The notebook paper looking pages mean that a new chapter is beginning. ... The next most influential feature is the sectioning of the chapters, reading and other parts of the book. In this book the chapters are split into smaller sections so that the concept being covered is broken down further for the student to understand. The chapter section are the main points that go along with the ideal being taught. ... For instance, in the MLA style chapter there is a "books" section, and under that there is an "Important Details for Citing Books" section and then that section is br...

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One of the books that influenced him the most was the Bible, though he was never a religious man (O'Connor, pp 15-6). ... A quote from Chapter Seventeen in The Grapes of Wrath provides another example of how Steinbeck alluded to Bible stories: "The families learned what rights must be observed - the right of privacy in the tent; the right to keep the past black hidden in the heart; the right to talk and to listen; the right to refuse help or to accept..." ... Salinas Valley was the background for many of his books and the home of the characters he wrote about (O'Connor, p10). ... A...

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• Grade Level: High School

I believe my most distinguished source of encouragement to read and write came from my mother and her love for books and learning. ... Caves loved to assign the longest, most boring reading assignments out of our Robert Frost poem books. ... Throughout my life, I've filled journals, sketch books and diaries front to back, blessed with the ability to read and write my own thoughts and ideas out on paper whenever I feel like it. ... In my culture here in America, it's expected of me to be able to read simple books by the first grade and chapter books by the third grade. ...

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I read my first chapter book in third grade and never slowed down after that. ... We had a few weeks to write a paragraph summary on the chapters of Hatchet that we had read to us in class. ... Alas, looking back on my educational experiences, not only has school and my parents influenced my thought on literature, but the books themselves. ...

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She pushed us to read chapter books rather than picture books. ... In class we read many books that were higher than our fourth grade level books; she knew that we had the potential to read challenging books, and we did. One of the books was called "The Giver "; it was a long book with very small print, but I managed to understand it, and passed the AR test with flying colors. ...

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To the north were the misty, sinister Kent marches with the prison hulks moored off-shore, the setting for Pip's terrifying encounter with the convict Magwitch in the opening chapter of "Great Expectations". ... Whichever of the books all grasp the attention of the reader tightly. ...

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