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    University of Phoenix Material Reading Strategies Worksheet Identify two reading goals‚ one short-term and one long-term. • Long-term reading goal: Read a 350 page book in 3 weeks • Short-term reading goal: Read 10 pages a night on weekdays & 25 pages a day on weekends totaling 100 pages a week. Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • How do you currently approach the weekly readings in the course? I approach the weekly readings with lots of energy and

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    Practicing counseling sessions was something I was dreading from day one. I am not the best actor and it takes me out of my comfort zone. The first session turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would be. I learned that a few of my fellow classmates were nervous with this exercise as well. When I was observing my groups‚ I notice the level of eye contact that was made. Each person tried to keep eye contact even though we were nervous when it was our turn to be the counselor. It was quite cold

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    Jennifer Cortes Angeli Francois 101 12 February 2013 Abortions in India Rushdie‚ Salman. "Abortion in India". Essays. 2nd Edition. Kelly‚ Joseph. New York; Norton‚ 2008. 279-282. Print. The articles topic is about the tragedy of abortion of female fetuses in modern day India. I believe the author is trying to say that unnecessary abortions are a type of genocide and a true tragedy. Proving points on both sides saysing that having female abortions

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    Prologue - Dillard begins the story with imagery and vivid description of rivers from the north shore of Lake Erie to West Virginia. She includes a brief history of some sort involving Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and George Washington. She then simply ends and jumps into a story about her father when she was ten. She described his dream to travel to New Orleans to hear the music he loved. She explains his occupation and the unfortunate location of his office‚ where he witnessed suicides

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    English 100: Reading Response Guidelines Please read each chapter as it is assigned‚ so that you can keep up with class discussions without falling behind. You may ALWAYS feel free to read ahead! RR#4 is due Monday‚ April 22nd the start of class. Students should write at least three (3) pages in response to these questions (typed‚ double-spaced‚ MLA style); as long as the total RR is at least 3 pages‚ each individual question’s response length doesn’t matter. Please refer to the Hacker handbook

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    injustice in our world. The fact that Dillard had to hesitate before helping a dying man because he was scared he would lose his job‚ this is a problem in itself. 2) Does this narrative serve to contrast idealism and reality? How does Dillard’s oath conflict with his final decision? Dillard story‚ sadly‚ doesn’t contrast reality in the slightest. This narrative depicts the sad truth of what could have happened to a man’s job in an attempt to save a life. Dillard took an oath after he graduated medical

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    think it’s not good. Some concepts that were picked out were writer’s voice‚ the reading response‚ and word complexity. The author’s voice in the reading‚ overall gives the reader a shocking factor and makes me think more. There was a moment in the reading were it was very abrupt. “I was lying. What I actually wish for her is failure.” (Caroll). For instance there was some wittiness that I spotted in this reading. “If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to have broken a lot of pots‚ probably

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    Antigone The Second Stasimon Reading Response (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44)    Instructions: Complete the “Reading: Antigone” specifically the section titled the “The Second Stastimon” (Lines 584-629 / Pages 42-44).  Respond to the following questions. All responses must incorporate direct textual evidence (such as quoted passages and reference to specific lines or pages from the text) to support your answers while using the “quotation sandwich method.”  Each response should include enough information

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    Dreams play a major role in deciphering subconscious psychological issues‚ such as fears‚ desires‚ and anxieties in Annie John. Dreams "have been interpreted as expressions of infantile desires or considered elaborations of the problems of waking hours". In Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John‚ Annie’s dreams become a significant element in the way she views herself and the world around her. Annie comments about her dreams: "I had been taught by my mother to take my dreams seriously. My dreams were not unreal

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    Annie John: A Bildungsroman? Jamaica Kincaid’s story Annie John is often thought of as a “postcolonial coming-of-age novel.” To understand this‚ it must first be known what both terms‚ postcolonial and coming-of-age novel‚ mean. Postcolonial refers to the period of time after the establishment of independence in a colony. European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and the Netherlands‚ colonized other nations in order to benefit from things like resources or geographical locations

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