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WHICH IS INCORRECT AND WHY:
A) The homeless problem isn’t joblessness; it’s the system of poverty that oppresses them.
B) The problem with the homeless is not joblessness but the system of poverty that oppresses them.
A -- no contractions
IDENTIFY and CORRECT THIS PROBLEM:
Josie needs money, she is on welfare.
comma splice
Josie needs money; she is on welfare.
Josie needs money. She is on welfare.
Place these in the proper order by number (1-7):
__ set up a scene
__ rephrase first two sentences
__ indicate textual focus
__ remind reader of contextual focus
__ indicate contextual focus
__ provide a direct quote from the text
__ analyze the scene in context
3
7
2
5
1
4
6
WHICH IS CORRECT and WHY:
A) The film addresses issues of race in the 1960's.
B) The film addresses issues of race in the 1960s.
B -- because the 1960s is a decade of years (1960-69), so the plural form is correct.
IDENTIFY and CORRECT THIS PROBLEM:
Josie needs money she is on welfare.
run-on sentence
Josie needs money; she is on welfare.
Josie needs money. She is on welfare.
Which is the CORRECT way to indicate the contextual focus?
A) The New Woman of the 1980s wanted independence.
B) One aspect of the New Woman of the 1990s was balancing girliness and intelligence.
B) One aspect of the New Woman of the 1990s was balancing girliness and intelligence.
WHICH IS INCORRECT and WHY:
A) Walter is a perfect example of Democratic masculinity.
B) Walter demonstrates Democratic masculinity.
A -- "perfect" is embellishment
IDENTIFY and CORRECT THIS PROBLEM:
Needs money and on welfare.
fragment
Josie needs money and is on welfare.
Which is the CORRECT two-oart title?
A) Paragraphed Response 2
B) Paragraphed Response 2: Thrum's "Glazed"
C) Purgatorial Parenting: Gender and the Dysfunctional Family in Thrum's "Glazed"
C) Purgatorial Parenting: Gender and the Dysfunctional Family in Thrum's "Glazed"