Posted on November 18, 2010. Tags: artistic excellence, boy meets girl, character type, exaggeration, example of realism, girl type, john bunyun, pioneer days, sore thumb, universal character
1.) Despite the fact that her friend had chosen to leave with all the others, Emily stayed with the wounded knight.
repetition
exaggeration
contrast/compare
allegory
2.) Daniel had been walking so long and so far that his head was swimming and his arms dragged on the ground from exhaustion. “I’m going to burst into flame from the heat,” he thought ruefully, “but I may pass out from the walking first.”
simplicity
archetypes
contrast/compare
exaggeration/unrealism
3.) So the problem had been presented: leave for Lake Town, or stay with the elves? James wondered what Ellen had chosen, but had no way as of yet to find out.
suspense
universal character type
realism
symbol
4.) Sven was excited − very excited − about the party. This party was going to be the liveliest celebration of his life. His excitement spilled over into his school lessons. Never before had the pioneer days seemed this exciting!
allegory
symbolism
repetition
compare/contrast
5.) Julie knew that the first day of school would be tough − the other kids looked as if they all belonged in their own perfect niche; but she stood out like a sore thumb.
repetition
realism
exaggeration
artistic excellence
6.) Thw eerie fog of the cold, damp night cast a foreboding shadow on the dark road.
suspense
compare/contrast
repetition
7.) Nancy felt as if she had experiences this all before. She knew that this circumstance was familiar in some way.
suspence
repetition
realism
8.) The author knew that this would be a boy-meets-girl type of story.
allegory
realism
archetype
9.) . John Bunyun’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is an example of
realism
exageration
allegory
10.) The Lion in “The Lion
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Posted on November 18, 2010. Tags: Affiliate, affiliate marketing, Home, home based job, Marketing, relevant traffic, site, Website
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Posted on November 18, 2010. Tags: careful deliberation, deliberation, extended metaphor, flip flopper, health, health care debate, interaction research, knee jerk, Party, position, rich interaction, sensible options, social measures, town hall meetings, way
Open Your Minds America
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — As people shout over each other and tune out diverging views in town hall meetings, the health care debate is proving to be symptomatic of a major ailment threatening our nation:
A contagious culture of closed-mindedness threatens to suffocate our progress as a society.
Why has it become so difficult to even consider changing our minds about important issues?
Here’s my diagnosis.
Increasingly, the willingness to change one’s position on political issues has been misread as a mark of weakness rather than a product of attentive listening and careful deliberation.
During the 2004 Presidential campaign, the successful branding of John Kerry as a flip-flopper doomed his bid. Fear of “flip-flopper syndrome” is apparently catching like the flu, because today’s politicians are not alone in their determination to adhere to partisan positions despite the changing needs of our nation.
Nearly everyone’s so reluctant to appear wishy-washy that they stand firm even when the evidence is against their views.
Three factors exacerbate this paralysis by lack of analysis: labels, lifestyles and listening.
First, the labels ascribed to many potential policy tools render sensible options taboo, loading what could be rational, economic or social measures with moral baggage. This narrows our choices, hemming in policy makers.
Any proposal including the words “government-run” elicits cries of “socialism” and “communism.” Any argument invoking the words “God” or “moral” sparks accusations of “right-wing extremism,” “fascism,” or “Bible-thumping.” Instead of listening to each other’s ideas, we spot the warning label and run the other way.
Second, our lifestyles favor knee-jerk reactions. The way we think, work and live in the Digital Age demands we quickly categorize information without investing time into rich interaction, research and understanding.
We’re hesitant to ask questions because we don’t have time to listen to the long, complicated answers that might follow. And we lack the time to fact-check competing claims. In our haste, it’s easier to echo our party’s position than drill down, questioning whether party leaders are motivated by our best interests or the best interests of their biggest contributors.
Third, we tend to listen only to like-minded opinions as media fragmentation encourages us to filter out varying perspectives. If you’re a liberal, you avoid FOX News. If you’re a conservative you revile MSNBC. The dynamic is even more pronounced online, where a niche media source can be found for any outlook.
This silences the opportunity for meaningful dialogue and deliberation that might lead to reformulating positions, forging sustainable compromises, and developing consensus crucial to moving our nation forward on complex issues.
So how can we overcome this challenge, starting with the health care debate? How do we open our minds to the possibility that we could actually learn from somebody else?
a)
liberals and conservatives
b)
people who can’t make up their minds to politician John Kerry
c)
politicians and right-wing extremism
d)
the health-care debate to an ailment or sickness
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Posted on November 18, 2010. Tags: agreement, aid, central intelligence agency, eastern european countries, foreign newspapers, government homework, nato alliance, nuclear arms proliferation, nuclear arms reduction, Realists, Soviet, spanish american war, spread of communism, Union, war world war
Realists argue that sometimes the United States must use force simply to show that it is militarily strong.
True
False
One of the goals of U.S. foreign policy is to promote world peace.
True
False
The President must always get Congressional approval when taking military action.
True
False
The Central Intelligence Agency gathers information about other countries through secret operations and reading foreign newspapers.
True
False
Idealists are against any involvement in the affairs of other countries.
True
False
The U.S. got involved in which of the following conflicts in order to stop the spread of Communism?
Korean War
Cold War
Vietnam War
all of the above
The event that caused the United States to change its isolationist policy was
the Vietnam War.
the Cold War.
the Spanish-American War.
World War I.
What was the original focus of the NATO alliance?
protection of important seaports in Eastern European countries
defense against the Soviet Union
reduction of nuclear arms
all of the above
Which of the following is an argument made by supporters of U.S. foreign-aid programs?
The United States may one day need aid from these countries.
Foreign aid may help decrease trade deficits with other countries.
It will increase imports from other countries.
Countries receiving aid may provide good markets for U.S. exports.
An agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the production of some nuclear weapons was called the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Agreement.
Nuclear Arms Proliferation Agreement.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty.
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Posted on November 17, 2010. Tags: Community, Microcommunities, niche, niche audiences, Website, Websites
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