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  2. First-year composition - Wikipedia

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    With the development of digital technologies, student writing has evolved in first-year composition courses to take on many forms beyond words on paper and include digital genres. [ 1 ] First-year composition (sometimes known as first-year writing , freshman composition or freshman writing ) is an introductory core curriculum writing course in ...

  3. Twenty questions - Wikipedia

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    Mathematically, if each question is structured to eliminate half the objects, 20 questions allow the questioner to distinguish between 2 20 = 1 048 576 objects. Accordingly, the most effective strategy for twenty questions is to ask questions that will split the field of remaining possibilities roughly in half each time.

  4. Hangman (game) - Wikipedia

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    Another common strategy is to guess vowels first, as English only has five vowels (a, e, i, o, and u, while y may sometimes, but rarely, be used as a vowel) and almost every word has at least one. According to a 2010 study conducted by Jon McLoone for Wolfram Research , the most difficult words to guess include jazz , buzz , hajj , faff , fizz ...

  5. Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia

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    The answer to the first question is ⁠ 2 / 3 ⁠, as is shown correctly by the "simple" solutions. But the answer to the second question is now different: the conditional probability the car is behind door 1 or door 2 given the host has opened door 3 (the door on the right) is ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠.

  6. English school holidays - Wikipedia

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    English school holidays also affect holiday accommodation pricing. Holidays feature a steep rise in accommodation cost, due to increased demand. The English tourism industry monitors websites that provide up-to-date school holiday information, and adjusts prices accordingly. Prices often drop by hundreds of pounds one week into the new school term.

  7. Second grade - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland, the equivalent to second grade is known as "Second Class" (usually for 7–8 year olds), which is year 4 of primary school.It is traditionally the year that is dedicated to preparing for the child's "First Holy Communion"; however, as Ireland has become increasingly multicultural, more and more schools are opting to prepare for the sacrament outside of school hours.

  8. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Wikipedia

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    The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario, and is part of the larger Mario franchise. In the game, when Mario and Princess Peach get involved in the search for a mystic treasure that holds great fortune, Peach is kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts; Mario sets out to find the treasure ...

  9. Auld Lang Syne - Wikipedia

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    John Masey Wright and John Rogers' illustration of the poem, c. 1841 "Auld Lang Syne" (Scots pronunciation: [ˈɔːl(d) lɑŋ ˈsəi̯n]) [a] [1] is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay/New Year's Eve.