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    The Meaning of Freedom

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    The Meaning of Freedom America is the universal symbol for freedom. Freedom stands for something greater than just the right to act however to choose. It stands for equal opportunity for life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is a word that is going to keep changing with every new generation or culture. Freedom also represents the soldiers who fought and died for their country. Our soldiers‚ who are the backbone of our military superpower‚ continue to put their life on the line to

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    Multiple Meaning

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    Multiple Meaning 1. crash: I had a car crash.  Tom will try not to crash into the pole. 2. pet: I have a golden lab for a pet.  Sara and Jenna like to pet dogs. 3. dance: The middle school will have a dance.  I will dance the jitterbug. 4. cut: Bill has a cut on his finger.  Tam will cut out the pictures. 5. paw:  My dog’s paw is big.  The horse will paw at the snow to find grass. 6. dread: My dread of birds causes me problems.  Marla dreads taking tests. 7. post: Gary pounded the post

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    Critical Reading

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    book—literally. Every line on every page had been drawn through with a bright green Magic Marker. It was a terrifying example of a mind that had lost all power of discrimination." - Florence King Being a student requires reading—and a lot of it. Some love it‚ some hate it. Nonetheless‚ we can ’t escape it. Reading is part of a student ’s life‚ and the length of time spent on it defines the kind of student one is. It is a challenge to even start going through the first page‚ all the more to finish it until

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    Reading the Misreadings

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    Reading The Misreadings Cheyenne Ninnette W. 1804 1007 0095 The title for the English version of Umberto Eco’s Diario Minimo is undoubtely a brilliant pick‚ especially because the word so much describe the kind of literature one would find in the book. Originally collected from Eco’s monthly column in an Italian magazine Il Verri‚ these pieces of writings contain the same core of humorous and somewhat cynical swing of literary theory‚ anthropology‚ and cultural biases which I find very amusing

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    the benefits of reading

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    help parents to show children - why would he need to learn to read? Reading opens a world of colors and fantasy‚ combat and adventure. It awakens the imagination; it is satisfying and makes the mind work. But many people say that you must have a phenomenal gift to help today’s children to love reading. Just start talking to your son or daughter about the benefits of reading‚ and you will succeed. Benefits of Reading Reading is not only fun‚ it gives an understanding of vocabulary‚ increases

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    Reading Comprehension

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    foreign language in other countries which is of common knowledge that improving the teaching of English in our schools is a universal effort. The concept of Reading Comprehension is that comprehension is directly related to the surface of our language process. Reading Comprehension is the ability to read text‚ process it and understand its meaning. An individual ’s ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills‚ one of which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition

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    reading habits

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    1.3Problem statement There are several issues regarding about reading habits. This is because the number of reluctant readers is increasing concern and demands serious analytic attention. There was no attention given in relations to the encouragement of the development of reading habits. This will tends to lead reading reluctancy among university students. When the students enter the university that is the only time they will read and find books provided in the library in large quantity. Students

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    Reading Reflection

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    Reading Reflection ENG 125 7/5/2011 Reading Reflection The literary work that we discussed this week was interesting to me in so many ways. The chapters talked about different types of literature such as poems‚ short stories‚ and also novels. Throughout the reading I experience literature in a way I have never understood before. Literature restores the past‚ stimulates the imagination‚ glorifies the commonplace‚ evokes emotions and links feeling to thinking‚ upholds a vision of the

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    Writing

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    CHAPTER 4: WRITING SENTENCE PATTERNS One of the marks of good writer is the ability to use a variety of sentence types. The simple sentence is an important weapon to have in your writing task‚ but it is limited in the ways it can be used an in the jobs it can perform. Compound and complex sentences give you additional alternatives for expressing ideas‚ usually in more precise ways. Simple Sentence A Simple sentence is a sentence that has only one independent clause. It expresses one

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    Close Reading

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    A Close Reading Exercise From: http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Literature/21L-003Fall2003/E3B42E8B-1A45-447E-938E-7CC3C79F6FC2/0/notes_on_close_reading.pdf What does it mean to read a text closely and analyze it? Why do we do close reading in literary study? The answers to these questions emerge more from the doing than the talking. Briefly‚ close reading is a basic tool for understanding‚ taking pleasure in‚ and communicating one’s interpretation of a literary work. The skills employed

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