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Julie J.C.H. Ryan’s essay “Student Plagiarism in an Online World” explains how effortless it is for college students to plagiarize their essays and avoid learning through the help of modern technology. On the contrary, undergraduates use the Internet as a means to bolster their education. Savvy technology has helped ease the life of twenty-first century students. The Internet is helpful because it acts as a virtual library for research, enhances relationships between professors and students, and…

The play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in 1606, when King James became king after Queen Elizabeth died. Shakespeare most likely wrote this play to impress his new king, who was a descendant of Banquo. In the play, Macbeth, thane of Glamis, and his friend Banquo win a battle. They meet three witches who tell him that he will become Thane of Cawdor and eventually become king. They also tell Banquo that his children will become king. Lady Macbeth decides to kill the king and make the…

This is to be understood as a reference to Macbeth, a noble thane, killing Duncan, the all powerful king. The falcon is meant to fly higher and kill larger prey than the owl but in this instance the falcon is killed. This section also refers to how ambitious Macbeth’s actions are and how it has caused him to turn against his own nature. His ambition has driven him to do the impossible and unthinkable and will continue to…

Tammie Swann PSY3380XA Week 3 Writing Assignment Concept 1: Cognitive Shortcuts Summary: Cognitive shortcuts are a way to make the perception and interpretation of human behavior easier and quicker. In social situations it takes a lot of effort to perceive and interpret what others do. Cognitive shortcuts allows us to make rapid decisions and predictions. There are three different cognitive shortcuts. Expectations which is what we expect of others based on our beliefs. This eliminates the…

a ant, a owl, a goose, and a badger. I turn him into these specific animals to teach him lessons. When I turn Wart into a fish, I take him to the castle’s moat and heal a small fish. I heal the fish to show him that even the most insignificant creatures require and deserve help. After healing the fish, I take Wart to see the pike, who rules the moat. The pike says “There is only…

B-Indirect Idioms : Are idioms which have no equivalents in native language. Here learners attempt to translate idioms are encountered by absence of direct equivalents, grave mistakes usually occur when translating this class of idioms. Examples include: 1-Wild goose chaseعقيمة / لا طائل منه محاولة 2-Separate/ tell the sheep from the goats الغث من الثمين يميز 3-With a heart of gold/عطوف جدا/ رقيق رحيم 4-kick the bucket يموت 5-Rob…

points to his shoes while saying "on here." Some associations that we see with Jacob is when he hears the word bed he says "pillow and sheets." Another thing that Jacob is asked is "What does bat mean?" He quickly replies with "owl." He associates a bat 's wings with owl 's wings. As I was looking at Rachel 's video, I noticed that she was naming nouns. One example was the word "Mom." This word was repeated over and over again. I also noticed, like Jacob, Rachel points to objects when she is…

that Macbeth should have already killed Duncan. She exclaims, “It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman,/ Which gives the stern’st good-night” (2.2, 3-4). When she refers to the “good-night”, she means the final good night. Since one says “good-night” to someone before one sleeps, the “stern’st good-night”, is given to someone before their final sleep. Also it is implied that the scene occurs at night because the owl, a nocturnal bird, shrieked. Much later in Act V, Macbeth talks to…

The novel, Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier, takes place in the Appalachian Mountains during the Civil War. Appalachian people are known for their folklore and superstitions involving various aspects of their lives. Throughout this novel there are glimpses of folkloric wisdom of nature, superstitious schedules and actions, and herbal wisdom passed around the communities. Frazier was able to accurately display many of the traditions and folklore of the mountain people through several different…

"Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms father. . . . And one fine morning--So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." The last line of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's infamous The Great Gatsby. The main reason as to why he wrote such a novel was to create a consciously artistic achievement of something that was beautiful and simple, yet intricately patterned. What is really intriguing is why Fitzgerald used Nick as the narrator, or the amount of symbolism…