sentence serenade
this is what one might replace "was" "is" & "are" with.
what are dynamic, active verbs? or, what is nothing (cut them out)
this is how one might describe hannah baer's writing style and why she adopts it (trans girl suicide museum)
this is why ex-machina might be considered a feminist text
what is fem body as an object for male exploration/control, Ava was born in an oppressive patriarchy and she escaped this system, etc
this is where the comma goes when you need to include both a parenthetical statement and a comma
what is after the parens?
this is one claim the altruist Peter Singer made.
what is wealthy people should donate their money?
this is one claim Audre Lorde makes
this is the definition of a comma splice
what is it joins two independent clauses
daily double: these are two strategies to increase concision in a paper
what is cut repetitive phrases, change passive to active voice, make nouns posessive, cut warm up sentences, use concrete language?
this is how haley nahman might counter Peter Singer's claim that we all should be altruistic (give away money). (hint: this essay was about kiki's delivery service)
what is we should be community oriented/respond to local needs/practice mutual aid because it's more sustainable long term
this is one writing technique claudia rankine used, and how it relates to her thematic concerns
what is second person narration, which demonstrates how we are all implicated in systemic racism OR what is rhetorical questions, what is color imagery, what is episodic structure, etc.
this is what's wrong with the following sentence: "Hoping to excuse my lateness, the note was written and given to my teacher."
What is a dangling modifier?
this is why Astra Taylor thinks we should get rid of school as it is now.
what is it stifles creativity, pushes conformity/consumerism, makes kids see learning as an assessment rather than an exploration
this is why ta-nehisi coates says he has to be a nationalist before he can be a humanist
what is the black intellectual tradition isn't taught in traditional education, he has to learn from thinkers who battled racist oppression
what is when the exclusion of the information in the appositive changes the meaning of the sentence?
this is why bell hooks says she can hear the sounds of slaughter and conquest in the English language, AND what she suggests we do about this
1) what is it's the language of colonialism/white supremacy 2) listen to and incorporate other englishes (black vernacular, etc) instead of enforcing racist "standards"
this is why ta-nehisi coates lauds the power of auto-didacticism. (hint: bell hooks makes a similar point)
what is the educational establishment is inherently oppressive/upholds the dominant class (hegemony), so we must teach ourselves how to subvert racist hierarchy to use education for liberation from systems of oppression
these are two ways to make your argument stronger
what are acknowledging/refuting the opposition, using supporting evidence, using specific concrete language