17th parallel Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CSET English Subtest I and II (2023/2024) Graded A homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings and spelling. example: capital (seat of the government) and capitol (government building) Homonyms words that are spelled and pronounced the same,yet have a different meaning Ex. Tear-when you cry tear-when something rips Homographs words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) . Prepositional Phrase a g...

ART EC-12 TX PACT LATEST UPDATE 100% SOLVED Seven elements of art line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space Three characteristics of color hue - red, yellow, green intensity - bright or dull value - how light or dark the color is Texture How something feels or appears to feel Shapes Geometric or organic , mathematical shapes vs. shapes found in nature Form Used in 3-D artwork Line used to define a shape, the path between two points. Used to create movement or lead t...

UIL Literary Criticism Exam Study Guide 2024. Absolute - ANSWER a word free from limitations or qualifications ("best," "all," "unique," "perfect") Accismus - ANSWER a form of irony in which a person feigns indifference to or pretends to refusesomething he or she desires Acronym - ANSWER a word formed from the initial letters of words and pronounced as a separate word Acrostic - ANSWER verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message Adage - ...

Seven elements of art - line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space Three characteristics of color - hue - red, yellow, green intensity - bright or dull value - how light or dark the color is Texture - How something feels or appears to feel Shapes - Geometric or organic , mathematical shapes vs. shapes found in nature Form - Used in 3-D artwork Line - used to define a shape, the path between two points. Used to create movement or lead the viewer's eye Space - Positive space is the ...

ART EC-12 TX PACTSeven elements of art - correct answer line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space Three characteristics of color - correct answer hue - red, yellow, green intensity - bright or dull value - how light or dark the color is Texture - correct answer How something feels or appears to feel Shapes - correct answer Geometric or organic , mathematical shapes vs. shapes found in nature Form - correct answer Used in 3-D artwork Line - correct answer used to define a s...

Vietnam War Questions and Answers Already Graded A Vietnam War War in Vietnam between North Vietnam and South Vietnam North Vietnam fought with south Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism Countries that make up Southeast Asia Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam French Indochina Original name for Southeast Asia because it was owned by French Ho Chi Minh Trail Network of canals that North Vietnam and Vietcong used to both trade and ship supplies into South Vietnam Causes of the Vietnam War Con...

The origins of the first Indo-China war One feature was that Indochina was originally apart of the French empire The aims of the Vietminh -To create an independent Vietnamese republic by removing the French colonists; -To remove Japanese forces from the area; - To avoid foreign involvement in Vietnamese government (e.g. from countries like Britain and China); - To remove the system of Vietnamese Emperors (achieved when Emperor Bao Dai abdicated in 1945, in favour of Ho Chi Minh's gover...

Parallel Expressions - CORRECT ANSWER-single words, multi-word phrases and clauses should all be equal Colon - CORRECT ANSWER-provide a pause before introducing related information introduces lists, definitions, statements, or explanations Semicolon - CORRECT ANSWER-more definite pause than a comma joins 2 clauses that could be separate Medieval Period - CORRECT ANSWER-~600 - ~1500 Anglo-Saxon + Old English + Middle English Common Themes: Religious, anonymity Examples: Beowulf, Canterb...

1947 National Security Act created the CIA, a separate air force, the National Security Council, and Department of Defense 1948 election Truman (Democrat) v. Strom Thrumond (States' Rights/Dixiecrat) v. Thomas Dewey (Republican); Truman won in a surprising upset 1950s Civil Rights A Series of Civil rights movements began -Jackie Robinson -Resistance in Little Rock -Montgomery Bus Boycott -Truman's Actions -Brown vs. board of Education -Other Voices 1954 Geneva Acc...

What occurred during the Northern Renaissance in France? rulers, including Francis 1, built palaces called chateaux chateau a castle or fortress and the residence or country home of nobility, especially in France what is true about Leonardo's illustration careful empirical observation helped shape the notion of scientific illustration chiaroscuro an important method of shading using gradations of values and strong contrasts of light and dark to create a sense of volume. this method enhan...