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5.Twoexamples:Vingotellshisstoryslowlyandpainfullyandwithgreathesitation.Vingotellshisstory“slowlyandpainfullyandwithgreathesitation.”
6.ExamplesofVingo’sbeinghonorable:Hedoesn’texpressanyself-pityaboutbeinginjail.Heownsuptohiscrime.Heoffershiswifeherfreedom.
7.Placenames:FortLauderdale,NewJersey,Washington,Jacksonville,the34thStreetOthertransition:TerminalinNewYork,Philadelphia,Brunswick8.Butifshedidn’t...
9.MaybetheauthorHamillaskedoneoftheyoungpeopleinthestoryabouthertravelingexperience.
10.TheauthorendsthisessaybydescribinghowtheyoungpeopleshoutedexcitedlywhentheysawtheyellowribbonsontheoaktreeandhowVingorosefromhisseatandmadehiswaytothefrontofthebustogohomenervously.
WemayexpectthatVingowouldreceiveanamazingandwarmwelcomewhenhewalksintohishome.
Theauthorjustwantstoleavessomespaceforthereaderstothinkandimaginefreely.P.256--TamingtheAngerMonster:byAnneDavidson1.d
2.Angerhasbecomeanincreasinglycommonprobleminoursociety.
3.“AccordingtoCarolTavris,authorofAnger:TheMisunderstoodEmotion,thekeystodealingwithangerarecommonsenseandpatience.”
4.Effect:AnepidemicofangerThreecauses:Lackoftime,technology,tension6.B7.
8.TobeginwithTechnologyisalsoTension,thethirdmajorculprit9.D
10.Thefirstparagraphpresentsastoryaboutapersonwithangerproblems.Thelastparagraphshowshowthatstorywassuccessfullyresolved.
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4.Shelistsaseriesofexampleswherethe“empathizing”mindsetisevident:female-dominatedcareers,femalereadingmatter,andfemalerelationships5.Brainanatomy
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6.Lewispresentsheressaypointbypoint.Thefirstpointisaboutbrainanatomy,thesecondisaboutinteractingwiththeworld,andthethirdisaboutproblemsolving.Foreachpoint,shediscusseswomenandthenmen.7.
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P.508--SuggestedAnswersfor“Shame”—DickGregory(P.508Note:Thenumbersinparenthesesrefertorelevantparagraphsintheselection.ReadingComprehensionQuestions,584-585
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