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    How to Read Literature like a Professor Chapter 1- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not): • Quest consists of a knight‚ a dangerous road‚ a Holy Grail‚ a dragon‚ one evil knight‚ and one princess • Quest elements: a. quester b. place to go c. stated reason to go there d. challenges & trails e. real reason to go there- never involves stated reason • Real reason for quest is always self-knowledge • “always” and “never” have very little meaning in literature Chapter 2- Nice to Eat with You:

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    Title Rhetorical Analysis of Frederick Douglass’s “Learning To Read and Write” Skill Making a Strong Argument EBA Activity Choosing the Best Warrant Writing Exercise Claims and/or Warrants You may use the following claim and warrants: In the excerpt “Learning to Read and Write‚” Frederick Douglass uses an empathic tone‚ elevated diction‚ imagery‚ and telling details to convince a white American audience from the 1850s of the humanity and intelligence of enslaved Africans and the evils of

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    quite a few significant events that led up to the Revolutionary War. The Americans relied on the British Empire to turn there raw product into sellable goods but they became so fed up with all the taxes they had to pay and all the rules the royal government was imposing on them. The Americans were getting tired of the British pushing them around and trying to dictate their lifestyle. The Americans became frustrated and disgruntled when they imposed all their acts on them such as the Sugar Act‚

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    the beliefs about students and education have a profound impact on what is taught and how it is taught‚ just as the beliefs about life have a profound impact on how individuals live their lives. Educational beliefs are revised and refined and over time becomes stronger as they seem to serve us well and prove to be true. Thus‚ these beliefs ultimately become our philosophy of education. It is possible that every student that enters a classroom can succeed. However‚ in order for them to accomplish

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    How To Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) In Chapter 1 the author explains the symbolic reasoning of why a character takes a trip. They don’t just take a trip they take a quest. Structurally a quest has a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges and trials en route‚ and a reason to go there. Quests usually involve characters such as a knight‚ a dangerous road‚ a Holy Grail‚ a dragon‚ an evil knight‚ and a princess

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    Frederick Douglass "How I Learned to Read and Write" During the 1800’s‚ the institution of slavery was still ongoing in the few slave states left in America. Slavery was still proving to be unjust and unfair‚ not allowing for African Americans to be considered equals. However‚ some slaves were able to overcome the many restrictions and boundaries that slavery forced upon them. In Frederick Douglass’ essay “Learning to Read and Write‚” Douglass portrays himself as an intelligent and dignified

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    That Its Code Can Be Read DNA can be found in every living organism. “[It is] the material inside the nucleus of cells that carries genetic information” (Your Genes‚ Your Choices: Glossary). The genetic information is consisted of two strands twisted together and is encoded in the sequence of nucleotides‚ which are deoxyribose‚ phosphate group‚ and nitrogen bases. This genetic information is also heritable traits which can be carried onto future offsprings. In an article read named “Scripps Research

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    300: More Fact than Fiction “300” begins by setting the vivid stage of what was to become one of the most inspiring battles of Greek history. Leonidas‚ the Spartan “king‚” is warned by messengers from the Persian empire to kneel before Xerxes‚ the Persian god-king‚ or to see his beloved Sparta be destroyed and it’s loyal people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war

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    Roman portraiture is more realistic than previous idealistic Hellanistic styles. They better depict each subject’s individuality to a degree never seen before. The purpose of Roman portraiture is to address the audience and convey specific messages to them. Ea. Roman portrait is an imperial commemorative relief and are representations of each subject’s ideology in ruling. The Roman portraits allegorically communicate these ideologies through the veristic image of the ruler. The portrayals of

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    “Imagination is more important that knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand while imagination embraces the entire world‚ and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Do you agree? Albert Einstein once said‚ “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand while imagination embraces the entire world

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