Pitch: This article is written to inform the reader of the issues pose by crown of thorns starfish on coral reefs. The target audience is the general public who may view coral reefs as a tourist destination. There is a need to warn about crown of thorns as research shows that it causes more destruction to corals reefs than bleaching or other disturbances. More details on how these starfish population boomed are given in the article‚ revealing both natural and anthropogenic factors. The article however
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1960’s‚ The Crown of Thorns Starfish have been destroying our magnificent Great Barrier Reef. Biotic factors are a major consideration of the outbreak of the Crown of Thorns‚ lack of predators and their high fertilization rate plays a massive role in this overwhelming amount of starfish. The main predator the COT meets is the giant triton snail1. But because of recent population problems making the predators lacking in numbers they have no way of reducing the crown of thorns population. The fertilization
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As illustrated by Anne Lamott‚ author of Bird by Bird‚ first drafts are not meant to be perfect‚ but merely to begin the writing process and generate ideas that can later be perfected. Lamott attempts to eliminate the common perceptions of the writing process‚ emphasizing the need for accepting flaws of an initial draft. Written by almost all good writers‚ sloppy first drafts are a way to begin the long writing process‚ while still allowing mistakes along the way. In order to make a piece of writing
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The book “A Court of Thorns and Roses” has a fascinating story line. The love interest in the story creates a whirlwind of emotions. I concluded from the book that the theme is love and sacrifice‚ and the author expresses this through symbolism‚ characterization‚ and conflict. Sarah J. Mass‚ the author of “A Court of Thorns and Roses‚” does an outstanding job throughout her writing using symbols with deeper meaning to convey certain emotions to the audience. In this literary work‚ the author also
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Loredona Arrey Prof. Fatima EGL 1010 05/06/13 Cell Phones Usage while Driving Cell Phones have grown in popularity enormously in the last years. Having them seem to have become a necessity to many twelve year olds and to some senior citizens. They are the most widely spread used device of communication for Americans. Some of them are capable of performing task like a computer would. Due to the increasing popularity and ever changing technology‚ cell phone usage has increased
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The 20 Most Brilliantly Colored Birds in the World Birds are the only animals with feathers. All have feathers and most birds can fly. It is the possession f feathers‚ not the ability to fly‚ that distinguishes birds from other animals. There are about 10‚000 species of birds from all over the world. Here are 20 of the world’s most colorful birds. 1. Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) The golden pheasant of Asia is a brilliantly colored game bird. It is native to forests in mountainous
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay Harper Lee shows in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird character is not determined by race or social standing but the qualities and traits from which the person possesses. Tom Robinson‚ Atticus and Boo Radely are portrayed to be the mocking birds in the book. Harper Lee shows that Tom Robinson is a major target of racism throughout his time in the book. Tom’s true character has been overthrown just from the color of his skin. People make decisions
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay In the book “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee‚ many different events take place. It all starts with Jem and Scout Finch who live with their father Atticus in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Jem and Scout along with their friend Dill‚ wonder about their suspicious neighbor Boo Radley. Meantime Atticus defends Tom Robinson a black man who was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. Her father then attacks Jem and Scout to get revenge on Atticus. Miraculously‚ Boo Radley
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and Frost both write about birds. Compare and contrast two poems‚ one by each poet‚ taking account of the methods (the situation of the speaker‚ and the form‚ structure and language‚ including imagery and tones) which each poet uses to write about birds. Both Edward Thomas and Robert Frost write about birds in their poems ‘The Owl’ and ‘The Oven Bird’. ‘The Oven Bird’ by Robert Frost was written in 1916 and published in the Mountain Interval. It is a poem about an Oven Bird who sits on a tree on a
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In the book titled‚ Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott‚ she describes different techniques in how she goes about writing. Lamott mentions how much she procrastinates before writing drafts because sometimes panic sets in and also how her mind wanders at times. For example‚ she states that “I think about someone I’m really annoyed with‚ or some financial problem that is driving me crazy‚ and decide that I must resolve this before I get down to today’s work” (17). Although I do not write all that often‚ if
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