Sentence Party
This is the definition of a comma splice.
What is a comma joining two independent clauses?
This is a technique David Sedaris used in "Me Talk Pretty One Day."
What is humor, sarcasm, drama, wittiness, pop culture references, exaggeration, etc.
This is a claim Peter Singer makes.
What is everyone should give away all (most of) their money! (especially rich people) What is we are all responsible for each others' wellbeing?
This is the symbolic significance of the "white voice" in STBY.
What is the pressure to conform to white culture/standards to "get ahead," what is the racism inherent in capitalist hierarchy?
This goes at the beginning of each paragraph.
What is a topic sentence with a mini claim that relates back to the thesis?
This is the difference between a colon and a semicolon.
What is a colon is used to introduce something (often a list) while a semicolon joins two independent clauses to signal a close relation between them?
This is why women apologize but should stop.
What is internalized patriarchy/eagerness to please/they should be more direct in asking for needs?
This is a claim one person in Examined Life makes.
What is Zizek thinks ecology is the new opiate of the masses, what is Cornel West advocates for the beauty of the life of the mind, what is Avital Ronnell suggests anxiety is the only way to be ethical, etc?
This is why the use of surveillance tech in schools may be a little iffy.
What is these softwares come with racial bias baked in, they produce false positives (kids w ADHD, etc), /generally are an extension of the carceral police state?
These are the characteristics of a good thesis.
What is debatable (not fact), specific, clear, tells us where the essay is headed, etc.
This is the definition of an appositive.
A (nonessential) noun phrase that modifies a noun. Must be set off by commas.
This is why bell hooks is critical of the English language.
what is "the sounds of slaughter and conquest" encoded in English/linguistic hierarchy/racist suppression of cultural expression, etc?
This is why Kenneth Goldsmith thinks plagiarism is ok.
What is "nothing is original," writing should evolve to mirror machines, what is now it only matters how information is presented/arranged?
This is a major claim Zadie Smith makes about Facebook and its effect on the youth.
What is "this generation deserves better"? What is social media is reductive, and human personality can't fit inside Zuckerberg's dorky/sophmoric criteria?
This is what a conclusion should do.
what is address the big picture (the so what), and, ideally, restate the thesis in a new way.
This is the definition of a dangling modifier.
An ambiguous construction whereby a modifier could be interpreted as modifying something other than what it is intended to modify.
This is what Coates means by a "culture of high achievement."
This is the problem with microaggressions.
What is they are racist/"microaggression" is a misnomer/ they support stereotyping, etc.
This is how Sorry to Bother You and Black Mirror both depict TV.
What is plagued by violence, hypersexualized, grotesque spectacle, lowest-common-denominator entertainment, designed to stupify/pacify the masses?
This is the "highest virtue of writing" and these are 2 strategies to use it well.
What is concision? and what is cutting prepositions, cutting to-be verbs, cutting repetitiveness, etc.
These are two uses of dashes.
What is for emphasis, and for an interjection?
This is what Audre Lorde thinks is the problem with silence.
What is "our silence will not protect us", (marginalized) peoples must advocate for justice, etc?
This is why you can or cannot escape the spectacle. (Choose one.)
(Responder's choice.)
This is the definition of exigency.
What is the "so what," the reason we should care?