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    as a popular phrase saying that there was "a flea in one’s ear." The OED definition of this saying is, "stinging or mortifying reproof, rebuff, or repulse, which sends one away discomfited." It is easy to see the evolution of the word "flea" to the verb, to flee. The second stanza can be summed up by the word "jet." "Jet" also has several layers of meaning. Donne writes, "Though parents grudge, and you, we are met,/ And cloistered in these living walls of jet." The speaker is trying to convince

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    1 Abstract      The experiment conducted regarding Memory Processes tested individuals on their ability to store and retrieve words. The levels on which words were stored were structural, the lowest level, phonetic, the next highest level, and semantic, the highest level of processing. The experiment is based on the recall and reorganization of the words from group they show during the experiment. The experiment conducted supported hypotheses regarding a subject’s performance

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    results from these previously mentioned experiments, we hypothesized that subjects were capable of renewing exploratory behavior in a spatially reorganized environment. However, this was under the assumption that complications such as age and species type were inapplicable. Method Subjects The subjects were Sprague-Dawley male rats. Their age is 150 days. The supplier is Harlan Sprague-Dawley. They are maintained on a 12:12 h light/dark cycle and are provided with ad libitum

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    The next play needs to either match the tiger with article “a” or find a domino piece with a picture that will correspond with the article “an.” 2. Missing Pronoun In the Spanish language, the use of subject pronouns are not necessary because the verb ending will indicate the gender or number of a

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    a.) I designed my lesson plan to be used in first and second grade. This lesson plan was designed to be a cross curriculum lesson about spiders that incorporates the following subject areas: Science, Language Arts, and Visual/Performance Arts. This lesson will be taught during the month of October after students have gained prior knowledge through an insect unit that was taught the month before. (b.) The content object that I used in this lesson was for students to be able to identify important

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    For any writer there are times that we can 't choose the right word at times and at the last second we choose a word that seems right but it 's in the wrong context. As a result, it leaves a wrong meaning to what we are writing. Well the problem is the usage of the "exact words" at the right time. The usage of the exact words helps the writer choose from a variety of words that help clarify or state the writer 's true meaning of his or her writing. Exact words come in many different forms to help

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    mostly used with different verb tenses in general. As Lathey (2012) comments on her article about the translation of children literature, "role of tense systems in narrative for children may well reveal cultural differences". In the case of Spanish and English, both use past tense for narration, while German or French have an historic present. In other words, verb tenses have been translated using a literal method, with the closest Spanish verb equivalent. However, some verb tenses are not 100% literal

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    1. Running Records- Starting on my third visit I started to keep running records of Jimmy’s reading. I collected three samples of his reading to be able to really asses his reading using miscue analysis and his CWPM (correct words per minute) and his WPM (words per minute). The first book that Jimmy selected was an AR book that was titled “War of the Worlds”. Based off of the AR guidelines it was a 3.2 reading level. This means third grade second six weeks. The next two samples were from a book

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    One of the most striking features of Anthem is its use of language, especially the absence of the word "I." Characters refer to themselves using the first person plural "we" and not the first person singular "I." This use of language is often confusing, but must be understood if the book 's meaning is to be clear. The use of the plural rather than the singular self-reference, goes to the heart of the book 's meaning. The collectivist society in which Equality 7-2521 lives is similar to the Nazi

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    the words of each sentence with the verb “work”, that is why the inflectional morphemes “–ed” and “–s” must be added. In the first example we must attach the inflection (-ed) because of “yesterday”, and in the second because of “Ann” (third person).

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