Articles written by Jaclyna Perez

Sixteen Brides, a historical romance, details the journey of brave widowed women moving to the western frontier in search for a new life in the the 1870s.

Oct 22, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

Life's a Beach; a beach read, is about a 40-year old woman, her relationships, and her family. This review focuses on character analysis and plot.

Sep 30, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

Primitive is a suspense-thriller about a maturing model who gets abducted by extreme environmentalists. This review focuses on character and plot analysis.

Aug 23, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

One True Love is a romantic fiction novel with two love stories in one. This review includes a synopsis of how the book is organized and its plot.

Aug 11, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

There are several similarities and differences when analyzing the history, popularity, construction, and techniques for playing these different bagpipes.

Jan 9, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

The definitions and examples of the membranophones, idiophones, aerophones, and chordophones used by the Panamanians of Kuna, African, and Spanish descent.

Jan 3, 2011 - Jaclyna Perez

The definitions and examples of voluntary migration and forced migration when looking at the movements of ethnic groups are provided.

Dec 30, 2010 - Jaclyna Perez

Blood (recovery) time usually occurs during a wrestling match because of a wrestler's bloody nose or mouth (due to braces or a bitten tongue).

Dec 21, 2010 - Jaclyna Perez

Cauliflower ear, concussions, and dislocated shoulders are typical sports/wrestling-related injuries. For injuries during a match, injury time is allowed.

Dec 21, 2010 - Jaclyna Perez

Many writers use figurative language to create auditory imagery for their readers including: alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, and consonance.

Sep 20, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Collegiate wrestling is available for men and women. Collegiate wrestling has its own weight classes and point system depending on if its high school or college level.

Aug 30, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

These two Olympic forms of wrestling have similar weight classes, time periods, and rules to win; but they have different singlets and rules about women and legs.

Aug 18, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Figurative language is essential to a great piece of writing, regardless of genre. The most popular literary terms are: simile, metaphor, personification, and allusions.

Aug 11, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Many objects in Jewish weddings have changed shapes and meanings, including the ring, the shattering of the wine glasses, the phrase "mazol tav," and the chuppah.

Jul 24, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly, and Carl Orff are well known for their methods of teaching music literacy in elementary schools.

Jul 24, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

The predominant European styles for teaching developmental music and aural skills in elementary schools are Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly, and Carl Orff.

Jul 23, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

In the 1800s, the Creoles of New Orleans were composed of two groups, the Creoles and Afro-Creoles, who had different values, languages, occupations, and status of women.

Jul 23, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Three predominant European pedagogical methods (Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Orff) for teaching development music differ on how much to emphasize creative musical expression.

Jul 22, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Wrestling has been a sport throughout the ages, and is one of oldest Olympic Sports. Throughout the ages, the uniform of wrestlers has changed from nude to singlet.

Jul 22, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Many Jewish marriage traditions began during Biblical Times. Though some faded away, new traditions began in the Middle Ages and 19th century.

Jul 22, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

In The Life of Pi, Pi Patel and Richard Parker are portrayed as two separate entities, but Richard is actually a physical representation of Pi's 'id', his primal instinct

Jul 20, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Marilyn Manson, a goth rocker known for his striking appearance, is loved and hated solely based on his appearance; but it is important to distinguish reality from media.

Apr 23, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Sarah Orne Jewett, in "A Country Doctor," argues to allow children to grow up in a natural environment to follow their interests and use formal education as support.

Apr 22, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

In Sui Sin Far's "Wisdom of the New," Pau Lin kills her son as a result of her fear and resistance to American culture.

Apr 21, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

John B. Clayton begins "The White Circle" as an innocent story of youths. However, Tucker, Anvil, and their respective fathers illustrate human tendencies towards evil.

Apr 19, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Fear is an underlying theme in "The Things They Carried." Lavendar, Kiowa, Lt. Cross, and the soldiers illustrate different types of fear.

Apr 12, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

"A Good Man is Hard to Find", by Flannery O'Connor, is a short story centered on the grandmother. Her actions and statements demonstrate the values and ideas of the Old

Apr 1, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" is about the classic theme of parent versus child. This conflict is narrowed further to father versus son (Samsa vs. Gregor).

Mar 29, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

In the English classroom, engage students in a novel by reading from a character's perspective and writing a diary/journal entry from that character's point of view.

Mar 25, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

Claude McKay, a Harlem Renaissance writer, wrote the poem, "Tiger" to express his frustration with America and and the oppression of the African-Americans.

Feb 20, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez

By personifying time and using literary devices, the narrator illustrates how Time antagonizes him but that he is confident that he can retaliate against time and succeed

Jan 26, 2009 - Jaclyna Perez