Category: Writing

In 150 words or more, use critical thinking and problem-solving tools to state the solution you chose, explain which tools or resources helped you analyze the problem and solution, and describe how this solution might solve the problem effectively compared to the other options. Answers should be in your own words, and any outside resources used should include a citation.
Problem: Lack of training at work
Solution:
·        Ask for a meeting with the team leader to discuss the need for more training
Stages of critical thinking :
Define a problem
Analyze a problem
Generate possible solution
Evaluate solution
Take action
re-evaluate solution
Reflection
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TEXT:
??1In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, love is fire. It burns through everything: through the lovers of the title, through their families, and through people on the sidelines. The romance between Romeo and Juliet hurts so many people that one wonders whether it would have been better if time unwound and the two leads had never met. If we examine the play from the beginning, the evidence for this is overwhelming.
2Winding back the clock, we begin in Verona, where we find Romeo, heir of the noble House of Montague, feeling sorry for himself. His reason: rejection at the hands of Rosaline, niece to Lord Capulet, leader of the House of Capulet and rival to the Montagues. Romeo’s friend, Mercutio, wishing to improve his friend’s spirits, disguises Romeo and sneaks him into a Capulet party. Romeo has his own motive for going—he wants to see Rosaline again—but at the party he meets Juliet, daughter of Lord Capulet, instead. From that moment in time, they are in love, and everyone’s life gets worse.
3The first one to suffer is Mercutio, a member of neither house, but a relative of Prince Escalus, ruler of Verona. He fights a duel on Romeo’s behalf with Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo meddles in the fight, and his interference gets Mercutio killed. Romeo, furious at his friend’s death, kills Tybalt.
4For this action, Prince Escalus exiles Romeo from the city and threatens him with execution should he ever return. The Prince has his own plans for Juliet—a hope to see his cousin Paris marry the young woman. Juliet’s family is also in favor of the marriage, as it would raise the status of the House of Capulet and bring them closer to destroying the Montagues. Juliet ignores her family’s history, wishing to be with Romeo and no one else. Desperate, she plans a way for them to escape their families and disappear together.
5Juliet swallows a special poison that allows her to appear dead for three days and then reawaken. Her family is shocked and grief-stricken by her apparent death. They put her body in the family’s burial crypt. Romeo, hearing this, is struck with unbearable pain; now life has no meaning. A messenger from Juliet, who would have explained her plan, never finds him. Time is not Romeo’s friend; the timing mishaps in these final scenes betray him.
6Romeo goes to see Juliet’s body and finds Paris at her crypt, deep in mourning. Paris attacks Romeo, believing him to be a vandal, and is killed in the fight. Romeo regrets killing him, though not enough to forget about Juliet’s death. He drinks poison and dies. At this moment, Juliet awakens to find the now dead Romeo beside her. Horror-struck, she takes her own life with his dagger.
7Examined in chronological order, it is hard to argue that anything other than death and misery came out of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. However, Shakespeare would disagree on this point. His argument comes at the play’s very beginning, where he writes:
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
D.o with their death bury their parents’ strife.
Thus, the miserable, painful deaths of so many characters and the grief of their friends and relatives lead to a lasting peace between the rival families. Future generations, living without strife, might consider the sacrifice a necessary step to a better age.
8Nevertheless, it is doubtful that Shakespeare’s own dead characters would agree with him. Mercutio certainly would not. He leaves the world irate, saying, “A plague o’ both your houses! / They have made worms’ meat of me.” Tybalt and Paris are creatures of the present, and no thoughts of impending familial reconciliation enrich their last moments. For their sakes, and for the sakes of the lovers themselves, it would have been better if that moment at the party, the moment Romeo first saw Juliet, had never taken place.
What is the relationship of human beings to time? (supported by the text)

Describe how you felt: before, during and after your speech.
What will you do differently to prepare for the next speech to help you improve?
What did you do correctly in preparing and presenting your speech?
How do you feel you did with citing your sources? (if it applies)
How do you feel you did with your delivery?
What can you do to improve your delivery for the next speech?

A. Identify the word/s that best describe the following statements. Choose your answer from the word pool. You may answer on a separate sheet.
1. It is stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
explicit
implicit
textual evidence
inference
argument
2. It means implied or indirect.
explicit
implicit
textual evidence
inference
argument
3. It means drawing a conclusion based on circumstantial evidence.
explicit
implicit
textual evidence
inference
argument
4. It is defined as the details given by the author in order to support his/her claim.
explicit
implicit
textual evidence
inference
argument
5. This is a statement or series of statements for or against something.
explicit
implicit
textual evidence
inference
argument
B. Analyze the paragraph and answer the following questions on your answer.
After work, Juan takes off his muddy boots at the doorstep. Maria would check if the boots were placed on its rack. He then places his soiled clothes in the laundry basket and places his toolbox in the cabinet. She tells him to freshen up before eating dinner. Then, Juan goes straight to the shower. Maria sets the table while waiting for him, and dines with him afterwards.
What type of work does Juan do?
A. a lawyer
B. a doctor
C. a garbage collector
D. a construction worker
Based on the text, how do you know Juan works in construction?
A. He has tools.
B. He wears a hat.
C. He goes straight to shower upon landing home.
D. His boots are muddy, and his clothes are soiled.
What type of person is Maria?
A. Carefree and calm
B. Sad and angry
C. Messy and sloppy
D. Meticulous and organized
What type of relationship do Juan and Maria have?
A. They are colleagues.
B. They are neighbors.
C. They are brother and sister.
D. They are husband and wife.
C. Analyze each argument below and choose the correct letter of answer.
Argument: School uniforms are very beneficial in schools today. Which would be a claim for this argument?
A. Uniforms in schools increase student safety.
B. Uniforms do not allow students to express their individuality.
C. Bullying and attacks are not stopped just because of uniforms.
Argument: Milk is very healthy for the human body. Which could be a counterclaim for this argument?
A. Milk helps to strengthen bones.
B. Drinking milk contributes to obesity.
C. Milk provides many healthy vitamins and minerals for the body.
Argument: Cellphone radiation is harmful to people. Which would be a claim for this argument?
A. Cellphone radiation is not powerful enough to cause cancer.
B. There are regulations and limits on how much radiation is allowed in cellphones.
C. Studies show that there is a correlation between cellphone radiation and brain tumors.
Argument: There are several disadvantages to social media. Which would be a counterclaim for this argument?
A. Social media is not private or secure.
B. Social media spreads false information.
C. Social media allows news to be broadcasted quickly.
Argument: College athletes should be paid. Which would be a claim for this argument?
A. College athletes are not professionals; they are just playing at an advanced level.
B. College athletes bring in money for the college because people pay to come watch them play.
C. College athletes would have to pay taxes and likely not be able to afford tuition expenses if they were paid.
A. Try to guess the occupation of the person being referred to in the following statements by using the given details.
1. People come to me and ask for my prescription. I use a stethoscope to hear heartbeats and other sounds inside the body.___________________
Your answer
2. People call me whenever their tires are flat. I check their vehicle’s radiator and engine, so they can travel safely.___________________
Your answer
3. I use a harrow and a tiller to cultivate soil. Many depend on my harvest for food to eat and to live a healthy life.___________________
Your answer
4. I love to read books and play with children. I teach them how to read and write inside the school.___________________
Your answer
5. I make houses, buildings and bridges. I use different protractor and compass set and I calculate things accurately.___________________
B. Read the paragraph and answer the following questions.
Wooosh! The rain poured and the thunder struck. Luis stepped inside the house with a rage of his emotion. He dropped his ball and stomped his feet towards his room. Then, shot at the door. The mother said, “There are still other things you can do inside the house, my dear.” But he did not respond. He went to the living room and grabbed his gadget.
1. Why is Luis upset?
A. Because it is raining.
B. Because his ball was deflated.
C. Because he is scared of thunderstorm.
D. Because the mother forbids him to play outside.
2. What line in the text tells you that Luis is upset that it is raining?
A. He did not respond.
B. The rain poured and the thunder struck.
C. He went to the living room and grabbed his gadget.
D. Luis stepped inside the house with a rage of his emotion.
3. What do you think he is planning to do?
A. He wants to go to school.
B. He wants to play basketball.
C. He wants to have a picnic with his mother.
D. He wants to go to the mall with his friends.
4. What lines from the text support the idea that he listened to his mother?
A. Then, shot at the door.
B. But he did not respond.
C. He went to the living room and grabbed his gadget.
D. He dropped his ball and stomped his feet towards his room.
5. What kind of boy was Luis?
A. He is impatient.
B. He loves playing basketball.
C. He loves playing with his gadgets.
D. He wants to be alone most of the time.
C. Read the poem, Harlem by Langston Hughes and answer the following guide questions.
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore —-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
(SOURCE: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem)
Guide Questions:
1. What does the word “deferred” mean?
2. How is the dream compared to a raisin? rotten meat? and heavy load?
3. What are the authors’ descriptions of a dream deferred?
4. Based on the poem, what happens when you don’t go after your dreams and you defer them at a later time?
5. If you were the author, how would you feel upon writing the poem?
6. Do you agree with the author’s idea that a dream deferred stinks like rotten meat? Why?

First, according to my
Webster’s Dictionary
, the word
heroine
is simply defined as a “female hero.” In that very same dictionary, the word
hero
is defined as “a man of exceptional quality who wins admiration by noble deeds, esp. deeds of courage.” Keeping this definition in mind, please answer the following question: “Why is Katherine Stockmann a greater heroine than Lady Alice More?” Please provide at least two reasons why you think she is the greater heroine.

1) It’s appropriate to consider the title of your source when deciding if a source is useful or not.
True or false
2)It doesn’t really matter who published the text you are reading, or their agenda, as long as you check out the
author’s
credentials.
True or false
3) It’s important to consider whether a source is
arguing
a position or merely
reporting
on a situation.
True
False
4)A source can be credible and still not be useful to you.
True or false
5)The most trustworthy sources often consider other views and information and represent them accurately.
True or false
6) Not all your sources will be used the same way in your paper
True or false

SUMMER AFTERNOONS AND HYPNOSIS by Robert Penn Warren
Lulled by stream-murmur and the afternoon’s hypnosis
Of summer, guarded by willow shade while the sun
Westward inclines, you lie. The far world’s only voice is
The muted music of sheep bells, one by one,
Threading the infinite distance of sunlight and languor.
Yes, lulled thus, your life achieves its honesty,
In which love, hate, lust, courage, cowardice, and anger,
With truth at last from lies torn, emerge from the shadowy
Mist of Time and sequence seek in Timelessness
Each its lonely and naked reality, and your heart,
Bemused as though in a mirror’s icy duress,’
Seems to suspend its stroke, and your dry lips part
In a whisper of slow appallment to ask, “Was this
The life that all those years I lived, and did not know?”
Do you really think now the sun frozen motionless?
Do you really think the stream no longer can flow?
But the heart again strikes, and the world resumes its nature,
And Time swirls back in a tide more sousing than Fundy,
And what man has endured he can endure,
And the shadow of that tall pine names night, and by
The moment it touches that mossed stone yonder, you will have roused
Yourself to yourself, and set foot to the mile
That leads to the roof whereunder you find enhoused
The mystery of love’s redeeming smile.
what is the tone of the poem, mood, figurative language sound devices, poetic structure, imagery, Figurative level

2. Explain how the organization uses a God-centered worldview (as defined in the “The Mystery of Original Sin” article) to
address dehumanization and restore human dignity. Your answer in 250—300 words:
How does the organization
https://www.streetlightusa.org/
address dehumanization and restore human dignity?

the two poems are “aboard a ships helm by Walt Whitman and “the moon is distant from the sea” by Emily Dickinson
1. Both the Whitman poem and the Dickinson poem are examples of poetry that
abandons conventional rhyme and meter.
stresses the pangs of unrequited love.
praises the work of ordinary people.
captures the cadence of public speakers.
2. In the first stanza of the Whitman poem, the speaker describes
a young sailor steering a ship.
a rocky shore that inevitably wrecks ships.
a fog-bound ship approaching a reef.
the deceptive nature of many warnings.
3. In the last two lines of the Whitman poem, the speaker suggests that
all dangers can be avoided if we heed the warnings.
ocean voyages are filled with excitement.
the ship is loaded with pirated gold.
the human soul faces a difficult life journey.
4. In the Dickinson poem, the moon and the sea are metaphors for
uncaring and cold natural forces.
a strict teacher and a frightened pupil.
a loved one and the speaker.
the effect of a rising and falling tide.
5. Dickinson was known for using
slant rhyme
in her poems. Slant rhyme can be described as:
words rhyme exactly and appear at the ends of the lines.
poetry that does not have a set pattern of rhyme and rhythm.
words do not rhyme exactly (e.g., more/door; one/stone; soul/all).
rhyming words occur within a single line of the poem.

1) Ideas of Courtly love complicate earlier Classical and Judeo-Christian ideas about masculinity and femininity. Discuss, drawing on two of the following three texts.
Use formal essay structure to answer the question. (350 words)
The Art of Courtly Love
“Genesis”
“St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians”.