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State tests are coming up for me, as well. I don't know how late it is where you're at, but I'd suggest trying to review a few concepts you'd been struggling the most with. Make sure to also get a good sleep. I'm wishing you the best of luck on your exams, I hope you do great!! :)
Demonstrative: This, that, these, those.
<u>Sentence:</u> <em>That</em> is my favorite food.
Reflexive: Myself, herself, himself, yourself, ourselves, themselves.
<u>Sentence:</u> She wanted to learn how to ride a bike all by <em>herself.</em>
Intensive: Myself, herself, himself, yourself, ourselves, themselves.
<u>Sentence:</u> He <em>himself </em>wanted to bake a cake OR He wanted to back a cake <em>himself</em>.
(A reflexive pronoun reflects back on the subject of the sentence while an intensive pronoun adds emphasis or intensity to a noun.)
Hope this helps, best of luck to you. :)
There are certainly both pros and cons to using email messages.
Pros:
Email travels instantaneously, no need to wait for reply
Email can reach anyone with internet, regardless of location
Cons:
Users with email can spam one another by sending messages constantly
User must have access to the internet to receive email
Basically, email is useful because anyone with internet can send messages to anyone else who has internet, but both users must, of course, first gain access to the internet.
The following can be used <span>as a hook in the introduction of an informative essay:
</span>an analogy<span><span> -explanation of one thing in terms of another, comparison of two thing,the ways in which they are alike </span>are highlighted
a dictionary definition - the terms that are used in the essay can be defined with dictionary definitions
an in-depth analysis</span><span> - examination of the components of the object of interest</span>
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Alex Garland’s 2015 science fiction film Ex Machina follows a young programmer’s attempts to determine whether or not an android possesses a consciousness complicated enough to pass as human. The film is celebrated for its thought-provoking depiction of the anxiety over whether a nonhuman entity could mimic or exceed human abilities, but analyzing the early sections of the film, before artificial intelligence is even introduced, reveals a compelling examination of humans’ inability to articulate their thoughts and feelings. In its opening sequence, Ex Machina establishes that it’s not only about the difficulty of creating a machine that can effectively talk to humans, but about human beings who struggle to find ways to communicate with each other in an increasingly digital world.
The piece's opening introduces the film with a plot summary that doesn't give away too much and a brief summary of the critical conversation that has centered around the film. Then, however, it deviates from this conversation by suggesting that Ex Machina has things to say about humanity before non-human characters even appear. Off to a great start.
The film’s first establishing shots set the action in a busy modern office. A woman sits at a computer, absorbed in her screen. The camera looks at her through a glass wall, one of many in the shot. The reflections of passersby reflected in the glass and the workspace’s dim blue light make it difficult to determine how many rooms are depicted. The camera cuts to a few different young men typing on their phones, their bodies partially concealed both by people walking between them and the camera and by the stylized modern furniture that surrounds them. The fourth shot peeks over a computer monitor at a blonde man working with headphones in. A slight zoom toward his face suggests that this is an important character, and the cut to a point-of-view shot looking at his computer screen confirms this. We later learn that this is Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a young programmer whose perspective the film follows.
The rest of the sequence cuts between shots from Caleb’s P.O.V. and reaction shots of his face, as he receives and processes the news that he has won first prize in a staff competition. Shocked, Caleb dives for his cellphone and texts several people the news. Several people immediately respond with congratulatory messages, and after a moment the woman from the opening shot runs in to give him a hug. At this point, the other people in the room look up, smile, and start clapping, while Caleb smiles disbelievingly—perhaps even anxiously—and the camera subtly zooms in a bit closer. Throughout the entire sequence, there is no sound other than ambient electronic music that gets slightly louder and more textured as the sequence progresses. A jump cut to an aerial view of a glacial landscape ends the sequence and indicates that Caleb is very quickly transported into a very unfamiliar setting, implying that he will have difficulty adjusting to this sudden change in circumstances.
These paragraphs are mostly descriptive. They give readers the information they will need to understand the argument the piece is about to offer. While passages like this can risk becoming boring if they dwell on unimportant details, the author wisely limits herself to two paragraphs and maintains a driving pace through her prose style choices (like an almost exclusive reliance on active verbs).
