Exemplar A: Excellence Research topic: What’s on Amy Tan’s Mind? Research questions: ▪ What issues stand out in Amy Tan’s writing? ▪ How do the narrative techniques used highlight these issues? ▪ Why does Amy Tan highlight these issues? Research Notes: The Kitchen God’s Wife Author: Amy Tan. ISSUES Sense of self identity: ▪ Revelation of her mother’s secret past brings the identity of who Pearl’s biological father really is. ▪ To Pearl this news is horrific
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Hector Marin KWL Senior Portfolio During our third period language apps‚ the class had to configure a KWL chart which helped on writing good essays. Brainstorming is a big step in beginning a good essay because one can write a lot of facts and details to put in throughout the paper. There are certain things I have a hard time starting because I want it to be well written for the reader to be entertained. Essays can always be improved‚ the better structure‚ vocabulary‚ and great punctuations
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Half and Half Thought Paper In Amy Tan’s “Half and half” She writes of two different cultures merging: eastern and western culture. She also writes of faith‚ supposed loss of faith and superstition. She continues to write of her mother’s secret hope that her lost child‚ Bing‚ will someday return. Finally‚ she addresses the archetype of water and the concept of baptism through the death of the narrator’s younger Brother. As the title suggests‚ Tan’s life is full of halves. A predominant aspect
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Expert systems Define expert systems: An expert system is an ICT system that emulates the decision making ability of a human expert. It uses artificial intelligence to make decisions based on data that is supplied in the forms of answers to questions. Knowledge base – is a large store of knowledge about particular topics. Interference engine – a set of rules that are used to make decisions A user interface – presents questions on screen which the human answers. 1) Describe the advantages
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GCSE GEOGRAPHY EXAM REVISION GUIDE 2005 THE EXAM PAPER The paper lasts for 2 hours and 15 minutes and carries 50% of your marks. There are 2 sections: A. PLACES – 1. The European Union‚ including the UK 2. Less Economically Developed Countries 3. More Economically Developed Countries‚ outside EU B. THEMES – 1. Physical Systems and Environments 2. Natural Hazards and People 3. Economic Systems and Development
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“Half and Half” Answer Key Discussion Questions 1. Amy Tan writes about mother-daughter relationships in many of her stories. What do you think the relationship was like between the narrator and her mother in the story? The mother is very perseverant and refuses to give up on anything. This causes tension between them because Rose is nervous to tell her that she is getting a divorce since Rose knows her mom will tell her to save her marriage. The mother isn’t lenient with her beliefs nor is
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Away by Michael Gow Half-Yearly Revision Act-by-Act Summary / Structure Genre: Form (Drama) As Away is a drama‚ it will be important for you to discuss the unique features of this form. You may wish to consider the following: Intertextuality: Shakespearean texts Away begins with the final scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a comedy) and ends with a production of King Lear (a tragedy). These two texts frame the play and develop its major theme of reconciliation. Structurally‚ the orientation
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ripple-carry adder. We will examine each of these circuits below. Half Adder The half-adder is described by block diagram‚ truth table and logic equation for Sum and Carry. Fig. 7.5 Half Adder block diagram a 0 0 1 1 b 0 1 0 1 Cout 0 0 0 1 Sum 0 1 1 0 Cout = ab a→ b→ H.A. → Sum → Cout From the minterms in the truth table we get the following Boolean equations for the circuit. Sum = a’b + ab’ or a ⊕ b Circuit Diagram for half adder which produces a Sum and Cout p. 1 of 5 Functions
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5: ADDERS Lugtu ‚John Kelly S. 20081107280 Grade Engr. Oliver G. Daiton Instructor EXPERIMENT NO. 5 ADDERS OBJECTIVES 1. To verify the operations of a half adder and a full adder. 2. To determine the differences between the half adder and full adder. 3. To study the operation of full adder MSI IC. SKILLS REQUIRED For the experiment to proceed smoothly‚ the student must be 1. Familiar with logic gates. 2. Familiar with addition
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