Questions for Active Reading #6

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I believe that the technique of reading the first and last paragraphs in an some-what effective way to get fast and easy information out of an essy or writing, although it will not give you all of the information that you will need to have a full understanding of the essay's topic. It is important to know that Lightman is a scientist because his understandment of the Earth and its shape would be different then others because of his profession. An artist or social worker may or may not have the same opinion about the Earth although the greater source of the three is the scientist. In the examples his lighthearted tone was a sarcastic term that shows that he is jealous or has envy towards what others did and what he could not accomplish.

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Some facts that Gould presented that can be used as evidence to support the theory of evolution are," Perfection covers the tracks of past history, and past history the evidence of descent is our mark of evolution. Lies exposed in the imperfections that record a hitory of descent fossils that are not common, and should not be. Although not because of our understanding of evolution. The etymology of September, October, November, December ( seven, eight, ninth, and tenth, we know that two additional ones must be added to an original calendar of ten months." Some inferences that he cites as evidence can be found in Paragraphs 17 and also 18.The reference sets the scene for his 1981 essay by explaining and or showing something that is really important for him and for the person that was in this part of history along with him.