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  2. Hugs and kisses - Wikipedia

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    The earliest attestation of the use of either x or o to indicate kisses identified by the Oxford English Dictionary appears in the English novellist Florence Montgomery's 1878 book Seaforth, which mentions "This letter [...] ends with the inevitable row of kisses,—sometimes expressed by × × × × ×, and sometimes by o o o o o o, according to the taste of the young scribbler".

  3. A Sociolinguist Explains What 'XOXO' Really Means

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    The letters XOXO stand for hugs and kisses. Linguists and relationship therapists break down where the term originated, and how to use it to express love today.

  4. 50 Valentine's Day trivia questions and answers you're sure ...

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    What does XOXO stand for? Answer: Hugs and kisses or, more specifically, kiss, hug, kiss, hug. According to the Webster Dictionary, what word means "to curl up comfortably or cozily?"

  5. Free response question - Wikipedia

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    Free response tests are a relatively effective test of higher-level reasoning, as the format requires test-takers to provide more of their reasoning in the answer than multiple choice questions. [4] Students, however, report higher levels of anxiety when taking essay questions as compared to short-response or multiple choice exams.

  6. Essay - Wikipedia

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    In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing.

  7. Response-prompting procedures - Wikipedia

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    The goal of response prompting is to transfer stimulus control from the prompt to the desired discriminative stimulus. [1] Several response prompting procedures are commonly used in special education research: (a) system of least prompts, (b) most to least prompting, (c) progressive and constant time delay, and (d) simultaneous prompting.

  8. Romantic literature - Wikipedia

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    William Wordsworth (pictured) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature in 1798 with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads. In English literature, the key figures of the Romantic movement are considered to be the group of poets including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and the much older ...

  9. Reflective writing - Wikipedia

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    Reflective writing is an analytical practice in which the writer describes a real or imaginary scene, event, interaction, passing thought, or memory and adds a personal reflection on its meaning.