Progress Check #1 ACTIVE READING STRATEGIES (50 Points) PART A: List the five active reading strategies. Explain each strategy in one or two sentences. (5 pts. each for a total of 25 pts). 1. Predicting – Predicting is making an educated guess on the essay‚ text‚ chapter‚ or article that you are about to read by reading the title and the first or second sentence of a paragraph to predict what that passage is going to be about. 2. Visualizing – Visualizing is making what you
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John D. Rockefeller was businessman who’s most famously known as the entrepreneur who founded the Standard Oil Company. He is also one of the richest men in the history of the world‚ having a net worth of about $633 billion. In the late 1800s‚ Rockefeller decided to take up the business that would turn out to change the way business was done. By the early 1900s‚ Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was in charge of more than 90% of the United States’ oil production. In 1901‚ the government of the United States
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The Ups and Downs of Scientific Progress If you were asked what the goal of science and research is‚ you would most likely respond that they exist for the benefit of the human population. However‚ this is not‚ and was not always the case. Taking a closer look at the history of science‚ particularly from the 1950s on‚ revels that things have not always been all well and good. It cannot be denied that the world of modern science is an ever-evolving realm that has experienced significant change over
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Eng 104 Yuanyuan Liao Zachary Wade Research proposal Research proposal: Music Therapy and Why Does it Matter? INTRODUCTION: Music is used to enhance well-being‚ reduce stress‚ and distract patients from unpleasant symptoms. Although there are wide variations in individual preferences‚ music appears to exert direct physiologic effects through the autonomic nervous system. It also has indirect effects by modifying caregiver behavior. Music effectively reduces anxiety and improves mood for
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The following handout is an abridged version of John Dryden’s A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire (1693). You must read this document carefully. There has been a long dispute among the modem critics‚ whether the Romans derived their satire from the Grecians‚ or first invented it themselves. Julius Scaliger‚ and Heinsius‚ are of the first opinion; Casaubon‚ Rigaltius‚ Dacier‚ and the publisher of the Dauphin∗s Juvenal‚ maintain the latter. If we take satire in the general
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3) What lessons can the bank learn from its online banking operations? What are the costs and benefits of having customers migrate to online banking? When the Bank of America (BOA) launched it mobile banking platform in May 2007‚ it enhanced service options to its customers by creating smartphone applications (apps) which allowed customers to access account information and make transactions remotely and on the move without having to visit a BOA branch‚ ATM or even having to have access to a computer
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“Progress had been made by black Americans in the period 1900-1945.” How valid is this statement? Progress was definitely made in the years 1900-1945 by black Americans; however the amounts of progress varied in the North and South of America‚ the North appeared to have made more progress by 1945 than the South. The progress also varied depending on the area‚ such as political‚ social and economic aspects. Socially‚ the North of America had made more progress than the South. The North experienced
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Trees Give us Different Things There is no end to the list of items‚ both tangible and non tangible‚ that trees give us. First of all‚ as we all know‚ trees are the most important and the only natural source of oxygen in the atmosphere. Without oxygen[->0]‚ life is not possible on earth. Trees consume the carbon dioxide[->1] from the environment and give out oxygen which balances the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide[->2] in the atmosphere. In addition to this‚ the wood that we obtain
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The Pilgrim’s Progress‚ by John Bunyan is a symbolic work that shows many of the obstacles a Christian will face and hopefully overcome when seeking the Lord. The main character‚ a man uncreatively named Christian‚ feels a calling for Christ and sets out on a journey to seek the Celestial City‚ which represents Heaven. Throughout his journey‚ he meets many interesting people‚ all of whom are symbolic of something. It is interesting to see how Christian’s faith evolves and becomes stronger throughout
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3. Discuss how and why allegory is used in ‘Everyman’ and ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ to communicate their different religious meanings. Published roughly two centuries apart‚ ‘Everyman’ and ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ are two very different‚ yet highly similar pieces of religious literature. Laying a great deal of emphasis on “salvation through good works and sacraments” (Lecture)‚ the late medieval play ‘Everyman’ is a profound piece of Catholic work with strong religious purpose. Everyman’s search
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