“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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My Favorite Subject High-school students should be familiar with this formula a2 + b2 = c2. No doubt‚ that is a well-known formula to define angles in a certain triangle found by Pythagoras‚ so called Pythagoras as well. Talking about Pythagoras‚ it reminds us to a certain subject namely Mathematics. Mathematics used to be my favorite subject when I was a high-school student. The term ‘favorite’ commonly refers to something we love best. I have some reasons why I used to like studying Mathematics
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The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is essentially about a young woman’s strive for independence‚ which eventually leads to conflict. Girls today appear as mature women and in addition‚ are put into adult situations sometimes unwillingly. Oates portrays a social issue that relates to this current society by using symbolism and characterization while taking the reader on a journey throughout the thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl. There are two main symbols the author uses
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“Subject and Verb Agreement” 1. The subject and verb must agree in number. Dennis drives carefully along the highway. Mary men today drive their own cars. 2. Compound subjects take plural verbs. Rose and Lina are the bestfriends in school. 3. A compound subject to a single person takes a singular verb. Ny confidant and adviser is my mother. 4. Compound subjects that modified by each and every is singular. Every father and mother carries out the assigned roles. 5. The verb agrees with its subject not
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Subject-Verb Agreement The following are common rules on subject-verb agreement: 1. Nouns in plural form but singular in meaning take a singular verb. a. Statistics is my favorite subject. b. Measles attack the whole town. 2. Plural titles of the books‚ periodicals‚ films‚ and the like take a singular verb. a. Great Expectations is our favorite. b. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is my favorite book. 3. Use do for plural subjects and does for
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Grammar………………………….…….5 Chapter 1.1: The Subject as the Principal Part of the Sentence…………7 Chapter 2: Ways of Expressing the Subject…………….……….………12 Conclusion………………………………………………………..……….16 Bibliography…………………………………………………….………..18 Introduction The title of this term paper is “Ways of Expressing the Subject”. The main goal is to identify the main features of the subject in the sentence and to examine the subject and its features in fiction. Before turning to subject we will study the structure of English
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Friday‚ May 27‚ 2011 THE BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES OF THE SELECTED FOURTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS OF SAN AGUSTIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTOWARDS FILIPINO SUBJECT THE BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES OF THE SELECTED FOURTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS OF SAN AGUSTIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTOWARDS FILIPINO SUBJECT MA. CLEOFE P. MANEGDEG ROBERTMEL BOY P. SIA JOANNE V. CAPURAS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SAN AGUSTIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
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SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT Compound Subjects joined by Neither Nor …. Either Or …. Which of the two sentences are correct ? Either the dog or the kids were making a racket downstairs. Either the dog or the kids was making a racket downstairs. What is Compound Subject/s When a sentence ?has two or more subjects‚ that’s called a “compound subject.” The individual subjects in a compound subject are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and‚ or‚ neither‚ nor‚ Example: Neither the cake nor the
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The humanistic subject Rhetoric as techne-ways of seeing Todays goals: understand these concepts Meta- communication in context of class readings The humanistic subject (in Michael franti’s words‚ what it means to be a human bein ya’ll) Rhetoric as techne Different way of seeing or of pating attention How this class fits into your education Meta0communication in context of class readings D.I.E Distinguishing between observing and concluding Using textual evidence to get us on the same
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