Using Commas for Clear Communication You have been reading about the comma in Chapter 5 and in the “Review the Basics” section of our textbook‚ pages 395-397. Learning to use the comma in four common sentence constructions will improve your ability to write clear sentences and avoid writing run-ons and unintended fragments. Review the four common uses of the comma; then complete the exercise below. Save the exercise and submit it to the Dropbox in Week 5. Use a comma before a conjunction to join
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In the video”What’s it like to be Muslim in America” by Dalia Mogahed “Muslims are inventors‚ teachers‚ first responders and olympic athletes‚ but some make the muslims look bad on the negative things they do” (Mogahed) what I mean is that no matter how much nice successful Muslims there are‚ there is always Muslims that make themselves look bad. For example‚ on the 9/11 attack‚ some muslims were disappointed because it’s just making the rest of the muslim people look bad. Also‚ some muslims were
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Ambition and His Conscience Throughout the story of Macbeth‚ there are many battles full of blood‚ violence‚ and of course‚ death. But‚ the book’s most important battle does not include any of those things. The real battle is fought in Macbeth’s mind. From the beginning of the book‚ Macbeth struggles between listening to his conscience and his desire for ambition‚ or strong desire to achieve fame or power. But‚ is the character of Macbeth pure evil? Or does he actually have a conscience? Many may be
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Effects of Language on Perceptions and Experiences Jaclyn Caserta University of North Carolina Greensboro 2 December 2014 Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different In Other Languages written by Guy Deutscher discusses the long argued theory of nature versus culture and how language is affected. The book attempts to demonstrate that through all the back and forth arguments‚ the disproval of many a theory and the flat out naivety of some of the most respected names in linguistics
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In the summary of the book “America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s” Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin say that the 60s was a bad year for America because of three reasons which were black vs white‚ liberal vs conservative‚ and old vs young. They look at the 60s as “movements and issues that arose soon after the end of World War II” (Isserman). In this summary it is stated that one of the biggest issue during the 1960s was race. Many African Americans after World War II believed that they would
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PLOT SUMMARY: Catch Me If You Can In 1963‚ teen-aged Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives New Rochelle‚ New York with his father Frank Abagnale‚ Sr. (Christopher Walken)‚ and French mother Paula (Nathalie Baye). When Frank Sr. is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unspecified difficulties with the IRS‚ the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment. Paula carries on an affair with Jack (James Brolin)‚ a friend of her husband. Meanwhile‚ Frank poses
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How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith I would like to reflect on one of the oldest of human exercises‚ the process by which over the years‚ and indeed over the centuries‚ we have undertaken to get the poor off our conscience. Rich and poor have lived together‚ always uncomfortably and sometimes perilously‚ since the beginning of time. Plutarch was led to say: “An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of republics.” And the problems that
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English as a Second Language It is a struggle to adapt to a new culture and language‚ which may be completely different from the ones young child may have already learned. This can lead to inner conflict‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One way to handle the conflict is to cut ties with the first culture including language. But is this the answer? Doing so can create a sense of loss. In the essay “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”‚ Richard Rodriguez shares his personal experience with learning
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Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: “Massacre at Mystic” May 26‚ 1637 was a fateful day in the history of America. The actions of Major John Mason and his Puritan men set a precedent for the next two hundred years of European and Indian relations. On that clear May night near the Mystic River of New England‚ hundreds of Pequot Indians were killed by the Europeans and their allies‚ most of the victims being the elderly‚ women‚ and children. This massacre was
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This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which
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