I have prepared ten questions for each passage to assess the participant's comprehension in the listening, oral and silent reading tasks. ... Since I am testing the participant's comprehension of these passages, none of the questions are passage independent. ... Questions to each passage were given orally immediately after it was read. ... Ten questions were answered for each passage. ... RESULTS Since each of the six passages has ten questions, the following scores are out of ten. ...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. ... Because each rite of passage is highly individualized and each situation is different, there will not be complete correlation with each event that I perceive to be a rite of passage. ... BODY MODIFICATION AND COMMEMORATION The most obvious use of body modification in rites of passage is to mark the body with a permanent reminder of an important event or stage in an individual...

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The Crossing of the Ocean The crossing of the Atlantic Ocean is a very important phase of the Middle Passage. ... Naipaul that: "nothing was created in the West Indies" (taken from The Middle Passage, 1963, p.28). ... They shrieked and struggled and fought with one another for a drop of this precious liquid, as if they grew rabid at the sight of it. ... Indeed, such were the horrors of my views and fears at the moment, that if ten thousand worlds had been my own, I would have freely parted with them all to have exchanged my condition with that of the meanest slave of my o...

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In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... This shows how seriously Nat is taking the incident. ... As a form of defense he takes a hoe with him. Here, Du Maurier once again puts emphasis on how helpless humans really are. ... On the way home after sending Jill with Mr. ...

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In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... This shows how seriously Nat is taking the incident. ... As a form of defense he takes a hoe with him. Here, Du Maurier once again puts emphasis on how helpless humans really are. ... On the way home after sending Jill with Mr. ...

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God's unwavering character and unlimited power is not in question here. ... If we are not eternally secure then how can one be the bride of Christ? This idea would cause any believer in Christ to question this loving relationship with Christ. ... In response to such passages, there are three main points. ... Second, just because passages warn believers not to fall away, it does not imply that they can. ...

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Some of the questions surrounding the Pyramids of Egypt are; how were they built? How long did it take to build the pyramids? ... This way the Pharaoh would have a direct passage to Heaven. ... Some of the questions surrounding the Pyramids of Egypt are; how were they built? How long did it take to build the pyramids? ...

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On the day the story begins, he is enjoying a pipe outside his front door when an old man with a long cloak and a staff drops by. ... Bilbo tries to make off with one of their money purses, but they hear the noise and grab him. ... On Thorin's map, he is able to read "moon runes" (only visible in the light of the moon in the proper phase) that describe how to find the secret entrance on the Lonely Mountain: "Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, . . . and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the key-hole." ... It is Gandalf who leads the dwarve...

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This part gives the description of the current way of teaching reading and how it affects the students' reading ability from different aspects. 2.1.1. ... Thus the students can get their reading skills improved during the course and they are able to cope with the language in complicated situations. ... It has something to do with the students' rudimentary knowledge and their study habits. ... With this theory, the traditional reading teaching mainly adopts the method that items explanation, grammar analysis and transitional practice of equal importance. ... Even some are familiar w...

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Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv." There are questions about the dative use of th/: sarkiv. ... How was this thorn received? ... These questions and more cause the identity of the thorn to be unattainable7 at best. ... The problem is to decide how the dative functions in this passage and whether τῇ σαρκί is referring to Paul's body or referring to Paul's carnality and fleshly desires. ...

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The major question that is raised is whether the inferred or traditional assumption that Luke the physician is the author of Luke can be connected with the information in Luke and Acts. ... "The reference to the multitudes broadens the audience of Luke 14 and recalls other passages where large crowds follow Jesus.... The specific passages that mention the crowds are 4:42; 5:15; 6:17; 7:9; 8:4 and 12:1. This proves how common these types of stories are and the significant role they play. Another purpose that this passage serves is Jesus wants people who are contemplating a relationship wit...

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Are they a reference to Dante's Divine Comedy, and if so, how much of a reference are they? ... The first part will deal with how Troilus and Criseyde's narrator is taking the Christian perspective of why humans should look towards God's Love. The second will deal with how Chaucer deviates from Dante in the fact that the narrator of Troilus and Criseyde doesn't completely denounce earthly love. ... It is interesting to note that the other two instances of the word "falsen- are associated with Troilus and how he will not falsen Criseyde. ... Along with the above passage, te...

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The importance of knowing how to read to learn is assessed by state and national tests. ... Knowing how to read to learn is one of the most important components of becoming a successful adult. ... Students bring many kinds of knowledge with them into the classroom just from their lives with their families in their home environments. ... Reading strategies are almost always created with the intent to convince and persuade. ... Students can differ in their comfort and success with reading. ...

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What the story is about, however, is of secondary importance to how it is told. ... Tristram Shandy questions fundamental ideas of linguistic representation and the aptness of language to accurately depict reality, thereby questioning the very conventions of writing. ... The door in question is the one to Mr. and Mrs. ... In a passage in Chapter 4 of volume five (pg. 251), the asterisks" meaning seems rather elliptical, and yet we are given some hints. ... This is the case in the famous passage relating Tristram's circumcision (pg. 264). ...

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When you and I discuss how an infinite God can have a relationship with a finite human being there is always a sense of discomfort or of deep darkness. ... A better understanding of this passage will allow us to see how Jesus taught his disciples and the Pharisees about the love and grace of God. ... When this boy was living at home with the father and was in fellowship with him, he was a son, and there was never any question about that. ... That is never questioned. ... In this story that our Lord told there was never any question as to whether the boy was a son or not. ...

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Cummings was among the first to question modern America, and at the same time, create a unique writing style that would later distinguish him among the greatest writers in history. ... Then, the next like "him," answers its own question: to whom is Plato speaking? ... Instead, we see his teachings spanning other topics, as thus, Cummings uses the subtlety of parenthesis to show how our culture ignores a symbol as powerful as Jesus if he conflicts with tradition social perceptions, like war. However, the question of the main character, "him," lingers through the next stanzas, until Cummings ...

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Understanding how Revelation was written and also the original context of the letters is a key factor in understanding the Book. ... This would be a literal translation of this passage in order for this to be true. This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... "Elijah's experience in calling fire from heaven, actually has a much closer parallel with Jeremiah.... " Jesus also use this symbolic reference to two witnesses when he is questioned by the Pharisees about his testimony. ...

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Understanding how Revelation was written and also the original context of the letters is a key factor in understanding the Book. ... This would be a literal translation of this passage in order for this to be true. This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... "Elijah's experience in calling fire from heaven, actually has a much closer parallel with Jeremiah.... " Jesus also use this symbolic reference to two witnesses when he is questioned by the Pharisees about his testimony. ...

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Madame is surprised at how the child, a boy, has grown. ... His happiness makes Desiree happy, for she is deeply in love with him. ... As master of the L'Abri plantation, he is a strict taskmaster who treats the slaves harshly "so much so, the narrator says, that the "negroes had forgotten how to be gay." ... Although his manner softens after the child is born, his demeanor remains in question. ... Come with your child." ...

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In researching these two authors, a question arose. ... In order to answer this question you have to know the definition of psychological and historical theories. ... The New York Times Book Review gave this quote "new poem after new poem makes clear how deeply each Frost poem bears on all Frost poems, and how surely all are a constant symbol of his life's commitment to making metaphors that clarify the dark paradoxes they contain. ... Whitman often wrote of wartime and how he saw it. ... With its cloud of skirmishers in advance, With now the sound of a single shot snapping like a w...

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When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. ... In chapter two of WHEN AND WHERE I ENTER, the passage briefly describes how poorly records were kept and how flexible history was of manipulating the law to directly discriminate against African-Americans. ... In each stanza, each "I rise" line refers to a different passage of the journey through African-American oppression. ... It's also rather amusing how Giddings mentioned how many of these self-proclaimed anthropology experts attempted to tie in Darwinism with welf...

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39 Time to turn back and descend the stair, 40 With a bald spot in the middle of my hair -- 41 (They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!") ... 47 In a minute there is time 48 For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. 49 For I have known them all already, known them all: 50 Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, 51 I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; 52 I know the voices dying with a dying fall 53 Beneath the music from a farther room. 54 So how should I presume? ... 61 And how should I presume? ... 69 ...

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This dilemma has vital implications for how Christians understand the love of God and the extent and sufficiency of Christ's work of atonement. ... The above questions became important to me as I began my graduate studies in clinical psychology almost 15 years ago at Wheaton (and remain to this day) and continue as I have pursued formal theological education (MDiv) from Liberty. ... But prior to this dialogue is one on how we determine what information is legitimate for the debate. ... With these two assumptions is place, the discussion can move to God's sovereignty" (pp. 8-9). ...

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You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." This is the most well-known passage of the Hebrew Scriptures, known in Jewish tradition as the Shema. ... There are three key passages that make up the Shema: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41. ... For example, it is suggested that the three passages of the Shema should be said with full concentration, but if this cannot be done, then only Deuteronomy 6:4 must be repeated with full attention. ... A second insight can be seen in Berakhot chapter one as to how the law is po...

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The most important passage? ... On the first page you can clearly see how life was a great hardship for himself and his family. " nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire-(McCourt 11). ... The most important passage in the book is the night that Frank and Laman Griffin get into a brothel. ... This passage is important because it is the first time Frankie has been betrayed by the on who has always taken care of him, his mother. ... As a young child, Frank questions the reason his sister and brothers d...

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