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Alignment of ELL proficiency standards with Arizona language arts standards

The ELL Proficiency Standards are proficiency or performance standards. They are not content standards.

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Sir Gawain's contrasting portrayals in medieval Arthurian literature

Many characters throughout history have been portrayed by different authors in different periods in different lights. For instance, Achilles is portrayed much differently in Homer's Iliad than he is in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

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History and development of air-cushioned vehicle design

Hovercrafts, also known as air-cushioned vehicles (ACVs), come in a variety of shapes and size, although the underlying physics are virtually the same in all models. These underlying mechanisms have been developed over time to create more efficient and better performing machines.

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Pluralist nationalism and India's enduring democratic success

India has been democratic for over 60 years. What makes it unusual as a democracy is the fact that its democracy has been successful over decades, despite the fact that the country comprises a wide diversity of cultures and religions.

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Water as metaphor for storytelling in Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Salmon Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a famous storyteller Rashid Khalifa loses his gift of telling tales after his wife leaves him for a man who hates stories. His son Haroun goes to the Ocean of Stories to recover his father's lost powers.

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Interdisciplinary education and Hamlet's search for purpose

Evaluate one important aspect of your educational experience to date. Among your options is a book, a course, an individual, or a significant experience that influenced you in a meaningful way. Then, in light of your discussion, briefly indicate how the university might shape your future education.

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Typography and narrative voice in Posy Simmonds' Gemma Bovery

Why does Simmonds mix text fonts throughout the novel? What effect does the use of these various fonts have on the story?

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Educational change leadership in Gilroy Unified School District

Unhealthy eating; why people eat unhealthy; Sociological reasons; a literature/Methodology review When Edwin Diaz became superintendent of California's Gilroy Unified School District in 2000, his obstacles seemed insurmountable, according to Carrie Portis and Mary W.

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A.E. Housman's pessimism in "Shot? So Quick, so Clean an Ending?"

Poetry is above all a form of personal expression, and it is clear that the poet draws on his or her own experience as a source. Finding the links between the observations and expressions of a poet may not always be that easy, though a general tenor can be discerned that links to the poet's life.

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Cultural metaphors: "rule of thumb," "cut to the chase," and Japanese harmony

Metaphors from my culture rule of thumb" is a common metaphor for an inexact measurement. It is a means of estimation made according to a rough and ready practical rule, not based in science or exact requirements.

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