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In Timothy D. O’Brien’s criticism of Ernest Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” he concentrates mainly on how allusion and word play contribute to the central conflict of the short story. The story mainly consists of the dialogue between the American and Jig. The choice of the nickname Jig, along with the repetition of certain words such as “know” and “fine” stood out to me while reading the story. In addition to the word choice, the train never comes at the end of the story, leaving it…

1) What were your primary (short term) goals for your student this week? How well do you feel they were accomplished? My primary goals this week were to work on getting to know Grace and getting her familiar with word sorts. I feel these goals were accomplished. I read books with Grace that were aligned with her interests and then we talked about the books, which helped me get to know Grace and helped her become more comfortable with me. I also did a word sort on Tuesday and Thursday with Grace.…

A) Define what a gourmet/specialty store is for you. For this assignment, be sure that the store specifically describes and advertises itself as "gourmet" (verifiable on their website/marketing materials). A gourmet store is a store that distributes specialty items that are likely not in a regular grocery store. Has lots of imported goods that other stores may not have, sells high quality food and is quality-oriented. Are foods that are typically considered high-value food items made in small…

Farming Simulator 2019: What we know? Farming Simulator 2019, is an amazing game designed to be played by everyone. No one can survive without plants, nature, livestock, ground, and cars and so much more. If you want to learn more about this amazing game, then you have landed on the right page. There are numerous ideas, which are not only interesting but also useful. The following ideas will help players enjoy the game, as well as survive in real life. One of the most interesting ideas about…

He peered around the door and in the room were the two women that he had seen earlier with the plump man. Everyone in the room seemed naked and at first he could not see who the man was. The blonde and brunette seemed to be having an oral feast on his hard genitals and he had one of his hands on one of the women’s heads, pressing it hard onto his hardness as she struggled to suck as much of it into her mouth as she could. This was a scene that would have highly aroused him under any other…

Imagine a girl at a party coming up to all of the guys there and trying to get with them. The guys at the party would call the girl thirsty. Currently in our culture according to urban dictionary thirsty means “someone who will do anything for attention including sexual favors.” The word thirsty have evolved in the meaning from when it originated to now. The origin for the word thirsty came from Middle English as the word thirst. Thirst according to dictionary.com is a “sensation of dryness in…

Please list and describe 2 instructional strategies you can use to improve Emma’s reading fluency. 1. Word accuracy comes before speed. To work on word accuracy the teacher can practice word work and phrase work with Emma to build her fluency and help her read and recognize words. The phrases can be part of the reading passages that are being worked on to help her read the passage more fluently and work towards automaticity. 2. Instruction on morphological awareness and semantic mapping.…

In 2011, a war broke out in Syria. And it is still being fought today. This war has taken a toll on the lives of so many, forcing millions of people to flee the country in search of a new home. Three main countries have helped immensely in taking in refugees- Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Each of these countries has taken in a large portion of the refugees and provided them with a home, but the resources of them all are running low and they are having a hard time maintaining economic stability.…

Every year on Valentine’s Day, my school hosts something we call the “Civility Assembly”. In the afternoon, the entire school is called to the auditorium, and are presented with an unscripted, straight-from-the-heart presentation from the staff. This year, the theme was “Home”. A former Wahconah graduate who entered the marines gave a speech about the value of home to him and the results of a staff interview as to “Why Wahconah is Home to Me” was presented, among other things. While there were…

“I’m not the shoe person, you have to ask Sally,” says a Charlotte Rouse employee without even looking at me and before I could even finish my sentence. I instantly felt uncomfortable and didn’t want to ask a follow up question; for instance, “Who is Sally?” Eventually, I found Sally, she asked what size my feet were, I said “an eight please.” Twenty minutes went by; Sally returned with a pair of nines. I replied, “I’ll try these, but my shoe size is actually an eight,” and huffed, “Why didn’t…