O.L. #3B Question #1 is worth 5 points – all others are worth 1 point each. Either type your answers directly onto THIS sheet OR create a new file and number your answers 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ etc. 1. The following "gem" comes from the business world and as you can see is filled with redundant‚ empty‚ wordy‚ AND unnecessary phrases. Re-write it so that the ideas are expressed in a much clearer and more stylistic way. To: District Managers From: Margaret Davenport‚ Vice
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icy cold water a chill rushes through my body. Looking straight ahead I can see the rocky mountain range; the sun peeking through the tops; the dusty mess escaping in to the wind and all of the dirt bikers doing crazy tricks. Along the water mounds of people in inflatable inner tubes pass through the water‚ getting as red as lobsters and not caring about the risk of getting sun burnt. The smell of strong gasoline now enters my lungs; our neighbors getting ready to put in some jet skis in the
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WHERE’S THE PATIS? Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil About the Author Carmen Guerrero Nakpil who is "Chitang" to her family and friends is a practicing journalist whose takes time out now and then from her daily journalistic chores to write fine essays. She is fortunate to have an impish sort of humor that has kept her sense of balance well‚ a perceptive mind that can see beneath the veneer of sham‚ a fierce pride in her identity as a woman‚ and a skill for elegant expression
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six runs in the first inning. This was topped off by us having our best pitcher on the mound‚ Caleb Blair. Blair threw a shutout‚ giving up zero runs all game. Our offense was clicking the the whole time‚ and we won ten to zero when it was final. Everyone on the team was expecting the same result in the next game. We were confident that we could easily get the upper hand‚ as we had another one of aces on the mound. This changed quickly though‚ as Cascade came out with a new sense of
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After receiving this message‚ Julius Caesar and his army marched toward the camp of Ariovistus. Marching his men for several days‚ Caesar received news that Ariovistus was hastily proceeding to siege the town‚ Vesontio. Vesontio was a large town‚ “well provided with military material of every kind; and its natural strength made it a most valuable military position.” Caesar knowing Ariovistus would be capable of obtaining all the necessary military supplies he needed at Vesontio‚ marched his fatigued
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Hygelac‚ the king‚ is killed in a war‚ and‚ after Hygelac’s son dies‚ Beowulf ascends to the throne of the Geats. He rules successfully for fifty years‚ bringing prosperity to Geatland. When Beowulf is an old man‚ however‚ a thief disturbs a barrow‚ or mound‚ where a great dragon lies guarding a horde of treasure. Enraged‚ the dragon emerges from the barrow and begins destruction upon the Geats. Knowing he will not live much longer‚ Beowulf goes to fight the dragon. With the aid of Wiglaf‚ he succeeds
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in the direction of the ocean and smooths out the gradient. With coarser beaches‚ more water is absorbed and so there is less backwash. This results in a build up of material with a steep profile. Bars and Barriers Bars and barriers are offshore mounds of sediment deposits. They are an accumulation of sediment that was transported there by longshore and tidal currents. Spits Spits are extensions of the beaches into the sea. They form as a result of longshore drift. Longshore drift is the movement
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after year in polar regions and in the United States. _______ 14. A snowline is an almost motionless mass of permanent snow and ice. ________ 15. Glacial erosion may produce a bowl-shaped depression know as an esker. ________ 16. A kettle is a mound. ______ 17. A long period of climatic cooling during which continental sheets cover large areas of the earth’s surface is known as an ice age. ________ 18. The composition of the water in a salt lake depends on the solved materials it contains.
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Halloween is the season for little ghosts and goblins to take to the streets‚ asking for candy and scaring one another silly. Spooky stories are told around fires‚ scary movies appear in theaters and pumpkins are expertly (and not-so-expertly) carved into jack-o’-lanterns. Through the ages‚ various supernatural entities—including fairies and witches—came to be associated with Halloween‚ and more than a century ago in Ireland‚ the event was said to be a time when spirits of the dead could return to
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Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon * Sun goes down and the seven sisters comes up on the other
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