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2. Schaffer method - Wikipedia

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   Schaffer method. The Jane Schaffer method is a formula for essay writing that is taught in some U.S. middle schools and high schools. Developed by a San Diego teacher named Jane Schaffer, who started offering training and a 45-day curriculum in 1995, it is intended to help students who struggle with structuring essays by providing a framework ...

3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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   Common ending to ancient Roman comedies: Suetonius claimed in The Twelve Caesars that these were the last words of Augustus; Sibelius applied them to the third movement of his String Quartet No. 2, so that his audience would recognize that it was the last one, because a fourth would be ordinarily expected. acta non verba: Deeds not Words

4. Reading - Wikipedia

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   Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

5. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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   The compilation excludes nouns, which comprise a separate 95-word list. According to Dolch, between 50% and 75% of all words used in schoolbooks, library books, newspapers, and magazines are a part of the Dolch basic sight word vocabulary; however, bear in mind that he compiled this list in 1936.

6. Sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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   Sentence spacing concerns how spaces are inserted between sentences in typeset text and is a matter of typographical convention. [1] Since the introduction of movable-type printing in Europe, various sentence spacing conventions have been used in languages with a Latin alphabet. [2] These include a normal word space (as between the words in a ...

7. Opening sentence - Wikipedia

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   Techniques to hold the reader's attention include keeping the opening sentence to the point, showing attitude, shocking, and being controversial. [2] [3] One of the most famous opening lines, " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ", starts a sentence of 118 words [4] that draws the reader in by its contradiction; the first ...