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Miami Dade College Marking up A Book and Street Scenes Discussion

 

READ:

-M. Adler, “How to Mark a Book” in the Announcement

ANSWER: Comprehension Question #1 p. 20

Q-1: Summarize what Adler means by “marking up a book.


READ: ” Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White

ANSWER: Comprehension #2-3

Q-2: What motivates White to return to the lake in Maine? Explain the “simple transposition” that he mentions in paragraph #4. List the illustrations that he gives of this phenomenon. What change does he detect in the lake?

Q-3: Explain the significance of White’s last sentence. Where are there foreshadowing of this statement?

E. B. White “Once More to the Lake”

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READ: ” Street Scenes” by A. Hood

ANSWER: Comprehension #2-3

Q-2: According to Hood, what was her childhood like? Who were the principal people in her life?

Q-3: What ultimately is Hood’s perception of her childhood? How does childhood relate tro her present circumstance and to future prospect’s?

DQ: Comprehension #3

READ: “Salvation” by L. Hughes in the Announcements.

ANSWER: Comprehension #3

Q-3: Explain Hughe’s shifting attitude toward salvation in the essay? Why is he disappointed in the religioyus answers provided by the church? What does he say about salvation in the last paragraph? Read: “This is the end of the World: the Black Death” by B. Tuchman Question Does Tuchman suggest that Europe was “fated” to endure the tragic consequences of the plague owing to a higher power, or does she attribute the disaster to a confluence of history and chance? Explain your answer.