03.01 Vocabulary and the Multiple-Choice Test 1. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage? (a) It makes an appeal to authority. (b) It restates the thesis of the passage. (c) It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style. (d) It provides a specific example for the preceding generalization. (e) It presents a misconception that the author will correct. I am not really confident on what the answer is.
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Associate Level Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources‚ provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: Even though some may believe personal ethics are not essential in a work place‚ people do in fact‚ want good ethics to conduct a strong and effective workplace or educational setting. When good ethics are directed in a workplace
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“Girl” by Jamaican Kincaid‚ written 1983‚ is a short story that consists of one single sentence said by one character to another. The sequence of imperative sentences is interrupted twice by the second character to defend themselves and to ask a question‚ otherwise‚ the first character expresses advice and scolding in the sentences. The speaker lists instructions on how to behave properly‚ how to act around others and how to do household chores such as cooking‚ setting the table‚ sweeping and ironing
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minimum sentences (MMS); which are sentences that are determined by the weight of the drugs or the presence of a firearm during a felony offense. They are called mandatory because judges are forced to impose these sentences based solely on the amount of drug present without any leniency. The mandatory minimum prison sentences are a controversial way to fight the “War on Drugs” that have a conflicted history and have drastically increased prison populations and costs. Mandatory minimum sentences have
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end of the lesson‚ 90% of the students must be able to do the following with 90% proficiency: 1. Define the four types of sentences 2. Identify the punctuation/s and the differences of the types of sentences 3. Construct sentences involving the four types of the sentences; and 4. Perform a short play using the four types of sentences. II. Subject Matter: Types of Sentences and their Punctuation/s References: Carleen S. Sedilla and Aracelli m. Villamin’s “Roads to Greatness”‚ p
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Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. PARTICIPLES can function as ADJECTIVES in sentences. The examples and exercises in this activity focus on present participles‚ which suggest action and come from active verbs. As adjectives‚ participles modify nouns or pronouns. They can have the following sentence positions: Adjective + Noun: I was awakened by the screaming child. (The participle modifies child.) Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective
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populations. This issue is linked to Parenti’s discussion on drugs and the “War of Drugs”. Many of prisons in the United States are over crowded because of the petty offenders and the first time offenders that have minimum mandatory sentences‚ which are outrageous sentences for these offenders. Parenti notes that “a Federal Judge sentenced a man twenty two years for beating and elderly woman to death. A few hours later the same judge sentenced a 25 year old first time drug offender‚ father of two young
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Attention Getter “Both tears and sweat are salty‚ but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change‚” as Jesse Jackson said. Introduction A popular phrase used nowadays among the youth in our nation is the term “salty.” Often misconstrued by the older generations as the taste opposite of sweet. In a sense‚ someone that is considered to be salty is the opposite of sweet. They are often bitter because of something that has happened‚ and they behave quite the
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Human Communication The Lack of Healthy Food Options on Campus Topic: Health Organization: Topically Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the food provided on campus is not healthy and a change needs to happen. I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Do you know what its called when you gain weight freshman year? No? Well let me tell you it’s called freshman fifteen. B. Relevance: All of us here suffer from the negative health options provided on campus‚ especially those who live on
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A competing theory to Kaplan (1995)’s Attention Restoration Theory (ART) has been proposed by Ulrich et al. (1991). Similar to Attention Restoration Theory‚ Ulrich et al. (1991)’s Psycho-evolutionary Restoration Theory is also based on the assumption that human physiology has evolved in a natural environment. Because of this‚ it also shares the assumption that brain and sensory systems are tuned to efficiently process natural content and are less efficient at processing urban or built environments
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