she go about getting what she wants? The meta-truth: metaphorical truth In Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir‚ Lauren Slater attempts to create a new kind of truth called metaphorical truth: emotional truth explained using metaphors instead of facts. She confuses fact and fiction even though it is a memoir and thus creates a convoluted tale of herself where she may or may not be epileptic. Initially‚ the readers believe that she uses metaphorical truth to make them understand the essence of her life
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In Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir‚ Lauren Slater described her personal early childhood story and young adulthood experiences of being an epileptic patient. She used significant metaphors in this book which required readers to reconsider what is real and what it the exaggerated part. Slater puts the idea up that she may be making her epileptic illness up. Slater was trying to tell the readers that her abnormal behavior was attributed by her epilepsy. However‚ in the last chapter of the book readers
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Within chapter one of Opening Skinners Book Lauren Slater brings the reader’s attention in through a whirlwind of thoughts‚ gossip‚ research‚ and even an interview with B.F. Skinner’s daughter Julie Skinner Vargas. She begins to report where he came from‚ whom he fell in love with‚ and where his life began. Within the walls of Harvard he began to put into place an experiment for rats that would later become a huge advantage into psychology (10). Later‚ Skinner begins to recall how to train animals
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Mind The author‚ Lauren Slater is an American psychologist and writer. She is the author of seven books‚ including Welcome To My Country‚ Prozac Diary‚ and Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir. What promoted the author to write this piece was her story using prescription drugs resulting in her gaining weight. I know this because the the main title and text says it. For example‚ in the header Lauren Slater states “Would you gain 80 pounds to cure a crippling depression? Lauren Slater did and learned that
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Habitat Slaters mostly inhabit moist areas and are commonly found under rocks and logs‚ in leaf litter in forested areas and in the garden. Some species are found in the semiarid regions of inland Australia and several introduced species are common inhabitants of suburban areas commonly living in compost heaps and other moist situations. http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/isopoda.html (19/03/15) Where to find them? Slaters (woodlice) in a native beech forest‚ New Zealand. Terrestrial Isopoda
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Upper Hutt College Year 13 Biology Slater Study Achievement standard: biology 3.1 Introduction to experiment: In this investigation of the ecological niche of the woodlouse‚ I chose to experiment the amount of soil moisture that the slaters tend to prefer. I chose this aspect‚ as moisture is a vital part in the survival of this small creature. Internet sources provided information of the woodlice that shows that they are from crustacean descent and formerly aquatic even though
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NO.102/1 Marker Code Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) South Pacific Form Seven Certificate BIOLOGY 2009 QUESTION and ANSWER BOOKLET Write your Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) on the top right hand corner of this page and on the fold-out flap on the last page. Answer ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the appropriate spaces provided in this booklet. If you need more space for answers‚ ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Write your SPIN on all extra sheets used and
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Report on the distribution of slaters in different level of soil pH Introduction Slater (woodlouse)‚ Biological name Porcellio scaber‚ is probably the most common species in New Zealand. They belong to the biological class Crustacea. Their size is about 17mm in length. They have rough exoskeleton and usually in dark grey colour. They have 7 pairs of legs‚ each pair is attached to the underneath of each thorax segment. Their body consists into three sections: head‚ thorax and abdomen‚ these are
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Samuel Slater Samuel Slater was born in Belper‚ Derbyshire‚ England on June 9‚ 1768. He became involved in the textile industry at the age 14. Samuel Slater worked in the industry for 8 years‚ which is why he is an English-American industrialist. Mr. Slater is known as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution”‚ a phrase brought up by Andrew Jackson. He also was known as “Father of the American Factory System” and “Slater the Traitor” (In the UK) because he brought the British textile
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Aim. The aim of this investigation is to find out how Slaters react to an increase or decrease of the temperature in its surroundings. Hypothesis The speed of the Slaters will increase when the temperature of its environment is increased or decreased from its preferred range‚ so it ensures that they spend less time in unfavorable conditions to avoid desiccation. Method 1. This experiment is done using a water bath to change and control the temperature being trialed. The water bath will have
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