Category: Writing

The story “The Shawl” by Louise Erdrich is structured into three different sections: the story told about Aanakwad and her family, the story of the 13-year-old narrator who confronts his father, and the final brief section where the narrator describes the situation in the family now. How does this story develop the theme of healing from intergenerational trauma?
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1. The story “The Shawl” by Louise Erdrich is structured into three different sections: the story told about Aanakwad and her family, the story of the 13-year-old narrator who confronts his father, and the final brief section where the narrator describes the situation in the family now. How does this story develop the theme of healing from intergenerational trauma?
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Directions: Read and analyze carefully the problem below. Then determine the investor’s required rate of return using the CAPM Approach.
Nah Kuh Hah Corporation has the following data regarding its stock’s offering:
1. Beta or risk is 1.4 with a possible growth to 6%.
2. The risk-free rate of return is 9%.
3. Market required rate of return is 12%.

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Question 9 Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. HIV is transmitted exclusively via blood. 1.00 O b. HIV is far more contagious than hepatitis B. Flag question O c. HIV is easily transmittable in the EMS field. O d. There is no vaccine against HIV infection. Previous page – Lesson 2 Resources and Citations Jump to… Lecture 3: Medica
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Challenge #2: Literary Devices
Using the abbreviations below, identify the literary device that best describes each quote. Your code is formed by the letters in order, IN CAPS.
IRONY = I
SIMILE = S
SYMBOLISM = SY
HYPERBOLE = H
METAPHOR = M
ALLUSION = A
PERSONIFICATION = P
(Act 1) HALE: The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her.
(Act 2) ELIZABETH: Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.
(Act 2) HALE: Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.
(Act 2) ELIZABETH: “Adultery, John.”
(Act 2) PROCTOR: “Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.”
(Act 2) PROCTOR: “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem.”
(Act 3) DANFORTH: We born a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.
(Act 3) DANFORTH: This is a sharp time, now, a precise time—we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God’s grace, the shining sun is up, and them that feat not light will surely praise it.”
(Act 4) HALE: “I come to do the Devil’s work. I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves. His sarcasm collapses. There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!”
(Act 4) HALE: “I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died…”
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2. Newton’s Law by Morton Mallon After a life of studying the nano-transportation sciences, Professor Melton stumbles upon a major breakthrough. On April 20th, 2042, Melton discovers a way to transport particles at light-speed across fixed distances. Now he can teleport from one location to another. But Professor Melton soon discovers that there is no such thing as a free lunch. He learns that the body ages relative to the distance travelled, not just the time. This means that a teleporting body ages very rapidly. Can Melton solve this problem before his time is up? Genre: fiction Subgenre: science fiction
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When providing an objective summary of a text, writers should:
directly quote the text.
avoid central ideas.
include their opinions.
exclude personal opinions.

Between the two paraphrases below, which statement best provides the most suitable paraphrase of the original text above? Further, justify your answer using sentence structure and changes in keywords.
Paraphrase 1
An organic material that can promote plant growth and development which is not caused by spraying of usual plant fertilizers are called biostimulants (Sharma et.al., 2011).
Paraphrase 2
A biostimulant makes a plant grow beautifully and bigger when added with
traditional plant nutrient (Sharma et.al., 2011).
Justification: _________________________________________
During the course of the conduct of research, common difficulties may arise that will greatly affect the result of your research. As a researcher, one must be adept enough to foresee possible challenges to your research so that it will be resolved sooner. Below is a summary of difficulties, challenges, and / or issues you may encounter.
1. Unavailability of respondents
2. Non-cooperation or refusal of respondents to answer questions
3. Failure of respondents to remember data or give honest responses
4. Delayed or failure in returning questionnaires with responses
5. Incomplete documents and records
6. Unscientific data
7. No local data are available
8. Lacking instruments
9. Communication problems
10.Funds are tight
Situational Analysis
Directions. Choose three from the above summary of difficulties and try resolving the conflict by filling-in the boxes below. An example is provided in each box.
Identify the Facts
Issues / Challenges
Ex. Unavailability of respondents
Principle in Conflict
Ex. Voluntary participation
Options / Solutions
Ex. letter in advance to the head of office of your sampling area, asking permission to conduct a survey. Provide a letter of consent of the respondents.