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Roberts, Writing About Literature: Avoid compartmentalization

If you develop your essay by putting your two subjects constantly together, you will write economically and pointedly (not only for essays but also for tests). (186)

It's true. My current history professor has started to experiment with a new test format which encourages us to make our own connections by choosing related terms from a list and synthesizing them.

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That sounds like a great approach. Can you give an example, perhaps including some important concepts from The Color of Water?

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