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    Administering diagnostic surveys and assessments among students is the first step in the intricate process of teaching. Analyzing this data is very important, as it provides teachers with useful information. Once the proper data is acquired the results are used to plan for literacy remediation and instruction. Instructional focus is important for the students to begin honing in on their weak areas and strengthening their capabilities. The following analysis is that of a second grader. A…

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    Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” is a poem about being ungrateful for things done everyday. Composed of three main sections, not by stanzas but by line breaks. In the first section, the speaker describes how his father rose early during his childhood, even on Sundays, to do chores. In the second section, the speaker describes how he got up later after his father was already done with all the work. In the final two lines, the speaker explains his regret for failing to understand his…

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    officers tried to help comfort me, but nothing could calm me. By the time my uncle Jim, Jara’s dad, arrived at the hospital, Jara was already in surgery. Shortly after, the doctor came out. “I’m sorry, there is just nothing we can do, she is in a comma and will most likely not wake up. If she does, she will not be able to walk, talk, or care for herself.” We all huddled into the room and began to say a prayer. When our prayer was finished, we were asked to leave the room, as it was time for…

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    of Eel Marsh House gives it a range of different moods, but mainly a ghastly touch. The house is described as a ‘musty darkness’ hints that it is sort of a fog/mist. However it could be that it smell as that's what ‘musty’ means. ‘, silence,’ has commas either side of it making it create pace. Susan Hill uses ‘seething’ making it seem like the air is crowding Arthur. Susan has used a list to create pace also. Tension is sustained in this part of the chapter as it seems that Arthur is walking…

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    Earlier in the story Charlie had some grammar mistakes like he never used commas, periods, question marks, exclamation points. He also didnt spell that well for example, the word happens he spelled it “happins”. But Charlie than became smarter than everyone! Ms. Kinnian told him “It’s true Charlie . You’re a better reader than…

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    Download App We Were the Mulvaneys Literary Analysis 3 pages We Were the Mulvaneys Literary Analysis In the passage given from “We Were the Mulvaneys , ” the author Joyce Carol Oats uses a combination or literary techniques includingimagery, symbolism, and syntax to characterize the speaker of the novel,Judd Mulvaney, as a clever and insightful young man. One of the waysthat Oats is able to portray Judd as such a conscious person is by clearly illustrating the events occurring in Judd’s world…

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    How to write well. It is always said, that a person should have good and effective communication skills. Like verbal communication skills, it is equally important for a person to have good written communication skill. Now the question arises, can all of us have good written skills? We say yes! We always carry a purpose when we speak. Similarly, when we write we should have a purpose for it. Normally our purpose falls into following categories • To Inform • To Educate • To Entertain • To…

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    Ms. Gorgonia Nazianzus ought to have her daughter, Philippa, as a surrogate when the time comes to make medical decisions that she will be unable to make on her own. P lives a couple of hours away and has visited her mother at least once a month unlike Nonna, who has not visited in the last two decades. Also, GN had the confidence in confiding to P that she did not want to be hooked up to machines for the rest of her life and that shows GN has a great amount of trust in P. Although the…

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    Taking HIS 112 has allowed me to improve my writing process. Writing has always been a subject that I least enjoy but I have found that the more I write the better I become at the skill. I can say that because I took HIS 112 I saw a dramatic change in the way that I write. For this class we were assigned three essay assignments. On the first essay, I received a 79 as my final grade. Seeing that grade made me want to improve my writing and find the areas that I need to work on the most. One…

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    I feel that your writing offers more as a film treatment with elongated sentences with adjective and excess description. By eliminating the excess words, it would tighten your writing thus improving the readability. There was an over use of commas, hyphenated words, and you often repeated yourself but restating information for instance ‘reluctantly Cornelius agrees with Gordrick and accepts the invitation.’ Despite you have already informed the reader they were attending you repeat the fact…

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