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    Passage 1 (1) An upsurge of new research suggests that animals have a much higher level of brainpower than previously thought. If animals do have intelligence‚ how do scientists measure it? Before defining animals’ intelligence‚ scientists defined what is not intelligence. Instinct is not intelligence. It is a skill programmed into an animal’s brain by its genetic heritage. Rote conditioning is also not intelligence. Tricks can be learned by repetition‚ but no real thinking is involved. Cuing

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    The brain is very important to everyone‚ and writing is very important. The story “Brain secrets” and “ leveraging the Human Brain’s hunger for story” are both about the brain and how writing is important. The brain loves writing‚ and writing changes our minds by what we think‚ feel‚ and change by a book. Our brain loves writing. In the story “Leveraging the human Brain’s hunger for story” by Rekenthaler talks about how when our brain is very focused on a book‚ but when you stop or finish it

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    Victoria’s Secret is a womens brand that sells lingerie‚ sleepwear and beauty products. Victoria’s secret is a brand that has fantastic marketing campaigns‚ the best known form is the annual fashion show Their marketing strategy is interesting. For example although the target users are women in New Year fashion show mostly man watched it because of the beautiful top models. And Victoria’s Secrets strategy is they encourage man to buy presents to their wife or to their girlfriend. Ethos of this site

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    Passage Analysis In his intense novel Shane‚ Jack Schaefer surprises readers by introducing a subplot that revolves around the romantic feelings between the two characters‚ Shane and Marian. In chapter eight of the novel‚ Schaefer allows the chemistry to surface in an interaction that develops the character’s feelings and candor‚ contributes to the plot of the novel‚ and partially resolves the conflict of the subplot. The writer uses those purposes through his effective use of imagery‚ allusion

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    The Middle Passage

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    The "Middle Passage" was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa‚ where the slaves were obtained‚ across the Atlantic‚ where they were sold or‚ in some cases‚ traded for goods such as molasses‚ which was used in the making of rum. However‚ this voyage has come to be remembered for much more than simply the transport and sale of slaves. The Middle Passage was the longest‚ hardest‚ most dangerous‚ and also most horrific part of the journey of the slave ships. With extremely

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    A father influences who his child becomes through his words and actions. In The Light In The Forest‚ author Conrad Richter pens the story of True Son‚ a white boy captured by Indians at age four and raised in the culture for eleven years. Throughout the novel‚ True Son identified three contrasting fathers‚ who each affected him differently. To begin‚ True Son’s Indian father‚ Cuyloga‚ taught True Son to tolerate pain. At one point the novel states‚ “In winter he would sit in the icy river until

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    Passage Into Adulthood

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    think of about rights of passage‚ most often thoughts that come to our mind are ceremonies like birth‚ puberty and marriage. Rites of passage are things we experience during our entire lifetime from the beginning to the end. These things‚ however‚ are different from initiations because an initiation is something where you have to prove yourself in order to be accepted‚ but a rite of passage is about a more personal acceptance into your own life. And in my opinion the passage into adulthood is the most

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    Comprehension Passage 1 No longer is asthma considered a condition with isolated‚ acute episodes of bronchospasm. Rather‚ asthma is now understood to be a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways—that is‚ inflammation makes the airways chronically sensitive. When these hyper-responsive airways are irritated‚ airflow is limited‚ and attacks of coughing‚ wheezing‚ chest tightness‚ and breathing difficulty occur. Asthma involves complex interactions among inflammatory cells‚ mediators‚ and the

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    A Passage to Africa

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    A Passage to Africa‚ George Alagiah Synopsis As a five-year-old‚ George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah’s shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope‚ insight and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail Alagiah’s viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana‚ the

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    Rites of Passage

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    Rite of Passage Anthony Solin BSHS/342 June 10‚ 2010 Patti Williams‚ PHD In society‚ there is a transition that every youth will transition to adulthood and this transition period is commonly referred to as the rites of passage. This marks the period in which every female and adolescent males will go through. Rite of passage is a terminology that was enunciated by Arnold van Gennep who in his denotes rituals that some society takes part in to celebrate a youth transition into adulthood. Gennep

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