How can you increase your background knowledge about a topic or event? (Select all that apply.) Connect what you know to what you read.
Ask yourself what else you need to know.
Consider what you already know.
Forget or set aside what you know.

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me

What contradictory idea is kafka bringing up about his relationship with his relationship with his father in this passage from letter to his father

The reversalists continue their labors, confident that they will one day construct an engine that generates more compression than it uses, a perpetual power source that will restore to the universe its lost vigor. which theme is best supported by the excerpt? a. scientific study requires dedication and perseverance. b. people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. c. death must always be endured alone. d. change is difficult to accept but beneficial if embraced.