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29. a. Marianne had never been as far East as
Columbus, Ohio.
b. Marianne had never been as far east as
Columbus, Ohio.
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4. a. Lisa lost five ... Mexican Restaurant
Practice
Choose the correctly capitalized version of each of the
following pairs.
25. a. Digging the Canal through Panama took
many years.
b. Digging the canal through Panama...
... have traveled on the Garden state Parkway, a
main highway in New Jersey.
b. I have traveled on the Garden State Parkway, a
main highway in New Jersey.
Proper Adjectives
Proper adjectives are adjectives—that ... Kahlo, a Mexican artist, painted many
self-portraits.
b. Frida Kahlo, a mexican artist, painted many
self-portraits.
22. a. The actress in the play tried to speak with a
Scottish accent.
b. The Actress ... meets all
three of the following criteria:
1. It has a verb (a word or phrase that explains an
action such as want, run, take, give, or a state of
being, such as am, is, are, was, were, be). Many
sentences...
... that
analyzes a particular topic or book, while a
research paper involves analyzing raw data and
different facts and statistics from a variety of
sources. Once you have collected all your materi-
al, ... Emotional Versus Logical Appeals 69
LESSON 15 Distinguishing Fact from Opinion 73
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Prepare a preliminary and easy to follow out-
line.
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Take good, thorough notes from all your
sources.
Becoming a Detective
Part of writinga research paper is gathering your
materials and doing...
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29. a. Marianne had never been as far East as
Columbus, Ohio.
b. Marianne had never been as far east as
Columbus, Ohio.
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... determine the main idea of
what you read.
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking.
—Isaac Disraeli, British writer (1804–1881)
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FINDING THE
MAIN IDEA
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Making Notes in the Margins
Recording your questions and reactions in the mar-
gins turns you from a passive receiver of information
into an active participant ina dialogue. (If you’re
reading...
... understanding of the writing process and your writingskills have improved.
Different Types of Essays
What makes writing both interesting and challenging is that every writing task is unique. Writing ... essay exams. Here is more
information about how to approach and successfully complete application and class assignment essays.
–INTRODUCTION–
2
WRITE
BETTER
ESSAYS
IN JUST 20
MINUTES A DAY
NEW ... Revising Paragraphs 113
LESSON 16 Editing 121
LESSON 17 Proofreading 131
SECTION 4 Taking an Essay Exam 141
LESSON 18 Preparing for an Essay Exam 143
LESSON 19 Drafting, Editing, and Proofreading...
... exam
within 20 to 30 minutes. Fortunately, a few simple strategies can help you generate ideas for any essay assignment.
Brainstorming Ideas
How do you generate ideas? Some writers stare at a blank page ... subject.
Indicate Explain what you think the subject means and how you came to that interpretation (what makes
you conclude that it means X).
Relate Point out and discuss any connections.
Summarize ... freewriting and listing techniques for any kind of writing or thinking tasks this week. For exam-
ple, if you have to buy a gift for a friend, brainstorm a list of ideas. Or, if you have to make...
... questions and mapping.
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Outlining is another important essay-planning tool, but it is not a brainstorming technique. Outlining is an orga-
nizational technique that helps in planning an essay after ... resulted ina number of ideas, but nothing interesting enough to keep you writing for five pages. In that
case, it makes sense to brainstorm again, using another method.
Before you begin, make a short ... Somewhere
in your brainstorming notes is at least one great idea that you can develop into an effective essay.
LESSON
Choosing a
Topic and
Developing
a Thesis
LESSON SUMMARY
This lesson explains how...
... sequence, cause and effect, and spatial arrangements should be
chosen and employed based on the type of information you are writing about.
–OUTLINING AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES–
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In a well-organized ... make a list of paragraphs and, very generally, what you’ll
write about in each one.
Informal Outlines
An informal, rough,or scratch outline is one that lists only the major supporting ideas in ... a detailed, formal outline
that lists every major and minor supporting idea, or just a rough “scratch” outline? Again, the answer depends upon
several factors, including how comfortable you are...
...
Instead of staring at a blank piece of paper, at your outline, and then back at the paper, get writing. It’s espe-
cially important not to waste time trying to write an eloquent, attention-grabbing ... sen-
tences and paragraphs that bring your ideas to your audience.
What Is Drafting?
To draft means to create a preliminary version or rough form of a text. Preliminary and rough are the key ... learned ways to organize ideas according to time and space. Now, you’ll exam-
ine four additional principles of organization:
1. analysis/classification
2. order of importance
3. comparison and...
...
Plotting Points on a Graph
You can plot points on a coordinate plane. Every point has two coordinates: an x coordinate and a y coordinate.
These coordinates are written as an ordered pair. It ... remember that a linear equation will always graph into a straight line.
There are other ways to determine if an equation is linear without graphing the equation. Equations of this
type can be put into ... Ax +By = C, where A and B are not both equal to zero. This is called the standard
form of a linear equation. In standard form, a linear equation can have no exponent greater than 1, cannot have
any...
... can apply during “application periods.”
PRACTICE 3
Now take a look at a passage similar to something you might read in a
local newspaper. The passage is divided into several short paragraphs in
the ...
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• Reading the pre-text
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In addition, if your attention begins to fade, try reading aloud to engage
your ears as well as your eyes.
Skill...