The order of events in Ivan Ilyich's life is: (1) Ivan Ilyich graduates from the School of Law and qualifies for the tenth rank of the civil service, (2) Ivan Ilyich is offered the post of examining magistrate in a Russian province, (3) Ivan Ilyich becomes assistant public prosecutor, a position that he serves in for seven years, (4) Ivan Ilyich becomes a public prosecutor and is transferred to another province, and (5) Ivan Ilyich meets Zachar Ivanovich in St. Petersburg and receives a guaranteed appointment in the Department of Justice.
<em>The Death of Ivan Ilyich </em>is a novel written by Leo Tolstoy in 1886.<u> The main character of the book is Ivan Ilyich, a high-court judge that is forced to deal with a terminal illness</u>. Other characters are Ivan Ilyich's wife, Praskovya Fëdorovna Golovin, who does not care about her husband's suffering, and Peter Ivanovich, Ivan's unconditional friend. <em>The Death of Ivan Ilyich </em>is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.
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The fast pacing highlights exciting events to keep the reader’s attention.
The fast pacing indicates that the story is moving toward a key event in the text.
Fast pacing focuses more on action than on scenery description and details. In the excerpt, information is provided succinctly in order to further the story quickly. There is no development of the three months it took the pigs to learn how to read and write, for instance. It is only mentioned briefly (highlighted) so as to explain another key event: the renaming of the farm. The characters are not described in detail as well. The information about Snowball being the best writer is also given concisely.
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An email giving details of five broken vases received from a seller:
- Claim - part of me wants to say that this is a request, but nothing in the sentence says that the customer wanted to be refunded or receive a new product. With this knowledge, this is most likely a claim since the customer is making a claim about the product received. However, I could be incorrect.
A letter outlining an idea to increase a company's sales by 10 percent:
- Proposal - This is an idea, not a plan in effect. Therefore, it is a proposal.
A letter complaining about the service at a dry cleaner:
- Claim - Once again, I want to say that this is a request, but nothing in the sentence says that the customer is requesting a refund for the service, so I am going to say that this is a claim since the customer is making a claim about their service. Once again, I could be incorrect.
An email asking employees to attend a charity event:
