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How is Purcell's music characteristic of the Baroque period?

Purcell's music features ornaments such as trills and mordents in bars 8 and 11. These are typical of the Baroque period, as are the melismas used in bars 12 and 16 which are used to emphasise the importance...
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How does Pliny create a sense of drama in the extract?

Pliny states that his uncle launched warships (deducit quadriremes) to sail into the bay which suggests that he is going to war against Vesuvius, making this account dramatic. He uses a chiasmus ‘festinat il...
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Examine the image (François Rude, La Marseillaise, 1833-6) and analyse how it depicts movement

La Marseillaise by François Rude depicts a winged figure of victory above a group of soldiers. Rude intended to represent a moment from the French Revolution, and had to choose one moment to convey the maxim...
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How do you rationalize the denominator of a fraction?

Questions which ask for you to rationalize the denominator usually includes an integer and a square root of a number (x+sqrt(y)).We can use the following formula to our advantage: (a+b) (a-b)=a^2-b^2. In thi...
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Solve the systems of equations x+8y=2 2y-x=18

We pick one of the equations and isolate the y on one side. x+8y = 22y=18+x We express the equation 2 in terms of y, dividing it by 2. x+8y = 2y = (18+x)/2 which is the same than x+8y = 2y = 9 + x/2 We plug ...
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