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Biology Extended Essay
Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………...2 Introduction…....................................................................................................................3 Theoretical Aspects………………………………………………………………………4 Affects of light intensities on plant photosynthesis measured by the amount of oxygen produced…………………………………………………………………………………..5 Experimental Aspects……………………………………………………………………6 Factors that Affect the rate of photosynthesis……………………………………...........7 Investigating the Affect of Light on plant photosynthesis…………………………......8 Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………8.1 Variables………..………………………………………………………………………8.2 Apparatus..……………………………………………………………………………..8.3 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………8.4 Results………………………………………………………….……………………….8.5 A graph to show the Relationship between light and the rate of photosynthesis….....9  Analysis & Conclusion………………………………………………………....9.1  Extension Hypothesis  Variables  Materials  Methodology  Analysis & Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography
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What an Essay Is
An essay is a typically short piece of writing, from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fiction but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works
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Comparison Contrast Essay
Comparison/Contrast Essay Status Quo: When one first looks at Scott Momaday’s and Alfred Kazin’s works it is not apparent that they have much in common. Destabilizing Condition: However, this is not true. They both speak about their surroundings in emotional ways. Cost: If we can’t see the similarities and differences between these two stories then the reader will miss out on understanding. Thesis: Both authors discuss the memory of where they grew up as a
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Role of Women in the Book of Rites
Role of women in the Book of Rites (Chinese text) In her book on Religious Women, Carmody tells of the role of women according to the Chinese text. The role of women in the Chinese is clearly demonstrated in the article. The distinction in gender role is shown from the very early years of life. For instance, the birth of a male child was received with great joy because the male child played a major
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The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature
The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature The role of women in literature has typically been influenced by their role in society. In the 18th and 19th centuries their role in society began to change. Women began their transformation from anonymous objects of their fathers’ and husbands’ possession into animate, productive members of society. This change was reflected in the literature of the time, regardless of the gender of the author, and
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Expository Essay
This is a quote told by an English poet. A quote that tells you all about habits. In the book The Seven Habits they list seven habits that are: 1 be proactive, 2 begin with the end in mind, 3 put first things first, 4 think win-win, 5 seek first to understand, then to be understood, 6 synergize, and 7 sharpen the saw. These are the seven habits that Sean Covey came up with for
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Compare and Contrast Siddhartha and like Water for Chocolate
Hesse’s Siddhartha and Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate both demonstrate love’s intensity. Hesse’s novel speaks generally about the hardship contributed with the loss of live Siddhartha encounters with his son and dealing with inner conflict to find enlightenment with the absence of love. In a sense, Esquivel’s novel begins with the hardship of lost love and ends with the finding of enlightenment with love. These novels display a reciprocal effect and account for both similarities
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Tragedy in Greek Literature
Tragedy in Greek Literature When one hears the word tragedy, they might think of someone dying in a car wreck, being killed in a plane crash, or even a massive tsunami that wipes out nations. This type of tragedy is the most common, but when referring to Greek literature, a tragedy is an outstanding piece of drama originating in Ancient Greece. Greek tragedy originated in honor of the god of wine, Dionysus, the patron god
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Comparing Childhood Love in Sense and Sensibility and Wuthering Heights
Childhood Love Love is an emotion that you are fortunate to experience sometime in your life. Love can make you very delighted but it can also make you do crazy things. It is almost like it takes control of your emotions and makes you irrational. This does not just go for adults, but children too. A child is just as capable of being in love. The novels Wuthering Heights and Sense and Sensibility proves the
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Politeness and Gender - Are Women More Polite Than Men?
Politeness and Gender Are Women More Polite Than Men? Politeness is defined by the concern for the feelings of others. From Nancy Bonvillain's "Language, Culture, and Communication" she notes that, "women typically use more polite speech than do men, characterized by a high frequency of honorific (showing respect for the person to whom you are talking to, formal stylistic markers), and softening devices such as hedges and questions." Sociolinguists try to explain why there is
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Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating Protagonists in Two Short Stories
Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating protagonists in two short stories The short stories, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and A New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, both contain analogous regional attitudes resulting in similar outcomes for the protagonists of each story. The archaic 19th century regional standards the authors utilized within the text of these short stories, emphasizes the role of a woman within society as being strictly limited to
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Can Men and Women Just Be Friends?
According to recent research, over one half of the people in cross-sex friendships report sexual attraction or sexual tension (Afifi, 2000). Not only is sexual attraction present, but it can also be perceived as a benefit in such relationships. In a study done by Bleske (2000), “men evaluated the potential for having sex with their close opposite-sex friend as more beneficial than did women.” Men are also more likely than women to view their cross-sex
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The Impact of Domestic Violence Against Women in Tanzania
Context of the Problem Women's violence is a main problem in Tanzania and this paper will describe, possible impact brought by domestic violence to women of Tanzania. Women experience the violation such as raping, beating, threats and involuntary prostitution. Few years ago woman violation was not a major issue in the society, and this is because of the social approach towards women, where by men were given more priorities in the system of education and
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African American Women in Hollywood
African American Women in Early Film In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more
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Star Wars Video Essay
Overall I thought star wars was a really good movie. It had my eyes glued to the screen. George Lucas had a good plot to star wars. Ok Star Wars had a couple of mythical heroes. The mythical heroes are Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader. But Darth Vader is an evil mythical hero. There are folklore heroes are C3p0, R2-D2, and Han Solo. The thing that makes Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi
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Women’s Rights
In the early 1800s the textile mills of Lowell Massachusetts were a celebrated economic and cultural attraction. Visitors always made sure to pass this place when they visited. Surprisingly most of the workers in the mills were women. The first factory recruited Yankee women from the area. As Lowell expanded becoming the nation’s largest textile manufacturing center, the experiences of women operatives changed as well. With the pressure of competition overproduction became a problem,
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Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet
Essay on Love Love has in incredible, indescribable power over humanity. No one can explain the reason it makes people act the way it does; at times leading those under its spell to take risks. The power of love can be both healing and destructive and in Romeo and Juliet’s case, eventually ends the feud between their families yet their overly passionate feelings also lead to their deaths. Love’s power, being a balance between a
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William Blake’s Chimney Sweeper Essay
William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" offers a graphic portrayal of a particular cultural aspect of England in the 1790s. By examining my interactions with the poem, I will attempt to analyse and contrast my own belief system against that which is presented in the text. Blake's poem was initially very striking to me. While reading the first stanza, I was shocked and horrified by the imagery presented by the young narrator. I felt compelled to
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Compare and Contrast American Liberalism and Marx’s Ideal of Communism
American Liberalism and Marx's ideal of Communism are based on two very different but closely related ideologies. American Liberalism is based on the ideology of Classical Liberalism or Liberalism. Marx's ideal of Communism, on the other hand, is based on the Socialism ideology. Both of these ideologies came to because people didn't agree with the way thing were being run at that time. After studying them both closely, because of they way I have been
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Women’s Roles in the Odyssey
Women play a significant role in the text that forms an important part of The Odyssey, an epic written by Homer in the 7th century B.C. Within the poem there are three basic types of women: the goddess, the seductress, and the good hostess/wife. Each role helps to create a different kind of element and is essential to the completion of the story. The first female in the Odyssey to be seen in full effect
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Women Rights
Women rights Throughout the years of marriage and relationships there has been many changes towards the different roles that men and women play. Over this time though there are also things that have remained the same. The male female relationship has always had a type of "guidelines". Over the past forty years these guidelines have become less and less followed. Men and women's attitudes towards each other are something that has always, for the most
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The Role of Women in "a Grain of Wheat "
The role of women in "A grain of wheat " Though being a political narrative, the presence of women to strengthen the quality and reality of the novel is undeniable. Critic Abdulzarak Gurnah says: “Ngugi’s writing is never far from the subject” and this is perfectly applicable for his description of the African women. However, being rather objective he also points a picture of the white women who though being secondary characters play a certain
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Use This Sample Basic Essay as a Model
Use this Sample Basic Essay as a Model -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The essay below demonstrates the principles of writing a basic essay. The different parts of the essay have been labeled. The thesis statement is in bold, the topic sentences are in italics, and each main point is underlined. When you write your own essay, of course, you will not need to mark these parts of the essay unless your teacher has asked you to do
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Compare and Contrast the Whiskey Rebellion with Shay's Rebellion.
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts that run from 1786 to 1787. The rebels, led by Daniel Shays were small farmers angered by debilitating debt and taxes and failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in prisons. This was viewed by many as unjust, unfair and primarily favoring those with money. The levying of the taxes was orchestrated so as to put money back to the coffers after the American
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Viewpoints Comparison Essay
This is a U.S. presidential election year and a big story has been the rise of Senator Barack Obama as a serious candidate for presidency. I was interested in what various segments of the black community thought about this and chose two magazines that target the black community as their primary audience. JET magazine’s self-described mission is to inform, educate and entertain the African American community. The Network Journal magazine claims to serve the needs
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