How should i end this? for my project, "analyze a formal essay", i chose to read an article, "polluted waterways fuel drug resistance in bacteria" by carolyn wilke. there are three reasons why this article is considered a formal essay. first, it focuses on one topic presented in the thesis statement and does not stray from the topic at any point. second, the article strictly uses third-person pronouns, it does not at any point use first or second person pronouns. third of all, the author does not present any emotion or personal opinion. the essay presents facts and ideas with critical evaluation, arguing a point and analyzing it in detail. it is clear at the beginning of the article that the authors goal is to explain and inform. the article starts of with its thesis statement stating “in a massive survey of rivers across 72 countries, researchers found antibiotics at 66 percent of 711 sites sampled. many of the most drug-polluted waterways were in asia and africa, where there hadn’t been much data until now.” it then continues to explain further the effects this has on the public and what this could mean in the future.

Which modifier could be used to make a comparison? first identical entirely talented

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.

Was there a true resolution by the end of the play? what is hamlet’s attitude in the final scene? has he resolved the conflict between thought and action? your answer should be at least 250 words.