3. Pick an original topic. If you are giving a report to your classmates, try to pick a topic that is original and engaging. If you are the third person to give a report on Disneyland that day, chances are you probably wonât have your classmates attention. If you are writing a report about a specific person, company, or place, try to find their own website. 2  For instance, if you are writing a report on Jane Goodall, a great source would be using the Jane Goodall Institute website.
Use the adjective contiguous when you want to describe one thing touching another thing, or next to it but not actually touching. Things that are contiguous are near or next to but not actually touching and yet they are also defined as touching, sharing a border.. You can use this adjective to describe people or things related to and nearby others. It comes from the Latin word contiguus, which means pretty much the same thing, bordering upon.. Because the word has two meanings that are very similar but not always the same it can be a bit confusing. This is an example of what's called semantic ambiguity, when something can mean more than one thing or a word or phrase is not precise.
The term  Lower 48  is also used to refer to the conterminous United States. The National Geographic style guide recommends the use of contiguous or conterminous United States instead of lower 48 when the 48 states are meant, unless used in the context of Alaska.he greatest distance (on a great circle route) entirely within the 48 contiguous states is 2,802 miles (4,509 km, between Florida and the state of Washington); the greatest north-south line is 1,650 miles (2,660 km).