and beliefs of its time‚ they convey similar ideas which are universal and relate to any context. The importance of personal growth is an element of humanity which transcends time‚ and can resonate through any context

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    1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. Madrigal Proper: In this form‚ the madrigal was through-composed. It used quite a bit of word-painting‚ which is the matching of music to the words in the text. The Ballet: This form of madrigal was lighter in style than the madrigal proper and it was often danced to as well as sung. The Ayre: This form of madrigal is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without accompaniment. 2. What

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    ‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are

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    Text Commentary of the Declaration of Independence    ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES’ (July4‚ 1776) This is a text commentary about ‘The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’. The Declaration of Independence is a juridical and legal document written sometime between June 11 and June 28‚ 1776. The reason for that lapse of time is because a draft of the declaration was asked to a group of five delegates of the Continental Congress on June 11‚

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    should also be used if an article is written for children or teenagers. A teenager would better relate to “Hey‚ what’s up?” than “Greetings.How are you this fine September afternoon?” Because they can relate to it‚ they are more likely to understand the text and keep on reading. Not only teenagers and children use this type of language. Many adults still use words like “radar” and “e-mail”; neither of them are formal English[15]. That is why the theme of this term paper is of a great importance.

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    FORENSIC SCIENCE II - UNIT THREE: TEXT QUESTIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is toxicology? Toxicology is the study of substances that cause adverse effects in humans or other organisms. 2. Who was Mathieu Orfila? Mathieu Orfila was a Spanish-born Chemist; he published one of the first written works dedicated to the topic of poisons and medications. He was known as the “Father of Toxicology” for his work in the area. 3. What is strychnine? What symptoms does it cause? Strychnine is a poison that

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