Which statement is a good suggestion for motivating yourself to read (and even enjoy) an assigned novel? Take pages of notes on the novel's first chapter.
Make predictions about what will happen next.
Ask someone who has read the novel what happens.
Read the last few pages of the novel first

The correct answer is to Make predictions about what will happen next.

Explanation:

In the process of reading fictional texts such as novels or stories, predicting future events increases motivation and interest in the reader. Indeed, predicting events makes the reader continue reading the following pages, chapters, etc. to prove or disprove the predictions about the story. Moreover, this creates a positive expectation about the evolution of characters, possible conflicts in the story, a possible ending, among others. In this context, one way to increase motivation when reading an assigned text is to make predictions about what will happen next.

each poet admires poetry

they each admire poetry because they could just use an expression or verbally just say you but they both write in in poetry which shows they know how to write in poetry.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”