Soto's use of informal dictation in this poem enhances the overall theme of the youthful excitement of the event and what it meant to the boy. ... He utilizes many different literary techniques to portray the exhilarating excitement and overall significance of this event to the reader such as sensory, imagery and figurative language, as well as sentence structure that builds excitement and rhythm. ...

• Word Count: 1251
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Social media, in all its forms, has become a major aspect of the daily lives of teenagers and young people alike. They are surrounded by notifications, news stories, and profiles of people we know as friends and acquaintances. Whether you're an avid follower of social media sites such as Facebook, I...

• Word Count: 1426
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Life expires; mortality is inevitable. This ominous thought lingers in the minds of humanity and is what drives a system of beliefs that coincide with ethical values to help make sense of life. This is known as religion. God, the Holy Spirit, the Divine Being, He controls fate before and after death...

• Word Count: 1258
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• Grade Level: High School

Kurt Vonnegut, JR's Unshackled Mind Throughout the given Kurt Vonnegut stories, there has been a common, underlying theme. This theme can be found in such short stories as "Report on the Barnhouse Effect," "The Euphio Question," and "Harrison Bergeron." In extremes of bo...

• Word Count: 1252
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• Grade Level: High School

Everyone knows someone that can make his or her sunny day turn into a rainy, gloomy day. Or maybe someone has had an encounter with a person on the subway that bumped into you, knocked your bags down and still didn't have the audacity to say excuse me or can I help you with that? What comes to mi...

• Word Count: 1324
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• Grade Level: High School

Lately I have been thinking in depth about bringing a purpose into my life. I have been thinking about my own interests, passions, and goals, and trying to find a way that I can satisfy all of these things. I've been studying international affairs for the past three semesters at the University of C...

• Word Count: 1269
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• Grade Level: High School

Even though many people occupy themselves with an idea that their house must be clean and well kept, they never once think of their physical surroundings as a direct influence on their daily decisions, actions, and overall lives. ...

• Word Count: 1326
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In an excerpt from "Compassion in Buddhism without Beliefs," the author introduces us to the development of loving which the author rightly sees not just as a separate exercise but also as a means to developing mindfulness and loosening the grip of centeredness. Compassion is a big role in our lives...

• Word Count: 1282
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• Grade Level: High School

Summary of Cicero's, On Duties This excerpt from the book, On the Good Life, is a letter from Cicero to his son. I couldn't even imagine getting something like this from my father. It is full of great advice on how to live your life in such a way that you are regarded as a highly favorable person...

• Word Count: 1720
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• Grade Level: High School

Personal Health Plan How are you doing today? This question is asked by many people everyday. Most respond with nothing more than "good", "great" or "fine". But how are we really doing? I used to think that I was 100% healthy until I learned about the various dimensions of health. There are severa...

• Word Count: 1629
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, but sadly it is often overlooked, excused, or denied. Most define abuse as physical, but it can also be psychological. Emotional abuse can cause just as much, if not more damage. It is difficult to understand why some chose to live in fear of the per...

• Word Count: 1776
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• Grade Level: High School

The road to a healthy personality is like a road itself. It has many curves and blind corners. Ones ability to adapt to this constantly changing road is one of the most important components of a healthy personality. That is, the ability to adapt to a changing world. Another important component is th...

• Word Count: 1796
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• Grade Level: High School

Following the Sutra? Jack Kerouac and his so-called "Dharma Bums- lived an extremely unconventional lifestyle, to say the least. Many scoff at their eccentric practices, dismissing them as frivolous, slothful and even immoral. "Ray Smith,"" "Japhy Rider,"" and "Alvah Goldbeck,"" among others...

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Introduction I have always found the electronic world around me quite fascinating. And in this electronic world what fascinates me the most are the gadgets like spy-bots and control systems. Control system is a type of device which is controlled by the user and has a camera inside it; the user opera...

• Word Count: 2131
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• Grade Level: High School

In Kathryn Schulz's essay "Evidence", two prevalent ways to present evidence are shown in great detail. These methods are self-subversive thinking, and being a confident bulldozer. These will both be referenced and defined later through further analysis. These methods both work well in presenting evidence and opinions on a subject, but they each have their advantages and disadvantages. Looking for examples of these two types of mindsets was not hard to find at all. ...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography