Syntax exercises (24/01/2022)
Analyse the writers’ use of passive verb construction and repetition in the following examples (italics mine): a) We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 77 The passive verb "made" emphasises the subject that experiences the kindness being created. In this case, the subject is the pronoun "we" and using this inclusive pronoun alongside the passive verb, makes it feel as though the audience can experience this too. b) They sailed and trailed and flew an...
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Grade 12 Experience Syntax Exercise
What do you think about the IBDP? As an MYP student, I believed that I would be well-prepared for the stress of the Diploma Programme. That was not the case. For IB sections like CAS, I was prepared; subjects like English was where I was blindsided. In the MYP, we were taught to compress our sentences, make them short - only 500 words. If I did that in an IB English paper, I would probably not get a high mark. It made no sense to me; why were we being taught something for five years that we wou...
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Syntax exercises (24/01/2022)
Analyse the writers’ use of passive verb construction and repetition in the following examples (italics mine): a) We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 77 The passive verb "made" emphasises the subject that experiences the kindness being created. In this case, the subject is the pronoun "we" and using this inclusive pronoun alongside the passive verb, makes it feel as though the audience can experience this too. b) They sailed and trailed and flew an...
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What in The God of Carnage would be interesting to explore further?
The constant theme of alcoholism in towards the end of the play is an interesting aspect that we could explore. What conversations and issues led up to the introduction of the rum on page 43. How Michel only poured alcohol for him and Alain - rooted sexism. Why Michel refused to pour for his wife - the reasons behind his actions and hers to fight him for it. ...
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Paper 1 Practice Exercises
"Now, the use of culture is that it helps us, by means of its spiritual standard of perfection, to regard wealth but as machinery, and not only to say as a matter of words that we regard wealth but as machinery, but really to perceive, and feel that it is so. If it were not for this purging effect wrought upon our minds by culture, the whole world, the future as well as the present, would inevitably belong to the Philistines." - Matthew Arnold, "Sweetness and Light" Culture and Anarchy The f...
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Response to Peter Boghossian
Although he comes across as being an aggressive SOB with a god-complex, some of the ideas and teaching methods Boghossian uses are intelligent. When we initially started discussing Boghossian's ideas, I felt uncomfortable. I felt that there was a difference between what I wanted to say and what I should have said. I felt as though what I was thinking was incorrect. Then I began to question myself. Why are your thoughts invalid just because they are different from what people think we should p...
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What caught my attention this year?
AH - The Belgian Grand Prix. So much history, so much passion, so much danger. Formula one is one of my favourite sports. The Belgian GP is one of my favourite events, mainly because of the thrill, passion and danger of the circuit Spa-Francorchamps. The reason why this is one of my favourite GPs is not only because it is located in my home country, but also because it is where my favourite team and favourite drivers performed well as well as favourite iconic moments. Michael Schumacher made his...
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Introduction to an analysis of 'The Shadow Scholar'
Text 1 is an article published to the Chronicles of Higher Education by Ed Dante. It was issued on the 10th of November in 2010. The target audience for this article is teachers and professors at high schools and universities, this is acknowledged multiple times during the text. The author exposes the professors to the extensive amount of cheating that goes on within their classrooms. He exposes the level of incompetency of the students and the gullibility of the professors throughout the text. ...
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Analysis of different versions of the fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
I have been listening to fairy tales ever since I was a baby. Little Red Riding Hood is one that my mom would tell me before going to sleep and it would always teach me a lesson to ‘not to talk to strangers’. When I read the Grimm tales, I was brought back to the fairytale memories. Even though the Grimm version and the fairy tale are quite similar, there are many differences between them. In the Grimm tales, they eventually kill the wolf, whereas in the fairytales the wolf would never be so -ex...
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Psychoanalysis of Tara Westover's Educated
‘What we whispered and what we screamed’ is the 22nd chapter of the memoir, Educated, by Tara Westover. The memoir is about how she left her mormon family in order to pursue education. She recalls different incidents that happened in her life to steer her towards the path of education, in the manner of a story. In chapter 22, Tara has come back from BYU for Christmas and has learned that her brother, Richard, will be taking the ACTs (encouraged by her mormon father. She then goes to the store wi...
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This is my test blog, where I am testing to see whether this app/website is going to work for me. I really hope it does, because that would decrease the amount of work I and my teacher would have to do in order to do this again and again until we finally finish this thing. ...
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