Persuade Me
The belief that space exploration has overshadowed ocean explorations, and that it is time to change.
What is a claim?
"Earth's greatest artistic work" according to Earth (A Gift Shop).
What is a computer-generated archetypal story arc?
The tone of "And things just keep going. I guess."
What is frustrated but resigned?
A verbal that acts as a noun.
What is a gerund?
That, This, Those, and These
What are demonstrative pronouns?
What is a "life-giving" role?
Humorous, Conversational, and Informal.
What is the style of Earth (A Gift Shop)?
A contrast, or difference, between what is expected to what actually happens.
What is irony?
A verb that does not show action.
What is a linking verb?
In, Above, Within, or Concerning
What are prepositions?
The tone at the end of Cousteau's essay.
What is thrilled optimism?
The setting of Earch (A Gift Shop).
What is way, way in the future?
The theme of "How Things Work."
What is life is unfortunately a chain of events linked by money?
What is active voice?
Your, My, His, or Hers
What are possessive pronouns?
What marketers do.
What is devising strategies to make us buy certain products?
Using scientific ideas and imaginations to explore possibilities of the past or future.
What is science fiction?
A poetic form without set rules.
Something that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Has grown, have shown, will have been
What is the perfect tense?
The example teenagers always being connected to electronic devices leads to a decline in the ability to concentrate and focus.
What is a cause-and-effect chain?
How an author says something, not what an author says.
What is style?
"Five for a softball" and "four for a book"
What are sentence fragments?
Something that shows relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word or group of words.
What is a preposition?
Its, It's, Your, and You're
What are homophones?