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    #1 Richard Miller separates his first chapter in Writing of the End of the World by exploring five different subjects. Each subheading includes a 2-3 page mini-essay‚ where I believe Miller attempts to motivate the reader to think about the effect of literacy on an individual‚ and also the world around us. Miller questions if reading and writing will matter in the new world that is evolving before us. Miller grabs the reader’s attention immediately by explaining how the Columbine event was linked

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    Richard II For further information regarding the critical and stage history of Richard II‚ see SC‚ Volumes 6‚ 24‚ 39‚ 52‚ 58‚ and 70. INTRODUCTION Richard II (ca. 1595) is the first drama of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy‚ a sequence of chronological narratives based on events in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries that chronicle the ascent of the Lancastrian line to the throne of England. In the play‚ Richard‚ an ineffectual monarch and the last of the Plantagenet kings

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    1. Can this story be read as a comment on the expectations for wealthy young women of the period? Or the lack of formal education or active endeavors for women? I think this story indirectly compare between wealthy young European woman with a wealthy young American woman. This story alludes the wealthy young European woman who was too exalted their degree than the people in the middle class and the lower class. But‚ the story is also alluded to the woman of wealthy Americans who are less

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    In The Life and Death of King Richard the Second‚ Shakespeare writes in the form of a historic play the last years of King Richard’s rule‚ and his ultimate demise. The arguably most significant speech in this play is given by John of Gaunt‚ Duke of Lancaster. For readers to understand what Gaunt says to Richard in his final hours‚ it is important to evaluate how Gaunt perceives a king’s rule and what he requires from King Richard. Before his speech‚ he essentially views a true king as having a balance

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    The Crucible—GUIDED READING QUESTIONS Act I 1. What purpose does the Overture serve? 2. What does the “spareness” of the Puritan setting reveal about the lives of the townspeople of Salem? 3. What Puritan primary fear is apparent in the philosophy‚ “In unity still lay the best promise of safety”? 4. Explain the significance of the forest to the Puritans. 5. Explain the irony in the Puritans’ pilgrimage to Salem to escape persecution. 6. When Abigail enters‚ she is described as “a strikingly beautiful

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    Study Questions to accompany Act One of The Crucible by Arthur Miller Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? 2. Why is the Reverend Samuel Parris so distraught at the beginning of Act One? What unnerves him about the report Susanna Walcott brings from Doctor Griggs? Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? 3. What do we learn in the exposition of the play about the events in the forest? About

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    Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the

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    Macbeth reading questions Act I‚ Scenes v-vii 1. How does Lady Macbeth respond to her husband’s letter? (I.v.15-33) Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth is “too full o’ the milk of human kindness” (I.v.15)‚ that his kindness will restrain him from taking the necessary actions to make himself king; according‚ she vows to do anything she can to win him the crown. 2. What does Macbeth think about Duncan as a king? (I.vii.1-28) Macbeth thinks that Duncan “hath been so clear in his great office” (I

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    INVESTIGATION ON THE APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE-BASED TEACHING IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING READING TO EFL STUDENTS Journal of Education‚ 1(2):5-20‚2012 ISSN:2298-0245 An Invetsigation on the Application of Multiple Intelligence-Based Teaching in the Process of Teaching Reading to EFL Students Suleyman ÇELIK* Abstract The article presents the results of experimental research in teaching reading which was held in Ishik University‚ Iraq with 95 students of prep school aged 17-19 during the

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    Siddartha Reading Questions Chapter 1 Because he doesn’t know what he’s doing with his life. He feels this way because he feels like he hasn’t amounted to anything. Because she wants to be able to follow someone Siddartha describes them kinda like mysterious and smart He wanted to be a samana‚ but had to get his dad’s permission Because back then women didn’t really have any authority‚ so she didn’t really have a say in it. Chapter 2 He tries to like blend in with them and do whatever they do.

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