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 what Margaret Atwood meant when she wrote, "then money became a god" in her story "Time Capsule on a Dead Planet."
what is we'll do anything for money, even slowly kill ourselves, kill other ppl, etc.
this is one thing "the farm" (the bots) might represent in the story "The Farm" by Charlie Jane Anders.
what is the increasing automation of journalism, social media trolls, the pressure to create viral content rather than true/well-written content
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 how the film black panther feels about technology.
what is technology can be a tool of social mobility/racial justice, tech makes anything imaginable.
this is one downside to social media, according to The Social Dillemma.
what is it hijacks thoughts/behavior, exposes people to fake news, creates body image issues in teen girls etc.
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?
daily double: this is why kenneth goldsmith thinks plagiarism is fine.
what is nothing is original, it's more in line w/the digital era, we're all word processors, in the information age we need only rearrange and collage the existing deluge of information?
this is an argument for using textspeak instead of "standard english"
what is it's more expressive, and more natural for current English-speakers
these are two ways to make your argument stronger
what are acknowledging/refuting the opposition, using supporting evidence, using specific concrete language
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 google is making us stupid, according to nicholas carr.
what is it's killing our attention span, and flattening us into pancake people (we know a little about a lot), we can't read/think deeply anymore?
daily double: this is an example of a rhetorical fallacy & its definition.
what is slippery slope, red herring, hasty generalization, ad hominem, straw man, etc.
what is when the exclusion of the information in the appositive changes the meaning of the sentence?
these are possible arguments why it *might* be ok if aliens use humans as host animals in the future, according to Octavia Butler, in her story "Bloodchild."
what is if we ruined earth so much we can no longer live on it/we need to escape slavery on earth/the aliens are nice to us and give us some drug-eggs/don't let their babies eat us
this is why "a lot of modern life is exactly like slaughtering zombies" according to Chuck Klosterman.
what is meaningless repetitive work tasks, "by opening Safari I'm asking that my consciousness be taken away from me," etc.
this is how "Speechless Love" comments on contemporary relationships, and/or our ties to our cultural history.
what is we're all in digital bubbles oblivious to our fellow hums//we're increasingly becoming detached from our cultures in homogenous late cap