As you can see, there are many different avenues to take when answering this prompt. The important thing is to describe how you were defined by a single story, show the impact that had on you, and demonstrate how you overcame or fought back against your single story. The best way to st...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
The 1953 novelty hit, written by John Rox, rocketed up the pop charts and led to a fundraising campaign to buy Peevey an actual hippo for Christmas. Children donated their dimes to the cause, and the Oklahoma City native got her hippo, na...
Otaku is a term considered derogatory in Japan, to describe someone so incredibly obsessed with a particular subject or subculture, that they renege all efforts of living a normal life. Amongst anime fans, it’s sometimes a badge of pride. In North America, however, the term nerd was viewed...
They also describe the seasons there and the Southern hospitality. Here, they depict the many dimensions of a rural Southern identity, from the barbecue to the college football, to the common phrases to describe a heightened degree of satisfaction, like “so good it makes you wanna slap ya ...
Unfortunately, many people find wine and how to choose, serve, and describe it more intimidating than enjoyable. The very scope of the topic seems daunting. But never fear -- you don't have to take a class to appreciate the subtleties of fine wine. Still, as with many things in life,...
evident than inIntercourse. It was Dworkin at her literary best to date, offering new language to describe dimensions of a personal-political reality no one dared discuss. And prior to this book there had been virtually no complex political-emotional-intellectual language available to talk about ...
It would be possible for the reader to guess what each tasted like, but here, Ima seems to be going out of her way not to describe them. Now that you’ve read the text of her entry through twice (at least, I hope you have), though, did you happen to catch the typo th...
MSRP for the Garmin MARQ Adventurer is $1, 750 USD. I feel that the Santos is very much a watch that should only be worn on its fantastic bracelet. I also quite like the texture, which I describe as a meat tenderizer, but I am sure that is not what it is called. Another big ann...
For instance, saying "as clear as mud" to describe something very confusing is an ironic simile that emphasizes the lack of clarity. Origins in Ancient Greece, Rome and Shakespeare Verbal irony, like many rhetorical devices, has its roots in ancient literature and rhetoric. The concept can ...