Concrete

pronounce this term, I will add this to my vocabulary more often. (David Skwire, pg 499) While learning to create my own writings through the knowledge I am learning, in these most recent chapters are enlightening me on how important it is to be concrete, to the point without a lot of words that isn't relevant to the topic of my writing. Writing concretely utilizing connotative words versus denotative wording can keep my audience captivated, more so when my topic of discussion is sensitive,…

The Courthouse Symbol The symbol represented is the Maycomb County Courthouse. This courthouse is a symbol of social inequality and injustice because of the events that took place in it. For example, the Tom Robinson case. The Tom Robinson case was unfair because, as Mr. Underwood stated in the editorial, “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (276). The case was unfair because Tom Robinson was black, and was not given a fair chance to explain himself.…

1. Explain Conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. Conceptual understanding basically means focusing much more into depth on how to get the correct answer. It goes way beyond that, it focuses on understanding why and how we got the answer. This can be done by supporting students’ ability to access concepts from a number of different perspectives. Students can demonstrate a deep understanding by solving short conceptual problems, applying mathematics to new situations,…

suffering through the loss of innocence and childhood suffering faced by Cathy and Heathcliff. The loss of innocence symbolised by the total shift in Cathy’s appearance from Chapter 6 to 7 through the the adjective “barefoot” creating antithesis with the concrete noun “burnished shoes” to foreground how she has been introduced to the expectations and requirements of society so can no longer be free and connected to nature, reflecting the shift away from the natural world due to the Industrial…

windows, tiles, Italian-influenced facades and features, (Sherman, 139-140) and even a tower, that, in its more current setting commands a level of importance and power through its appeared connection to the past (Figure 2). Breaking up the smooth concrete walls of the exterior are red brick, which adds both a stylistic contrast and mimics the quoins along the corners of Italianate and other Renaissance Revival styles (Figure 3). These details are repeated around the arched windows and doorways,…

Brutalism: Born from the Ashes Le Corbusier was a strong believer in man’s ability to reinvent and rebuild, and nothing invited the need to rebuild more than World War 1. The Great War was more destructive than any before it - hence the name - with millions of lives lost, vast swathes of land rendered unusable and entire cities obliterated. This gave the Le Corbusier, a young architect-teacher at the time, a very clear mission. He took on his pseudonym after the war - signifying his desire to…

One example of an aqueduct was The Pont du Gard. The Pont du Gard is a 50-kilometer aqueduct that was built in the 1st century AD. This aqueduct supplied water to the city of Nimes and allowed water to flow across the Gardon River. The bridge was built using yellow limestone blocks that were near the borders of the river. The tallest section of the bridge was constructed with breezeblocks combined with mortar. The bridge has three levels of 52-formed arches. The arches are in line with each…

I chose to discuss how Caroline Shaw’s Passacaglia piece exhibits characteristics from Edgard Varese’s piece even though the composers had different performance mediums. Throughout Shaw’s piece, you can hear a few characteristics of e experimentation. Shaw’s piece does not use a lot of synthesizers and is not a dramatic as Varese’s Poeme Electronique. Shaw uses some electronic sounds and characteristics of experiments within her piece, but her main sound was the use of whispers, shouts, and…

The poem “The Hawk” written by Harold Witt explores the dominance of the fierce creatures in the natural world and powerful corrupted figures in society. Although Witt describes the hawk’s attempt to capture its prey in the poem, Witt’s ultimate purpose to write this poem is to expose the reality of the social structure in society where dominating figures controls the community. Using literary features such as symbolism and metaphor, the contrast between predator and prey, powerful and weak is…

to get the large amount of concrete to the dam and to make it harden correctly. The engineers used a system of pouring concrete into individual blocks and then cooling with river water to make them hard. The dam was build block by block over five years. While the dam was being built, the powerplant was also built to produce the hydropower which was suppose to pay for the construction costs over time. Once finished the workers used over 6 million cubic yards of concrete and millions of pounds…