Writing
First paragraph in an essay
Introduction
The name of your second Major Writing Assignment (MWA2)
Comparison and contrast
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?
9
Penn State mascot
Nittany Lion
Blank space; Love story; You need to calm down; Shake it off
Taylor Swift
The most important sentence in the introduction
Thesis statement
Dr. Hall says this at least one million times per class
Does that make sense? OK. Is that clear? Any questions?
What words mean something different if you capitalize the first letter?
Name of Penn State football stadium
Beaver stadium
LA Lakers team colors
Purple and gold
in-text citation
18
Which three letters can frighten a thief away?
ICU
University Park undergraduate enrollment
The capital of Pennsylvania
Independent clauses require
Subject and verb
The name of the ESL program director
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
Your breath
Number of Penn State undergraduate campuses
20
Linux
Operating system
In an APA journal reference, this is italicized
Name of journal
The number of assignments in ESL015 this semester
35
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map
Old Main was built this year
1867
What is the only temperature that is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius?
-40