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Research question: What are the different symbols dreams portray? Title: "How Dreams Work" Author: Lee Ann Obringer/ "How Stuff Works" [|Link to source] Website>> Howstuffworks.com date accessed: May 25, 2014

Speaker: Obringer, people who experienced such dreams Occasion: Research, Interest, learning Audience: Students, Teachers, anyone interested in the brain, people who want to decipher their dreams. Purpose:To explain common dreams and what they mean, science of dreaming Subject: Dreams, unconscious mind, symbolism, deeper meaning Tone: colloqiual, informative

This article lists different types of dream scenarios and how they relate to real life. However, this particular article is only one component of a larger article. There are other sub topics explaining dreaming and other components of dreaming. The main point of the article is how different dreams relate to reality. It emphasizes the specific scenarios that occur in most dreams and explains how they fuse into our feelings.

I am persuaded by the author to a good extent because of the amount of information she has provided on all subtopics of dreams. She sounds like she gathered enough information to convey what she is trying to prove

"For centuries, however, people have looked at their dreams as both omens and insights into their own psyches."

"You're falling, falling, falling... and then you wake up. This is a very common dream and is said to symbolize insecurities and anxiety." "Typically, dreaming that you are flying means you are on top of things. You are in control of the things that matter to you."

"What experts say this may mean is that you're being scrutinized about something or feel you're being tested -- maybe you're facing a challenge you don't think you're up to."