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    How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL

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    number of lurking students in an online class can prevent the formation of a virtual community of learners and compromise everyone’s education” (pg. 50). Being a read-only participant can not only affect that student’s learning‚ but hinder the other students’ education and learning. In a virtual classroom‚ successful students interacted more with their peers (Nagel et al.‚ 2009). This paper will address the main points from the article Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online

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    Compare and Contrast Two Books                            There are two books that I have read help me successfully in my life. One of whose names is " Chicken Soup for Soul: Think Positive" and the other is " Chicken Soup for Soul: Finding Your Happiness’’. When you compare them‚ they seem like dramatically different books‚ but they have many things in common‚ and I love both of them.                   They have many similarities. Both of them have the title is ‘‘Chicken Soup

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    look at yourself in the mirror‚ what do you see? Do you think you’re beautiful? What is beauty anyway and according to whom? It has never been harder for people to feel good about themselves. Ironically‚ we have more “things” to help us in the process—technologically advanced makeup‚ an abundance of expert advice about nutrition and exercise‚ and even drastic medical procedures such as elective cosmetic surgery. But still‚ many people in our society feel unattractive and unworthy. Beauty is

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    Hoang Pham English 051 Feb 6‚ 2013 Learning to Read and Write Summary In “Learning to Read” an excerpt from his autobiography‚ Frederick Douglass writes about the steps he took to learn to read and write. He shows all the steps in this excerpt. He was a slave in a house; he didn’t have any opportunity to go to school or get any educations but the mistress in the house helped him and taught him the alphabet. But then Douglass’s master asked his wife to stop teaching him. She listened to her husband

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    Learning how to read was at one point of time in my life a huge obstacle that was preventing me from learning and doing other things such as writing. This event matters because as a result of being able to read‚ a door of opportunities opened for me as well. Not only that‚ but I was now able to see and understand my true calling which was teaching and encouraging others to learn how to read as well. I wanted others to understand how reading was something that you should want to do and enjoy doing

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    In totality‚ we can define health as the complete state of physical‚ emotional‚ and social well-being of a person‚ but usually we understand it as the absence of illnesses and diseases. Now‚ why say that health is more important than wealth? We first need to understand the importance of each in our lives and realize that with health we can achieve wealth but without health‚ wealth will be useless. All individuals strive to be healthy and strong that is why we try to exercise as much

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    Blake Allen How to Read Literature like a Professor Foster Allen Introduction memory symbol pattern These basic examples of literary analysis can be found in most literature from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Paper town. Every Trip is a Quest “a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason‚ challenges and trials en route‚ and a real reason” real reason is always self-knowledge In Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo goes to the Capulet party because his friends dragged him along but the real reason was so that

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    How to Read CLOSELY and SUCCESFULLY 1. Annotate Use ALL of the annotation skills we’ve learned all year—look for literary devices‚ themes‚ characters‚ moments that make you question‚ predict of connect with the text. 2. Read the questions accompanying the passage FIRST It ALWAYS helps to know what you are looking for! 3. Read the passage slowly and carefully… Be aware of the time…but don’t rush. Check the clock and set a pace for yourself. 4. When answering the questions‚ PAY ATTENTION

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    agreement might find itself when directing attention to their similar approaches to explaining their theories. In this sense‚ their agreement has more to deal with a similar decision to include certain relationships and distinctions. During their essays‚ both writers introduce different relationships between authors and readers. In Woolf’s “How Should One Read a Book?” section‚ presents an amicable relationship at the initial reading but it dwindles once a reader finish. Unlike Woolf‚ Ricoeur presents a

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