Know your audience or reader: Your informative presentation – whether through speech or essay – should cover a subject not already well known to your audience, but still relevant to them. If you do choose a topic they’re familiar with, then present new and exciting information. Consider the age, knowledge level, and interests of your audience when preparing your informational speech or essay.
Consider your own interests: Think of your own passions and areas of expertise that you think people could benefit from learning more about. Choosing a topic you care about will help your speech or essay be better received. Your passion will keep them engaged and curious to learn more.
Consider length requirements: How much time are you allotted for your informative speech? What is the page requirement for your informative essay? You should be able to thoroughly cover the topic in the amount of time you are given. If you don’t think you have enough knowledge or personal interest to talk about illegal drug use among teens, saving money as a college student, or another informative topic for 20 minutes, you may need to consider a different subject.
The scene with the gravediggers illustrates the play’s broader theme of mortality. In the first part of the scene, two gravediggers discuss the burial of people who have taken their own lives and how the Christian system is flawed in disallowing suicide. Hamlet and Horatio then look at the remains of the many dead bodies and reflect on the certainty of death for all people. In death, we are all the same. For example, a woman may go to great ends to beautify herself in life, but her remains after death may look like any ordinary person’s remains. Hamlet and Horatio also discuss how a person's greatness ceases to matter when he or she dies. Hamlet refers to Alexander the Great being buried and becoming one with the sand.
Yorick’s skull acts as a symbol of death. With the skull in his hand, Hamlet reminisces about the time he spent with Yorick. Now, in death, Yorick is nothing more than a pile of bones, with no wit, humor, or intelligence. Earlier in the play, Hamlet spent much time mulling over death and wondering what came after death. Yorick’s skull answers that question for Hamlet.
The skull and the graveyard directly contrast with the life Hamlet led in the castle. In Elsinore, Hamlet’s mother and Claudius tried to make him forget about his father's death. In the graveyard, he has the freedom to contemplate death.
Answer:
A narrative essay tells a story. In fact, narrative is another word for story. In this unit, you will
learn how to organize and write a narrative essay. Even though the narrative essay has the same basic
form as most other academic essays, it allows the writer to be a little more creative than academic
essays usually do. Narratives can tell long stories or just a few minutes’ worth of excitement. While the
narrative essay has a particular structure, narrative ideas are often used in different writing tasks, such
as argument or compare-contrast.
Present Participle
Ø I am feeling a little disoriented.
Ø Two grown men are riding on horse.
Ø She is always joking like a clown or a joker this one.
Ø I am begging you; please give me some of your food!
Ø She is sleeping peacefully now that she took her medication.
A present participle tense is formed by adding a suffix -ing to the verb
Past participle
Ø She smoked cigarettes she found in her mother's purse.
Ø We have stolen mom's makeup kit from her bedroom.
Ø I have talked with my sister on the phone sometime in the past.
Ø He hit my dog with his ugly ball.
Ø You could have frozen to dead because of your stubbornness.
The past participle is a verb formed either by adding a suffix -ed to another verb such as had, was have etc.
