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Identify the title for the quote: “…..he was the curiousest man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the other side; and if he couldn’t he’d change sides. Any way that suited the other man would suit him—any way just so’s he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance; there couldn’t be no solit’ry thing mentioned but that feller’d offer to bet on it, and take ary side you please, as I was just telling you.”

Name the author: Often considered a Naturalistic writer, this author’s conception of Realism—he called it “veritism” in Crumbling Idols (1894)—entailed an allegiance to the accurate representation of outer surfaces, however grim, and inner truths, however somber. The author connected the literary practice of Realism with a commitment to social justice. He believed in the responsibility of a writer to act as a responsible and compassionate member of a greater community. He often wrote about the mid-west and prairie with characters who lived on the land with all the struggles nature can bring along with the unfairness of economic society. His hard-working characters faced both but were usually beaten down by nature and unfair economic practices.

Identify the literary trend: After the earlier trend to focus on the middle-class and the ordinary, this trend goes further in the last decade of the nineteenth century. It focuses on human beings as being controlled by heredity and environment. The characters are often violent in some way and are primitive. In this view, the universe is totally indifferent to the presence of humanity.

What is the title for the quote? “As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, in nursing your children, watching by the sick-bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defence of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both races one.”  

Name the title for the quote: “Before the next morning he had spread the story of Adoniram Penn’s wife moving into the new barn all over the little village. Men assembled in the store and talked it over, women with shawls over their heads scuttled into each other’s houses before their work was done. Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it. Everybody paused to look at the staid, independent figure on the side track. There was a difference of opinion with regard to her. Some held her to be insane; some, of lawless and rebellious spirit.”

Name the writer who tells what he had to do to be accepted at Hampton Institute in his autobiography: “I swept the recitation-room three times. Then I got a dusting-cloth and I dusted it four times. All the woodwork around the walls, every bench, table, and desk, I went over four times with my dusting-cloth. Besides, every piece of furniture had been moved and every closet and corner in the room had been thoroughly cleaned. I had the feeling that in a large measure my future depended upon the impression I made upon the teacher in the cleaning of that room. When I was through, I reported to the head teacher…When she was unable to find one bit of dirt on the floor, or a particle of dust on any of the furniture, she quietly remarked, ‘I guess you will do to enter this institution.'”

Name the literary trend: In contrast to the early nineteenth century, the last half of the century placed emphasis on the middle-class and the common, everyday issues that they faced. The literary trend focused on the practical aspects of life and society, with a focus on the here and now instead of a distant past. The dialect, food, geography, clothing, etc. of particular locations in the U.S. helped show the local society, which was important in this literary trend.

The _____ theory states that if high performance is followed by some reward, then it is more likely that the desired behavior will occur in the future.

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the SMART goal system?

Luke has been given a goal of analyzing the company’s social media presence. The problem is that Luke is not very tech savvy and is not that familiar with all the social media platforms the company currently uses. What can Luke’s manager do to overcome this limitation?