Using Colons and Semicolons
During my latest writing project, "Elementary my Dear Watson", I was tasked with correctly using two colons in my story. I didn't know how to use a colon or semicolon, but I learned, and now I will teach you.
First up: Colons. Colons are most commonly used for making lists, turn your paper over and write down a sentence that lists something.
My dogs are named Phil, Barkson, Spot, and Puggly.
Now, change the first part of the sentence into a complete sentence.
My dogs are named --- My dogs have names.
Then, put a colon after the sentence and add the list part.
My dogs have names: Phil, Barkson, Spot, and Puggly.
Colons can also be used for emphasis.
My cat has the most amazing name of all: CATastrophe.
Next, we have the colons brother; The semicolon can be used to stick to sentences together when you don't know when to use a . or a ,. Note the previous sentence, both Next, we have the colons brother and The semicolon can be used to stick to sentences together when you don't know when to use a . or a ,. could stand alone, but they relate so much to each other that a , could've been used. To prevent a run-on sentence, we can use a ;.
First up: Colons. Colons are most commonly used for making lists, turn your paper over and write down a sentence that lists something.
My dogs are named Phil, Barkson, Spot, and Puggly.
Now, change the first part of the sentence into a complete sentence.
My dogs are named --- My dogs have names.
Then, put a colon after the sentence and add the list part.
My dogs have names: Phil, Barkson, Spot, and Puggly.
Colons can also be used for emphasis.
My cat has the most amazing name of all: CATastrophe.
Next, we have the colons brother; The semicolon can be used to stick to sentences together when you don't know when to use a . or a ,. Note the previous sentence, both Next, we have the colons brother and The semicolon can be used to stick to sentences together when you don't know when to use a . or a ,. could stand alone, but they relate so much to each other that a , could've been used. To prevent a run-on sentence, we can use a ;.
Circles
Recently in math, I have been using circles more and more, now I will teach you how to find the Diameter, Radius, Circumference, and Area of a circle.
Turn over your paper and draw a circle, put a dot in the center of the circle. Now draw a line that goes from one side of the circle to the other, and passes over the dot, this is the diameter. Now draw a line that starts at the dot, and goes to the edge of the circle; that's the radius. These two lengths will be very important when we are finding the circumference and area. To find the circumference use this equation: D*Pi=C. D is the length of the diameter, C in the circumference, and Pi is the greek number. So, if D=1 then C=Pi. Next up: area
The equation for area is R*R*Pi=A, where A=area and R=radius. Another thing to note is that 2R=D. Thats it, using those 3 equations you can find out anything about a circle!
Turn over your paper and draw a circle, put a dot in the center of the circle. Now draw a line that goes from one side of the circle to the other, and passes over the dot, this is the diameter. Now draw a line that starts at the dot, and goes to the edge of the circle; that's the radius. These two lengths will be very important when we are finding the circumference and area. To find the circumference use this equation: D*Pi=C. D is the length of the diameter, C in the circumference, and Pi is the greek number. So, if D=1 then C=Pi. Next up: area
The equation for area is R*R*Pi=A, where A=area and R=radius. Another thing to note is that 2R=D. Thats it, using those 3 equations you can find out anything about a circle!
Turning Pictures Into Audio
During my most recent digital arts project I learned how to turn pictures into sound, now I will teach you.
First, lets find a picture to turn into sound. Any suggestions?
Good choice. Now, we need to open up audacity.
Once audacity is opened up, we choose the 'import raw data' option and import our picture!
Right now, the picture probably sounds like static, to see if we can find some more interesting sounds in there, we can slow down the audio tape.
And that's it!
First, lets find a picture to turn into sound. Any suggestions?
Good choice. Now, we need to open up audacity.
Once audacity is opened up, we choose the 'import raw data' option and import our picture!
Right now, the picture probably sounds like static, to see if we can find some more interesting sounds in there, we can slow down the audio tape.
And that's it!