________ is a brief introduction of yhe book by the author​

The worst author introduction I ever saw is making me cringe, right now, as I remember it. The co-owner of the bookstore started by reading through the store’s upcoming events flier, pausing to on each event. This took a full 10 minutes. Then she spent 5 minutes talking about the plight of independent bookstores, and how they need money to do things like community book nights, and hey she’s got this newsletter sign-up sheet that she’s going to pass around. And while we’re at it, the store actually has two different email newsletters that they send out, and she described them both in great detail. Another sign-up sheet is passed around.

Having already wasted close to 20 minutes of our time, she launched into a synopsis of the book, interspersed with her own impressions, leaving no secondary character or minor scene unnamed. Worst of all, the book has a rather large twist in the second half, and she was explicitly hinting at what it is. Someone in the audience actually yelled out, “Don’t give it away!” This was advice she did not take.

This is an extreme example, by far the worst I’ve ever seen, but author introduction crimes are rampant. I was recently at a literary festival where at least 10 of the roughly 15 author introductions I saw were painful to sit through. I take this issue seriously because I was an author events coordinator at Brookline Books Mith for two years, and we took pride in our author introductions. The willingness and ability to carefully craft a good author introduction, in fact, was part of my job interview.

Author introductions, in my opinion, are about courtesy. Should a beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning author have to hear the president of Northwestern’s Jewish students’ society call him Michael Sha-BONE eight times in two minutes? No. Because he flew across the country to speak for 50 minutes in your overheated auditorium and you have the internet. A good author introduction shows the author that you’re excited to be a partner in promoting their work and that you value the role their career plays on the literary stage, all while being informative and – lord have mercy – brief.

How To Introduce an Author

Step 1. Find Out Who the Author Is

Get your details straight. Look up the pronunciation of their name, even if you think you know it. If a definitive answer is elusive, ask their publicist, agent, or whoever set up the event with you. Otherwise, ask the author when they arrive, before you hit the microphone with some garbled version of .

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out what books they’ve written. Don’t say that Stay Awake is Dan Chaon’s fifth novel. He’s written two novels, but this is his third story collection. Do you think A History of Love is Nicole Krauss’s first book? Wrong! Look it up. If you find yourself introducing someone like Michael , who’s written novels, short stories, essays, comic books, and children’s books, just avoid taxonomy and say he’s prolific.

Find out what awards they’ve won, where they teach (currently), and what periodicals they write for. More on this later.

you haven’t had time to do your research, don’t guess, and definitely don’t — as I saw someone do last weekend — turn to Kevin Brock Meier in the middle of your introduction and say “Is The View From the Seventh Layer a novel?” I shudder.

Step 2. Weed Out Unnecessary/Unimpressive Details

So you’ve printed out the author’s Wikipedia entry. Don’t include the fact that they teach creative writing part-time at Eastern Nevada State. Don’t mention that they won the Central North Carolina Writer’s Prize. Don’t say that they were included on Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Authors to Watch list.

These details do two things — they make the author look small-time, and they give the impression that you’re desperate for any scrap of information to fill out your introduction.

Which Brings Us to Step 3. Include Personal Impressions

Personal impressions of the author’s work should be the bulk of your introduction. Ideally, they will be your personal impressions. During my first year as an events coordinator, I read each author’s book before I hosted their event, a unnecessary gesture with enormous dividends.

Firstly, it is yet another step you can take to avoid looking like an idiot. The room is full of people who’ve most likely come to hear the author because they’ve read their work. It’s embarrassing when the person at the microphone is the

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MUST or MUSTN'T
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Match each type of figurative language to its definition.


Personification A) A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"
Allusion B) A figure of speech in which nonliving or nonhuman things are given human characteristics or abilities
Symbol C) A figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning
Simile D) A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Irony E) Something in literature that stands for or represents something else

The first true Paralympic Games happened in Rome in al.

a. 1960.
b. 1952
c. 1848.​

For most of their time in orbit, astronauts are fully (1) ……….with repairs and scientific experiments. But time for relaxation and recreation is essential. To reduce boredom, homesickness and isolation, astronauts are (2)………to receive a weekly video telephone call from home, as well as daily email messages.

If boredom (3)…….., there are plenty of windows from which to admire the ever-changing (4)……….as the International Space Station orbits the planet every 90 minutes. The crew enjoy searching for familiar landmarks, watching lightning flashes, and waiting for one of the (5)……….. sunrises and sunsets.

There is a wide choice of leisure activities (6)………. crew members are (7)…….. to take along their personal choice of entertainment. These range from chequers or chess sets to books and CDs or their own instruments.

Time (8)…….. and bond together is essential for any crew. Meal times are generally set aside for periods of friendly get-togethers, and evenings often (9)……… the crew settling down to watch the (10)……….DVD movies.

QUESTION 2 You must answer this question. Write your answer in 125-150 words in an appropriate style. Your class has been discussing various sports. Your class teacher asked you to write an essay why sports and games are important in a student's life. In your essay, you should write about: The types of sports and games in your school • Reasons why sports and games is essential • Which sports and games would benefit you. Write your essay using all the notes given and giving reasons for your point of view​

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De que tipo son estas oraciones? (simple,compound, complex)

Since I have memories, I have loved Christmas

After dinner, my mother goes to sleep early

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Which luring method is best described in this scenario?
A Guatemalan man, Miguel, had a group of people help
him secretly get through Mexico and into the United
States. But when he crossed the border, the people who
helped him demanded a lot of money. When he couldn't
pay, he was forced to work for the group.
offer of work
O offer of education
payment for smuggling
O false love interest

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6. Which of the following illustrates a traditional gender norm?
A. Men cooking family meals
B. Men caring for children
C. Women providing income
D. Women caring for children

Which transitional word has the same meaning as "on the other hand"? ordinarily conversely manipulation encryption

Select the correct answer. What do the underlined sentences in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" reveal about the speaker? "I don't want you to feel foolishly bound to my memory. I should hate that, wherever I happened to be." "I am yours, for time and eternity—time and eternity." She liked the words; they satisfied her famine for phrases. "Well, say eternity; that's all right; but time's another thing; and I'm talking about time. But there is something! My mother! If anything happens--"

What is the definition of great?

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Choose A, B, C or D for each gap in the following sentences. (2.0pts)
1.Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
A. stopped B. laughed C. listened D. finished
2.Find the word which has different stress in the part underlined.
A. multicultural B. metropolitan C. cosmopolitan D. affordable
3. Lots of fruit and vegatables will help you ……………… your cold.
A. turn down B. find out C. cheer up D. get over
4. The city has recently ……………. a library in the West Suburb.
A. set off B. set out C. set to D. set up
5. They had to ………………… the museun because it’s no longer a place of interest.
A. deall with B. pass down C. close down D. passed down
6. What’s …………. in the street over there? Open the door!
A. turning back B. getting over C. going on D. finding out
7. If you go to Hoi An on 15th of each lunar month,you can enjoy the lights of many beautiful…………………
A. lanterns B. pottery C. lacquerware D. conical hats
8. China is ………….. the most populated country in the word.
A. a bit B. much larger C. by far D. a little

Which artifact would best symbolize knowledge

Mention and explain one technique used in the past to help people.

Which of the following describes elaboration?

restates the idea

adds information that further explains or defines the main idea

sums up, or repeats, the main idea

states the main idea of the paragraph

Is "freedom from fear" a concern for both men and women equally?

Dion is reading a myth. He wants to learn about the cultural context of the myth-tellers. To do so, he will write a question about each of the four aspects of cultural context. He has written the following question:

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Your ASSIGNMENT
Work with your group to create a digital presentation about a chapter from The Way
to Rainy Mountain. Your presentation will need at least one paragraph of text that
explains the overall meaning of the chapter, one paragraph that explains how the
historical context of the chapter relates to its meaning, and one paragraph that
explains how your media elements relate to your analysis.
Your presentation should include the following elements:
• Text that explains the overall meaning of a chapter from The Way to Rainy
Mountain and its historical context, and that makes references to the media
elements
• Digital media elements that help the reader better understand the purpose of the
chapter

3 facts about the Achievement Gap;

Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Yet Arthur would not eat until they were all served. He seemed full of the joy of youth, almost a boy. He was happy with his life; he cared little For lying in bed or sitting still for a long time, His young blood so stirred him and his wild brain. And there was a custom, besides, that he meant to keep, That he had assumed in his noble way: he would not eat On such a holiday until he had been told A tale all new of some wonderful event . . . Which textual evidence best supports the conclusion that Arthur respects tradition

What effect can changing a story's order of events or pacing have?
A. Either of these changes can build tension and suspense.
B. Either of these changes can make the story more believable.
C. Either of these changes can add characters to the story.
D. Either of these changes can add the author's opinion.

5. why do you think Edwards begins his sermon with a vivid description of hell?

The Thames Barrier is a (16)________major____ part of the flood defence scheme for protecting London (17)___________rising water level. The defenses (18)__________ included raised embankments and (19)_________________ flood gates at strategic points, including the Barking Barrier. The unique structure that is the Barrier spans the 520 – meter wide Woolwich reach and (20) ______________ of 10 separate movable gates, each pivoting and supported between concrete structures which house the operating machinery.

When raised, the four main gates (21)____________ stand as high as a five – storey buildings and as wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each (22)___________3700 tonnes. During the first twelve years of (23)___________, the Barriers has been closed twenty times to protect London.

(24)___________ the Barrier from the comfortable cafeteria. Picnic on the riverside. Picnic on the riverside embankment. Enjoy beautiful view from the riverside walk. Visit the shop which stocks a large selection of souvenirs, books and Barrier information.

There is a children play are suitable for 4- to 12- year olds, located adjacent to the riverside walk. A visit to the spectacular Thames Barrier is a (25)_____________experience.



16. A. major

B. frequent

C. similar

D. various

17. A. against

B. for

C. between

D. with

18. A. and

B. also

C. still

D. too

19. A. addition

B. add

C. additional

D. additionally

20. A. consists

B. includes

C. involves

D. contains

21. A. which

B. every

C. each

D. none

22. A. measures

B. costs

C. calculates

D. weighs

23. A. operation

B. surgery

C. vocation

D. profession

24. A. Sight

B. View

C. Hear

D. Explore

25. A. forgettable

B. memorable

C. forgetful

D. memorized

Where is Dublin, the capital city of ireland?
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What were Seneca's influences on Shakespeare