trick the Massagetae troops‚ who “ate and drank so much they went to sleep. This was the Persians’ opportunity: they fell upon them‚ killed many‚ and took an even greater number of prisoners” (93). Ctesias tells a story in which Parsonades is offered wine by Babylonian merchants that was “intentionally made very strong so that he would get drunk‚” and so they could take Parsonades to Nanarus (152-153). Unlike in the stories told by Herodotus‚ Parsonades was not killed after indulging on alcohol‚ but
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The Joy Luck Club 1/6/03 Ch1 Jing-Mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club In this chapter we are introduced to the Joy Luck Club which originated all the way back in China when Jing-Mei Woo ’s mother Suyuan was in the city of Kweilin. At the Joy Luck Club a group of old Chinese women sit around and eat and after that they sit down in a table to play a friendly game of Mah-Jong. At the Joy Luck Club there are 4 major members‚ Lindo Jong‚ Ying-ying St. Clair‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ and Suyuan Woo. In the beginning of
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Herod soon abandons the conversation he is having with his guests about religion and politics to try to persuade Salome to join him over wine and fruit. She refuses‚ which amuses Herodias. The voice of Iokanaan‚ shouting insults about Herodias‚ interrupts the discussion and upsets the queen. She suggests to her husband that he turn Iokanaan over to the Jews who have been ogling after him
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decade of the 1980s‚ Daumier came in and introduced a series of tax and revenue reforms. He established taxes on key consumer items that the people need such as salt‚ rice-wine and opium. The Vietnamese needed all these products to continue their traditional life such as rituals. By 1935 France’s collective sales of rice wine‚ salt and opium were earning more than 600 million francs per annum. Imperialism involves powerful states seeking to expand their power by taking control of economic‚ political
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WRITING A SUMMARY OF AN ARTICLE WHAT IS A SUMMARY? A summary restates the main ideas of an author in your own words. It keeps the essential information from the original passage while eliminating most supporting details‚ such as the examples and illustrations. A good
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cannot write a good summary essay of a source that you do not understand. One such technique is the reader’s summary‚ which you write for yourself‚ as a way of understanding the text you are reading. But there is another type of summary‚ the summary essay‚ which is written for an audience other than yourself. The purpose of the summary essay is to convey to others an understanding of a text you have read‚ without their having to read it themselves. Thus for your readers‚ your summary essay functions
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Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description of the pleasure he experiences while on the job one evening. He wears a helmet emblazoned with the numeral 451 (the temperature at which paper burns)‚ a black uniform with a salamander on the arm‚ and a “phoenix disc” on his chest. On his way home from the fire station‚ he feels a sense of nervous anticipation. After suspecting a lingering nearby presence‚ he meets his new
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A summary of Amazon’s business strategy and revenue model I’ve used Amazon in my books for over 10 years now since many companies‚ from startups and small businesses to large international businesses‚ can learn from their focus on the customer and the approach of using technology and analysis to improve results. It consistently outperforms other companies in its ACSI customer satisfaction rating too. I aim to keep the case study up-to-date for readers of the books and Smart Insights readers who
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How to Write An Executive Summary? Whether you’ve put together a business plan or an investment proposal‚ you’re going to need an executive summary to preface your report. The summary should include the major details of your report‚ but it’s important not to bore the reader with minutia. Save the analysis‚ charts‚ numbers and glowing reviews for the report itself. This is the time to grab your reader’s attention and let them know what it is you do and why they should read the rest of your business
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DAILY LESSON PLAN Teacher’s Name: Class/Period: 7th Grade English Unit/ Lesson Plan Topic: Summary Writing Date: 10/8/08 Agenda: What is a Summary? Why do we summarize? Summarizing Expository Text California Content Standards: Writing Applications 2.5 Write summaries of reading materials: a. Include the main ideas and most significant details b. Use the student’s own words‚ except for quotations c. Reflect underlying meaning‚ not just the superficial details. Objectives: When
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