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What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the speaker's attitude.
Mood is the way it makes YOU feel.
What is the first sentence in your introduction called? What is its purpose?
It's called a rhetorical question. The purpose is to make the reader think.
The word opposed is not the best choice for this sentence. Which word should replace opposed in this sentence?
"Cuddy measured people’s hormones after just two minutes of holding poses like these and opposed the results with the hormone levels of people who were slouched over or standing with their arms crossed."
A) contrasted
B) differed
C) varied
D) measured
A) contrasted
What change should be made in this sentence?:
"It just comes with the territory, especially when you have an older brother, who is the epitome of “cool.” "
A) Change comes to come’s
B) Change especially to specially
C) Delete the comma after brother
D) No change should be made.
C) Delete the comma after brother
What is theme?
The overall message of a story.
What THREE things should your thesis include?
- I think, I know, or I believe
- Part of the prompt
- Your out of the box idea
How should this sentence be revised?
"She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and the hormone associated with stress was decreased."
A) She found that the people had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress who were holding their body in a position of power.
B) She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance, the hormone associated with stress was decreased.
C) She found that while the people were holding their body in a position of power, the hormones associated with dominance and stress were increased and decreased.
D) She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress.
D) She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress.
What change should be made in this sentence?:
"I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of cool, I had never pursued it."
A) Change fascinated to fasinated
B) Delete the comma after cool
C) Change had never pursued to hadn’t never pursued
D) Change it to them
D) Change it to them
What is it called when you give a non-living thing human characteristics?
Personification
What kind of sentences use FANBOYS?
List all of the FANBOYS.
Compound sentences.
for / and / nor / but / or / yet / so
What is the most effective way to combine these sentences?
"Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people. She is a social psychologist at Harvard University."
A) Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people she is a social psychologist at Harvard University.
B) Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people, a social psychologist at Harvard University.
C) Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, did a study on how “power poses” affect people.
D) Amy Cuddy did a study, at Harvard University and with a social psychologist, on how “power poses” affect people.
C) Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, did a study on how “power poses” affect people.
What is the correct way to write this sentence?:
"Yes, I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity, I’m a cool guy in my own way, too."
A) Yes, I’m Tyson’s little brother, that’s only part of my identity, though, I’m a cool guy in my own way, too.
B) Yes, I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity. Because I’m a cool guy in my own way, too.
C) Yes, I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity. I’m a cool guy in my own way, too.
D) Sentence 24 is written correctly in the paper.
C) Yes, I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my identity. I’m a cool guy in my own way, too.
Read the following dictionary entry.
clout \ı klaut\ n 1. a significant amount of influence 2. a hard punch 3. a big hit in baseball 4. a target
Which definition most closely matches the use of the word clout in this sentence?
"“Title IX gave us some clout, but it didn’t give us our motivation,” said Jody Conradt, the Hall of Fame former women’s coach at the University of Texas."
Definition 1
What kind of sentences use SUBS?
List three examples of SUBS.
Complex Sentences.
because / since / when / while / if / until / after (etc.)
There is a redundant sentence in the third paragraph. Which of these sentences unnecessarily repeats information and should be deleted?
(11) Evidence also suggests that the way you hold the rest of your body can affect how you feel. (12) Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people. (13) She is a social psychologist at Harvard University. (14) A power pose is a way of holding your body that suggests you’re in control of a situation. (15) It’s positioning your body in a way that says you have control. (16) Imagine a top executive at a major company leaning back in his chair with his hands behind his head and his feet on the desk. (17) That’s a power pose. (18) So is standing tall with your feet slightly apart, your chest out, and your hands on your hips. (19) Cuddy measured people’s hormones after just two minutes of holding poses like these and opposed the results with the hormone levels of people who were slouched over or standing with their arms crossed. (20) She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and the hormone associated with stress was decreased. (21) This suggests that those who hold their body confidently may actually start to feel more confident.
A) Sentence 14
B) Sentence 15
C) Sentence 18
D) Sentence 21
B) Sentence 15
What is the correct way to write sentence this sentence?:
"It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards, she was a recording artist of the 1960s."
A) It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards. Who was a recording artist of the 1960s.
B) It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards. A recording artist of the 1960s.
C) It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag. She was the Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s.
D) It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s.
D) It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s.
Read this sentence from paragraph 16.
"And she became an ambassador as much as coach, allowing television cameras into the locker room, willing to play almost any team on almost any court."
In this sentence, the author is trying to show that Summitt —
A) frequently sought out opportunities to appear on television
B) was able to pick and choose which teams to play
C) took on a role in women’s sports that went beyond coaching
D) compromised her standards occasionally
C) took on a role in women’s sports that went beyond coaching
List the layout of an expository essay including all of the sentences that you need IN ORDER. (There should be 8 sentences total.)
Introduction:
- Rhetorical Question & Thesis.
Body Paragraph:
- 2 Compound sentences, 2 complex sentences, and 1 transition statement.
Conclusion:
- Concluding statement
Alicia needs to add the following detail to the second paragraph (sentences 5–10).
"Others held the pencil between their lips, which shaped their mouth more like a frown."
Where should this sentence be inserted?
(5) In 1988, researchers did a study in which they positioned participants’ facial expressions by having them hold a pencil in their mouth. (6) Some people were asked to hold the pencil horizontally in their teeth, which shaped their mouth into something like a smile. (7) Then the participants were shown a series of cartoons and asked to assess how funny they were. (8) Interestingly, the people who were already “smiling” thought the cartoons were funnier than the people who were “frowning” did. (9) This type of study has been repeated on other occasions with similar results. (10) It appears that simply holding your facial muscles in a particular expression sends messages to your brain that can make your feelings reflect your expression.
A) Before sentence 5
B) After sentence 5
C) After sentence 6
D) After sentence 7
C) After sentence 6
What is the correct way to write these sentences?:
"And because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil or natural gas. They waste nonrenewable resources. "
A) And because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources.
B) And most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources.
C) And most plastic bags, which are made of polyethylene derived from crude oil or natural gas, wasting nonrenewable resources.
D) The sentences are written correctly in the paper.
A) And because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources.