Question 6-7: Respond to the following. 6. Define "dead phrases" and give two examples.

7. Rewrite the following roundabout expressions to be more concise:

for the period of one year

at this very present

due to the fact that

during the exact time that

If you ever gave a speech and forgot your remarks, not because you were unprepared but because you were afraid, saying "I know I'll blow it," you experienced: a. changing self-concept b. characteristics of self-concept c. self-fulfilling prophecy d.

What happens to the dog at the end of the story

An author's experience in the Yukon shaped his worldview and provided the themes for his most famous stories. What theme is expressed in "To Build a Fire"? People need others in order to live. In man's struggle against nature, nature inevitably wins.

Fighting the suitors with his son Telemachus is which part of Odysseus's epic journey?

Did Carole Baskin kill her husband?

Plot of the necklace

Read the excerpt from "Aunty Misery." The doctors claimed no one bothered to come in for examinations or treatments anymore, because they did not fear dying;

Why do mrs hodgsons and mrs jenkins envy each other?

Why people from other country move to United State

36. How does the phrase "stand out from the rest of the cat crowd" in paragraph 4 contribute to the meaning of the article? Use two details from the article to support your response. The story top spot