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    IMPROVING READING SKILLS A Research Paper Presented to The Class of Mrs. Irene SF. Canon In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For the subject English IV By Elaine S. Gayas January 9‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). It is a means of language‚ of communication‚ and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language‚ it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader

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    Tess Shanks Elements of Fiction Exercise Theme-The theme consists of jealousy and loneliness‚ Miss Brill is observing everyone she sees in the park. She is lonely and wishing some of the people were different because they don’t know what she feels like and I think she would give a lot to be where they are. Protagonist- Miss Brill is the protagonist. She is explaining how she sees everything and her jealousy of others. She is flattered when she thinks of herself as an actress because she is part

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    Eng099B In-Class Essay1 Due: Oct.10.2012 The Importance of Having a Dictionary Should every student use a dictionary in their daily learning? Could a dictionary help students with their learning skills? I thought it was a waste of time to use a dictionary regularly until I received my poor essay mark for using too many simple words. Having a dictionary is important for students because it will help student to gain vocabulary as well as to learn efficiently. Firstly‚ students will gain

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    consistent throughout the story (told from the same point of view)‚ or does it shift at any points in the narrative? (If so‚ make note of when and how those changes occur.) * How does point of view shape your reading of the work? In what ways does it contribute to or detract from your reading of the work? * How does point of view relate to the story’s themes or content? The short story that I have chosen to analyze is “The gift of Magi” which in turn classifies the point of view analysis. The

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    John Killebrew Joshua Parsons 1/8/2013 En-1113 Ines Kitchen In this fiction short story “Ines in the Kitchen”‚ Cristina Garcia discusses a women in the story Ines‚ who is a housewife and pregnant. Garcia talks mainly about the character Ines and her situation and emotions. Throughout the story Ines feels trapped and confused about life in the choices she made‚ she feels betrayed not in the since from someone but of herself and the expectation of being a women. The author Cristina Garcia creates

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    Pulp Fiction (1994) is a mesmerizing‚ violent and entertaining movie. It has a bizarre cast of characters‚ a nonlinear sequence of events and endless references to pop culture. The underlying theme of the movie‚ however‚ deals with religion and the transformation of two characters: Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Butch (Bruce Willis). In the beginning of the film‚ Vincent (John Travolta) has returned from a stay in Amsterdam‚ and the conversation between Jules and Vincent deals with what Big Macs

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    Reading is amusing‚ cheap‚ and convenient for people‚ yet many do not read whatsoever. In my perspective‚ I completely agree with this statement‚ but I am definitely incorrect. According to my data‚ four over five students said that reading is their ideal activity. Students declared that reading is healthy for them‚ entertaining‚ and an excellent form of learning. As some say‚ reading is extremely healthy for you and your brain. It exercises and stimulates the brain cells and may

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    watching a movie or reading a book‚ most people grab the DVD remote control quicker than you would think. The truth is that watching movies takes much less concentration and effort. In a world where people are looking for the easiest route to take‚ it makes sense that they would rather watch a movie than stimulate their brain mentally. So‚ a great reason not to watch movies is to find something better to do with your time. Firstly reading is much better for everyone. Reading allows the mind to be

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    Food Waste

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    POTENTIAL TARGET FOR HIV ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ABSTRACT HIV was discovered to be a life threatening disease in 1983‚ since then scientist have been progressively trying to develop antiretroviral therapy. Many drugs have been introduced to fight against HIV‚ but each of the drug have some level of toxicity or drug resistance to it‚ Which is why novel targets have been identified that can serve as antiretroviral therapy. Potential targets are explored from all the stages in HIV life cycle here

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    Importance of reading

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    «The importance of reading books» Fulfilled by the student of the group 3333-1 Sheka Liza Contents 1.Introduction………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Books………………………………………………………………….... 3 2.1 What is a book? …………………………………………………. 3 2.2 Features of the book……………………………………………. 3 2.3 An electronic book………………………………………….….. 4 2.3.1 Advantages of e-book……………………………….… 4 2.3.2 Disadvantages of e-book……………………………… 5 2.4 Conventional book or e-book? ……………………………...… 5 3. Importance

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