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    The goal of this assignment is to explain the variables in four peer-reviewed psychology publications and analyze the measurement tools used to quantify these variables. All four studies utilized a form of exercise as their independent variable and mood as their dependent variable. The distinct variation in these studies lies in the type of physical activity and operational definition of the variables. These, artifacts and confounding variables are discussed along with suggestions for how the…

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    Behaviourism Behaviourism is said to be one of the ways of learning a language. According to Skinner (1957, cited in Harmer, 2007), in this method, learners are required to replicate sentences and their correctness is applauded by the teacher and the high frequency of this process increases the students’ condition to develop language effectively in the future. It is supported that “Behaviourism analysis is alive and well, and is making significant contribution in applied language settings”…

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    Larry Lassalle's Hero

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    patterns, reputation, the way he behaves in public and the way he behaves without the watchful eye of the public. In terms of his physical appearance Cormier uses a range of writing features to describe him. At the start of the book Cormier uses the adjective dazzling “dazzling movie star smile ‘this gives us the impression that Larry Lassalle who is handsome and should be admired. Cormier uses the antithesis and contrast “Broad shoulders of athlete narrow hips of a dancer”. This gives us the…

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    peculiar and subjective case. The poet conjoins antithetical responses to death—frivolousness and despondence. Another peculiar construction case of Poem 'As by the dead we love to sit' is the noun phrase “penurious eyes”(8). The pairing of the adjective ‘penurious’ is done with an inanimate object instead of an animate one. The semantic contrast is initiated on the basis of “wealth” vs “poverty”. Through the above establishment, one may concur that the word “penurious” has another semantic…

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    The poems “Harlem” and “I, Too, Sing America” though both by Langston Hughes, are different in their tones and themes; they share common structures and line construction, keeping Hughes’ style consistent. In both poems, the lines are not structured in anyway, instead they are separated sporadically, bringing attention to certain lines. “Harlem” is written entirely in free verse with an occasional rhyme. However, “I, Too, Sing America” does not rhyme at all. Both poems are written in short…

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    sentence, and “I go to school full time because I want to be successful” is a complex sentence. In the other hand, the compound-complex sentence is the sentence that has an adjective clause. Other examples of adjective clause, “The house which I offered is still on the market.” In this case, “which I offered” is an adjective clause. Overall, the clauses in compound-complex sentence can be in any order, but they have to follow with the punctuation…

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    What She Knew Davis Essay

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    description of her face demonstrates how Davis paints of picture of true fear, “her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly” (Davis 2). Her face is white due to the terror she feels and this feeling drains color from her cheeks. The passage uses the adjectives and adverbs to demonstrate the true intensity of the fear. The language Davis use is to demonstrate that the woman’s range of emotion. The point of view that the readers are presented with is a third person which allows the reader to…

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    Sexual Double Standard

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    evidence when it comes to cheating. It may very be that only certain sexual behaviors have a double standard. Hypothesis H1: A slight number of more negative adjectives will be used to describe Tara than to describe Michael. H2: Men will use more negative adjectives to describe Tara than to describe Michael. H3: Women will use the same adjectives to describe both Tara and…

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    Everyday gender discrimination is invisible to most individuals. We are not aware of the several gender labels society has created. The world has developed gender labels to become a normal concept we use everyday. Gender is when an individual portrays themselves with masculine or feminine characteristics. We grow up learning and knowing about gender and their different roles in a community. Gender labels play a huge role in sports. For instance, we tend to believe and stereotype different sports…

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    Spanish, que is never omitted (Grade 11.8, Flesch reading ease, 60.6) Passage 2: Adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Review each singular and plural form as you pronounce the following nouns and the adjectives that describe them… In Chapter 1, you learned that adjectives follow the nouns they describe. Now you will learn the few adjectives that precede the noun they modify. Remember that adjectives agree in number…

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