Which of the following is an effective strategy for reading critically?
a.
skimming the titles and the conclusions
b.
annotating while reading
c.
memorizing the text
d.
beginning at the half-way point

B

Explanation:

when reading you for sure need to be making notes and (B) annotatig while reading because if you take notes while reading the stuff you can then go back and annote and even make flash card and what not to help you get a better understanding of what your reading and how to coperhend it

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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