Before we go any further, let's examine our own assumptions (those things we accept as true without proof) about the character of a speaker before he or she even opens their mouths. Find a video of a speech online made by a foreign world leader that you are unfamiliar with who speaks another language. (You could simply look up "presidential speech Yemen," for example.) Stop the video before the speech begins and think carefully about what you already feel about this person, judging from their appearance. Be honest and write it down. Then listen to the speech and think carefully about how you feel about them based on the tone of their voice and their body language or nonverbal communication through gestures or movements. Alternatively, find any speech or talk online and watch it with the sound turned off. Ask yourself what you feel about the speaker based on their appearance and body language alone? Do you feel inclined to believe what they say or reject it? Question why this is and write it all down in around 100-200 words.

The legend of king arthur and the basis of its factuality have drawn a good deal of attention for hundreds of years, from both popular culture as well as academic scholars. consider, now, the consequences of a definitive resolution to the issue of his existence. do you feel that not knowing in this case is perhaps preferred to knowing? what other mysteries might we as a culture prefer to remain unsolved? why?

Arrange the events in ivan ilyich's life, which are described in chapters 1–4 of leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich, in chronological order. ivan ilyich becomes assistant public prosecutor, a position that he serves in for seven years. ivan ilyich meets zachar ivanovich in st. petersburg and receives a guaranteed appointment in the department of justice. ivan ilyich graduates from the school of law and qualifies for the tenth rank of the civil service. ivan ilyich becomes a public prosecutor and is transferred to another province. ivan ilyich is offered the post of examining magistrate in a russian province.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.