Gustavo Valencia SPE-226 12-08-2014 Kimber Underdown Educating Special Needs Students A good dedicated passionate teacher is the one who thinks that all students can succeed. With this belief‚ teachers can inspire themselves to find any route possible to help the students in having a successful life in school and anywhere else. When it comes to special education‚ this belief really needs to be a true one because special education teachers will have to deal not only with behavioral students or students
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Washington Irving the author of The Devil and Tom Walker uses the setting of the story to convey that things with a good appearance can be deceiving and be putrid on the inside. He also creates the right atmosphere for the story‚ and gives precise details to the audience so they can predict the topic and how it will develop. In addition‚ he describes each character in a manner that the readers can infer who they are‚ their personal characteristics‚ and the decisions that they might make throughout
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were Godly people who took the devil for granted‚ however‚ Mather points out that even the blessed had fallen victims to the devil. The people were aware of the existence of the devil‚ however‚ they underestimated his power. According to Mather once the people moved into this territory‚ the devil was “exceedingly disturbed” (328). The devil was not pleased that the people were committed to a life of worship to God. He took them as a threat to his territory. “The devil thus irritated‚ immediately tried
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Moonlight Sonata - peaceful calm “The man with the white streak in his black hair was diving too close to her again.” (Cashore 3) Moonlight Sonata fits here because the scene is calm but still slightly suspenseful. It also fits here because the song represents how everything will be okay in the end‚ but might not be right now. The song also fits the prologue because the prologue is calm but still sad at times‚ just as Moonlight is.“The creature tried to quiet her trembling limbs‚ so that if the human
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In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the author shows greed by the main character selling his soul for a large treasure‚ being a cheap and greedy moneylender‚ and the lack of the main character and his wife sharing the wealth between each other in order to show that people will do anything for money and become rich. “The Devil and Tom Walker” was written by Washington Irving. Washington was a very famous American author. Washington Irving was born in New York on April 3‚ 1783. In his childhood
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another‚ keeping a sweet simple face to hide the truth. The poem‚ “We Wear the Mask” describes hardships blacks went through in America and how the blacks hide their sadness‚ grief‚ and sorrow behind a mask to survive and live from the whites. Confederate states in the south tried to keep slavery in order to keep the whites a superior and smarter race. Slaves lived a harsh life of work‚ and chores all day as somewhat expressed in “We Wear the Mask.” Many slaves believed in god or were religious in some
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In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s‚ “We Wear the Mask”‚ Louis Armstrong’s‚ “Black and Blue”‚ and Ralph Ellison’s‚ Invisible Man‚ all three pieces share a resemblance‚ because all the poems show people being broken or sad from the inside‚ but lying and faking a smile on the outside. In “Black or Blue”‚ Armstrong sings‚ “I’m hurt inside‚ but that don’t help my case” (Armstrong 12). Invisible‚ who is the protagonist in Invisible Man‚ doesn’t follow the “rule” until the book is nearing the end. People prefer
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In “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving‚ the reader experiences many different settings to help support Characterization! The author painted a clear picture in the reader’s head that portrayed sounds‚ physical sensations‚ and sometimes tastes and smells‚ that helps the reader figure out what was happening currently in the story. The imagery in this short story affects the characters and the way they act‚ also the mood of the reader as they read the story. An example of the imagery that
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setting during the late 1700’s in New England. "The devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving contains many unrealistic events‚ stereotypes‚ and a few lessons and truths about life. Throughout the folktale "The Devil and Tom Walker" there are many unrealistic events. Most are related to the bargaining between Tom and the devil. This in itself is a extremely unrealistic event. Not to imply that it is not possible to sale your soul to the devil‚ but meeting him face to face in the form of a burnt
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Theology 1 Test 4‚ chapters 4 and 5 Name__________________________________ Class_____________ Date______________ True/False Directions: On your Scantron‚ fill in A for true statements‚ B for false statements 1. _____ In the bible‚ God speaks to us in human language. 2. _____ The teaching office of the Church is the Vatican. 3. _____ The authors of the bible were inspired by the apostles. 4. _____ The bible is the Word of God spoken through the words of human beings. 5. _____ Inerrancy
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