He's referred to as My Lord" but I'm not sure of his actual title. Where would I find these? What does prose and poetry mean? What's the difference? In The Scarlet Letter, why is the scaffold important and how does it change over the course of the novel? Why does the legend of King Arthur hold such a powerful grip over us?
Do you like to read books? What are the metrical features in poetry? What are the riddles that Gollum asked Bilbo in The Hobbit? Can you tell me what these two quotes from Much Ado About Nothing mean? What is connotation, and how do you find it in a poem?
What is a dramatic monologue? What is formal fallacy? In the movie Dead Poets Society, what are some themes and values that are relevant to Transcendentalism.
What is Transcendentalism? Why didn't Mina Harker realize she was under Dracula's spell when she witnessed her friend fall prey to him, too? Wasn't it obvious? How could he be presented as a hero instead? In Romeo and Juliet , what are the different types of irony used? Um, what's irony?
What is the main theme in Fahrenheit ? Why is Invisible Man considered a bildungsroman? Rank that eventually prompts him to disclose his own secret? What is a definition of short story? What percentage of people are considered geniuses? How do I write and publish my own novel?
Do I use the past or present tense to answer this question: What is this poem about? How would you use the PDSA cycle in your personal life? Math I am confused about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing negative numbers. Who are some famous female mathematicians? How did ounce come to be abbreviated as oz.? Given the set of numbers [7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42], find a subset of these numbers that sums to The speed limit on a certain part of the highway is 65 miles per hour.
What is this in feet per minute? What is the sum of the angles of an octagon? In math, what does reciprocal mean? How many grams in an ounce? A number is 20 less than its square. Find all answers. How much is 1, thousands? How do I find the angles of an isosceles triangle whose two base angles are equal and whose third angle is 10 less than three times a base angle? Explain with words and an example how any number raised to the zero power is 1? What three consecutive numbers add up to ?
How many ,,s in 50 billion? Of students asked if they like rock and roll or country music, 7 said they like neither, 90 said they like rock and roll, and 57 said they like country music. How many students like both? What's the formula to convert square feet into square meters? In math, what is the definition of order of operations? What's the difference between digital and analog? What is the square root of ,? What are all of the prime numbers?
Our teacher told us to look for clues in math word problems. What did she mean? How do I figure out math word problems without going crazy? What good is geometry going to do me after I get out of school? I keep forgetting how to add fractions. Can you remind me?
My teacher talks about the Greatest Common Factor. What's so great about it? Got any tips on finding percentages of a number? How do I use domain and range in functions? How do I change percents to decimals and fractions? How about decimals and fractions to percents? What should I do if my teacher wants me to solve an inequality on a number line? What is a fast and easy way to work word problems?
How do you combine numbers and symbols in an algebraic equation? How do I go about rounding off a number? Can you describe a prism for me? How can I double-check my answers to math equations? How do you factor a binomial? I get the words mean , mode , median , and range mixed up in math. What do they all mean? How do you combine like terms in algebra? Can you make it easier for me to understand what makes a number a prime number?
Explain probability to me and how about some examples? Solving story problems is, well, a problem for me. What's inferential statistics all about? Finding percentages confuses me.
Do you have any tips to make it simpler? What's a quadratic equation, and how do I solve one? How do you figure out probability? How do you add integers? How do you use factoring in quadratic equations? What are limits in calculus? I've looked everywhere to find the meaning of this word and I can't find it. What's the definition of tesseract?
In geometry, how do you get the perimeters of a square and a rectangle? What is the absolute value of a negative number? A rectangle swimming pool is 24m longer than it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 3m wide.
Find the area of the pool if the area of the deck is m 2. Where do I even start to solve this problem? How do you classify numbers, as in rational numbers, integers, whole numbers, natural numbers, and irrational numbers? I am mostly stuck on classifying fractions. How do you convert a fraction to a decimal or change a decimal to a fraction?
Please help! Sometimes when I'm doing my pre-calculus homework I need help on some of the problems. Do you know where I can find help on the weekends or whenever? How do you convert metric measurements? I'm curious about converting Celsius to Fahrenheit, or Fahrenheit to Celsius. How do I convert from one to the other?
In basic math, the fraction bar shows division. So why does this equation show multiplication instead of division? I'm taking geometry and I'm having problem with the angles and the degree. Is there a way you can help me out?
The perimeter of a rectangle is 66m. The width is 9m less than the length. What is the length and width of the rectangle? How many dollars are in 5, pesos? How many ounces in a pound? I'm having a hard time remembering percent of change. Is there a better way of understanding it? How do I figure out tangrams? What are quadrilaterals? What is the least common multiple of 8, 6, and 12? How do you convert decimals to fractions?
Sciences How did the planet" Pluto get its name? I know it's named after the mythical god of the underworld, but why? What does gender really mean? What does plum pudding have to do with physics? What is the functionalist perspective in sociology?
What does pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis mean? Why aren't viruses considered living things? Why does your breathing rate increase when you exercise? Everyone says you shouldn't clean your ears with cotton swabs because you could break an eardrum.
But if you do break your eardrum, will it grow back? What is a mole? How, and why, is body fat stored? Where on the body do you find ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium? Since she was only married for 72 days, does Kim Kardashian have to give back her wedding gifts? In the United States, how can you get buried at sea?
What exactly is Salvia divinorum , and is it legal? What is the composition and volume of whole blood? Should I refer to a widow as Mrs. Is it possible to catch more than one cold at a time? Why does the Earth have more gravitational force than the moon or some other planet? Did humans evolve from monkeys or apes? What is the largest organ in the human body? How did we end up with both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales? What is absolute zero? What is cell theory? How come when humans flatulate, it smells bad?
What is the most abundant element in the earth's crust? Is global warming man-made? What exactly is wind? And why does it blow? This sounds really disgusting, but I'm curious: Can humans drink animal blood, or any other kind of blood? Why is space exploration important? How is photosynthesis essential to life on earth? What is the highest mountain in New Mexico? What's the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist?
Who are the unbelievers" referred to in The Koran? What is it that they do not believe? What happens when you die? Why is it important to memorize where the 50 states are on a map? What kind of endangered species are there?
Can you give me some examples, please? It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, so when you drive a car, is it against the law to sneeze? What are tectonic plates? I have boy trouble. I want to ask out my friend, but I am not sure he is going to say yes. Plus, he said he had a girlfriend when we talked during school. Plus, my parents don't want me to date. Why is the sky blue? Do you really shrink at the end of the day and then grow in the morning?
What is the difference between matter" and "mass"? What are closed contour lines? What is homeostasis? What does the periodic table look like? Do you know anything about the law of conservation of energy? Is it really a law? I thought I knew what work means, but my physics teacher defines it differently. What's up with that? How do plants know when to drop their leaves? What's the surface of the moon like?
How does the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom differentiate it from another atom? How do big rocks wear down over time?
What does genetic recombination mean? How has DNA matching really made big difference in finding out who committed a crime? What's the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems? What is incomplete dominance? Can hydrocarbons be considered compounds? Can you explain what molar mass is? Aren't fungi really plants?
What information is contained in a chemical equation? What are the endocrine and exocrine systems? How do electrical charges interact? Are there more than three kingdoms of life? I can never remember. What are the characteristics of electrically charged objects? How does anomie theory explain deviant behavior?
Why would anybody think there might be life on another planet? What are chemical solutions? Do you know of any way to simplify the overall subject of biochemical genetics?
Can a loud noise really shatter glass? How do magnetic fields work? Did Clarence Darrow really call an animal in to testify at the famous monkey trial? What role does the thyroid gland play in the human body? What did Mendel discover about heredity when he was playing around with plants?
How many laws of motion did Newton come up with, and what are they? What in the world is constructive and destructive interference? How do viruses do their dirty work? What do bones do, except give us a skeletal structure? Do all viruses look alike? My teacher keeps talking about solubility. What does that mean, anyway? How do positive and negative reinforcement work? How does nondisjunction relate to birth defects?
With all the germs in the world today, how come everybody's not sick all the time? What is thermal equilibrium? How are sound waves created? What do taste buds look like — up-close? How often does an eclipse happen? What is the chemical composition of saltwater?
I was told to write a sentence answer to this question: When in life do you learn to expect the unexpected? I don't really know of an answer. Can you help me figure it out? My school is having a blood drive and I am considering donating blood. Can you tell me more about the whole process and if it is painful?
Where can I download music for free? And if I do, is it illegal? How do I convince my parents to give me ten bucks? How should I deal with being a perfectionist? How do I convince my little brother and sisters to stay out of my room?
Can you eat a rooster? How do I work out a problem with a teacher who loses the assignments I turn in and then accuses me of not doing the homework? Could a Tyrannosaurus rex kill King Kong? Will a tattoo inhibit hair growth? When did gays come about? I was wondering if the tilt on the earth's axis is important to animal life on earth. Could you explain? What are the four types of tissue found in the human body? Is there any easy" way to understand the Krebs Cycle? What is cell death?
And what is the difference between apoptosis and necrosis? How do I find the molar mass of the elements on the periodic table? What do the symbols on the Periodic Table mean?
How is your mind connected to your dreams? Does this have anything to do with psychology? What are the three main functions of the skeletal system? What are the characteristics of a moneran, protist, and fungus? Why does a placebo work?
And who does it work for? What are two properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids? What is lymph? Is it part of the circulatory system in our bodies?
Can there be life on Mars? How much of the ozone layer is left? Is it possible for a marine mammal to be infected with rabies? What exactly does the RNA do? What is the sperm travel process? Maybe the author pursues the same theme in every book— the relationship between mothers and daughters is complex. The theme is a recognizable one that speaks to the human condition. Themes may deal with principles and abstractions rather than people —love means sacrifice, hope is painful, death stalks each of us from the moment of birth.
But if the story has been written such that the theme is obvious to readers, the theme is true in terms of the people and events in the story. Themes tend to be universal. The theme love conquers all can work for peasants in Europe, wealthy owners of a New York townhouse, colonists on Nebulus 5 in Themes tend to be serious , even in humorous works. You might hear an argument from a reader who disagrees.
You might hear from legions of fans who agree. You might start a war between factions from both sides. Which could only help sales and bring attention to your writing.
Writers can decide upon theme before writing : this story will be about the hypocrisy of love, the blindness of love, the pain of love. Then the writer crafts words and scenes and character and events to point to his theme, love stinks.
One problem with deciding theme before writing a story is that the book can come out very, very preachy. Stories written with a theme clearly in mind are often heavy handed.
Not always, of course. But especially true of new writers with a cause to promote. Writers can write with no theme in mind , waiting until the first or second draft is complete before determining where the story went, what theme has emerged. Then, the writer can tweak—with a light hand—phrases and scenes to highlight the theme. Writers can also completely ignore theme , allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.
And readers will. They will usually finish a book and have strong thoughts or feelings about it. When someone asks what the story was about, they may tell the plot. Or, they may report the theme— it was about love conquering in the face of hatred. It was about fear being stronger than common sense. It was about how strangers can work together to overcome a common enemy. Stories that are written well always have a theme. Maybe several. Well-written books are tied with threads and common elements that speak to theme, that allow readers to draw conclusions about life.
Poorly written books, with unrelated plot threads, characters, and events, may not have a theme. The story elements may be so far apart that the reader can draw no conclusion about the tale.
The story may lack unifying elements and cohesion. There may be no theme. Books may produce several themes. One reader, going through a divorce, may read one theme from a story. Another reader, one focusing on the freedom of being away from home for the first time, may read a different theme. Look for character dialogue or thoughts that lend themselves to theme—what conclusion does the character make? What they believe is an indicator of theme. What made him change?
What conclusions has he drawn about life? Character growth and insight also point to theme. Themes can be old, new, reworked, and restated. They can be softly spoken or boldly shouted. Writers typically will convey the theme of their work, and allow the reader to perceive and interpret it, rather than overtly or directly state the theme.
As readers infer, reflect, and analyze a literary theme, they develop a greater understanding of the work itself and can apply this understanding beyond the literary work as a means of grasping a better sense of the world. Theme is often what creates a memorable and significant experience of a literary work for the reader. Come, gentle night ; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night.
Even those who have not directly heard or read the lines of this play are familiar with its theme of the power of romantic love and its potentially devastating effects. Many works of literature share common themes and central ideas. As a literary device, theme allows the author to present and reveal all aspects of human nature and the human condition.
This enhances the enjoyment and significance of a literary work for readers by encouraging thought, interpretation, and analysis. There is no end or expiration to the significance and impact theme can have on readers of literature.
Of course, theme is an essential literary device in terms of written works. However, nearly all works of art feature theme as an underlying meaning to be understood and interpreted by the audience. Usually I discover my theme during the outlining process. I start by describing the MC's life and his moment of conflict, what unleashes his journey and mission. When I describe the MC and one or two other characters, I get a hint of the theme, but I can only see it clearly while writing the early chapters of the first draft.
This is a wonderfully informative article, and it also helped me realize something about myself in regards to my writing and who I am as a person--a surprising and exhilarating thing to experience! Thinking back on my own writing, I recognized that the stories that mattered most to me were all exploring the same couple of emotions--and so is my current work in progress. Many thanks for your interesting and useful article. I have one quibble. For me, the theme is what the book says about those issues, and therefore pretty much has to have a verb, e.
But I think they need to identify for themselves with a fair amount of specificity what it is they want to say about that subject, and write their story accordingly. Thanks again for the article.
Several times I've had a theme emerge: my first novel was supposed to be just a post-apocalyptic adventure, but turned into an exploration of the practicality of pacifism. But if that happens you need to go back and integrate the theme you've discovered into the whole of the writing. And I completely disagree with your view of "Lord of the Flies".
It's right there in the title: the boys are not corrupted by the emerging power structure, but by their wild natures, which Golding gives a voice in Simon's delirium before the pig's head. Jack's dominance is just a symptom.
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