Your assignment:
you are part of a magician’s troupe. you know you must divert the audience of peddlers you plan to swindle of their gold and diamonds. using research from “magic and the brain” by susana martinez-conde and stephen l. macknik and the tricks described within “the great houdini! murder case short story,” you will compose a narrative explaining your exploit. your narrative should include a distinct point of view, a clear beginning, middle and end, a conflict, a turning point, and dialogue. your audience will be the owners operating the magic castle in hollywood.

your narrative essay will be scored on the following:
1. organization/purpose: how effective was your plot, and how did you maintain a logical sequence of events from beginning to end? how well did you establish and develop a setting, narrative, characters, and point of view? how well did you use a variety of transitions? how effective were your opening and closing for your audience and purpose?
2. development/elaboration: how well did you develop your narrative using description, details, dialogue? how well did you use relevant details or information from the sources in your story?
3. conventions: how well did you follow the rules of grammar usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling?
4. format: essay is 2-6 pages in length. typed, double-spaced, times new roman, 12pt font. all margins set at 1 inch.
plan your multi-paragraph story.
write your multi-paragraph story.
revise and edit the final draft of your multi-paragraph story.

you are being asked to write a story that is several paragraphs long, so be as thorough as possible. remember to check your notes and your prewriting/planning as you write and then revise and edit your story.

answer: look it out

explanation: which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? wrong / "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? "correct / he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a newway.wrong / he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again.wrong / when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of does the character of gerasim the protagonist to attain spiritual freedom in tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

a. wronggerasim ivan ilyich by caring for him in his last days, regardless of the challenge.b. gerasim treats ivan like his father and performs the duties of a son.c. correctivan ilyich realizes that he has lived an artificial life by comparing his life with gerasim’s.d. wrongivan ilyich feels inferior to gerasim because gerasim leads a healthy literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyichis a realist text? correct / the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s sufferingwrong / the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his lifewrong / the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wifethe difference between superficial and authentic livingthe plot ending with a surprising turn of does the following line from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich contribute to the plot at the end of the novella? a. it shows that ivan finally loses the battle of life, and it represents a tragic ending of the story.b. it shows that ivan continues to fight for his life and gives the plot an open ending.c. correctit shows that ivan has finally accepted the end of his life, and it brings finality to the plot.d. it shows that ivan evades death at the end because his illness has been two sentences in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich show ivan ilyich's struggle with his life and his inability to let go of his past? correct / for three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force.

in my opinion, anyone should be allowed to marry as long as it's not going against any laws. though i kind of contradict myself because i know that in some states and countries, gay marriage isn't legal yet- hopefully you get my point.

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.  

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