Read the excerpt from "the girl who silenced the world for five minutes." i could be a child starving in somalia; a victim of war in the middle east or a beggar in india. the words “starving” and “victim” suzuki create which kind of tone? disturbed unfriendly gentle courageous

Now that you have been exposed to the four major sociological perspectives and in keeping with the concept of getting to know each other; this discussion question will ask for your general opinion as to which one of the four sociological perspectives make the most sense to you. (1. functionalist perspective 2. conflict perspective 3. symbolic interactionist perspective 4. postmodern perspective) in other words which one of the four perspectives do you believe best explains why people do the things they do in our society? which one of the four perspectives best explains why you believe the things you do, and why you act the way that you do?

How is time represented in “persistence of memory” by salvador dali? what effect does dali achieve? can writers use similar techniques in written works? how would writers achieve this with words?

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text