parallel structure
Kahneman
a/an/the/0
abstract/concrete
Cohesion
100

Fix the faulty parallelism:

"He was always looking for money - scamming, betting, shooting pool, even now and then a job."

"He was always looking for money - scamming, betting, shooting pool, even now and then landing/finding a job."

100

Describe the grammatical structure of:


"The automatic operations of System 1 generate surprisingly complex patterns of ideas, but only the slower System 2 can construct thoughts in an orderly series of steps."

Possible responses:

complex sentence

transitive verbs - generate; can construct

objects - patterns; thoughts

100

Fill in the blanks with either a, an, the, or 0.


______writing is _____complex sociocognitive process involving _____construction of_____recorded messages on ____paper or some other material and, more recently, on ____computer screen.

_____Writing is __a__complex sociocognitive process involving _the__construction of_____recorded messages on ____paper or some other material and, more recently, on _a__computer screen.

100

Revise this sentence so that the nominalizations are verbs and characters are their subjects. Hint: the characters are italicized and nominalizations are block caps.

Lincoln’s HOPE was for the PRESERVATION of the Union without war, but the South’s ATTACK on Fort Sumter made war an INEVITABILITY.

Lincoln hoped to preserve the Union without war, but when the South attacked Fort Sumter, war became inevitable.

100

Old-to-New: make the transition between these sentences smoother:

"Some astonishing questions about the nature of the universe have been raised by scientists exploring the nature of black holes in space. The collapse of a dead star into a point perhaps no larger than a marble creates a black hole.'

"Some astonishing questions about the nature of the universe have been raised by scientists exploring the nature of black holes in space. A black hole is created by the collapse of a dead star into a point perhaps no larger than a marble."

200

Fix the faulty parallelism:

Ashley finished her story, went around the room, asked everyone why they were supporting the campaign, and she listened to their stories.

Ashley finished her story, went around the room, asked everyone why they were supporting the campaign, and listened to their stories.

200

What is Kahneman talking about here:

"You are probably safe carrying on a conversation with a passenger while driving on an empty highway, and many parents have discovered, perhaps with some guilt, that they can read a story to a child while thinking of something else."

Kahneman is describing examples of activities that we do automatically, that do not require all of our attention. This shows that our System 1 works well most of the time.

200

Fill in the blanks with either a, an, the, or 0.


___skills needed to write range from making _____appropriate graphic marks, through utilizing   ___ resources of ____chosen language, to anticipating ____reactions of ___intended readers.

_The__skills needed to write range from making __the/0___appropriate graphic marks, through  utilizing__the___resources of __the__chosen language, to anticipating _the___reactions of _the__intended readers.

200

Revise this sentence so that the nominalizations are verbs and characters are their subjects. Hint: the characters are italicized and nominalizations are in block caps.

ATTEMPTS were made on the part of the president’s aides to argue for his IMMUNITY from a congressional diktat.


The president's aides attempted to argue that he was immune to the diktat established by congress.

200

Improve the cohesion between these 2 sentences:

"The biological clock functions regardless of the normal 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. Light is involved in resetting and regulating the clock."

"Although the biological clock functions regardless of the normal 24-hour cycle of light and darkness, light is still involved in resetting and regulating the clock."

300

fix the faulty parallelism

The old man was not there because of health care or the economy or education or the war or it could have been any other issue.

The old man was not there because of health care or the economy or education or the war or any other issue.

300

Describe the grammatical structure of:

"The highly diverse operations of System 2 have one feature in common: they require attention and are disrupted when attention is drawn away."

possible answer:

Two independent clauses joined by a colon. The first IC sets the stage for the second.

The first IC has a transitive verb - have.

The 2nd IC has 2 main verbs - one transitive (require); one passive (are disrupted)

300

Fill in the blanks with either a, an, the, or 0.

____writing as composing needs to be distinguished from ____simpler task of ____copying. ___writing is slower than ___other skills of ___listening, ___reading, and ___speaking. It is further slowed by ___processes of ___thinking, ___re-reading what has been written, and ___revising.         

____Writing as composing needs to be distinguished from _the___simpler task of ____copying. ___Writing is slower than _the__other skills of ___listening, ___reading, and ___speaking. It is further slowed by _the__processes of ___thinking, ___re-reading what has been written, and ___revising.

300

Revise this sentence so that the nominalizations are verbs and characters are their subjects. Hint: the characters are italicized and nominalizations are in BLOCK CAPS.

There were PREDICTIONS by business executives that the economy would experience a quick REVIVAL.

Business executives predicted that the economy would revive quickly.

300

Old to new: Fix the cohesion between these 2 sentences:


"The cast of Firefly, a space western TV series, returned in the film Serenity. A fanatical assassin hunts one of the crew of the ship called Serenity in this film."

"The cast of Firefly, a space western TV series, returned in the film Serenity. In this film, a fanatical assassin hunts one of the crew of the ship called Serenity."

400

Fix the faulty parallelism:

Granted, that one moment of recognition is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or improve education.

Granted, that one moment of recognition is not enough to give health care to the sick, to give jobs to the jobless, or to improve education.

400

Kahneman says that the gorilla story shows “we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness”. Explain

cognitive biases

When our attention is on one thing, we miss others. We don't realize that we jump to conclusions. We don't realize how little we know.

Etc.

400

Fill in the blanks with either a, an, the, or 0.

___writing is not ___natural ability like ___speaking but has to be acquired through ___years of ___training  or ___schooling.

___Writing is not _a__natural ability like ___speaking but has to be acquired through ___years of ___training  or ___schooling.

400

Revise this sentence so that the nominalizations are verbs and characters are their subjects. Hint: the characters are italicized and nominalizations are in BLOCK CAPS.

The health care industry’s INABILITY to apply cost CONTROLS could lead to the public’s DECISION that congressional ACTION is needed.

Because the health care industry is unable to control costs, the public may decide that congress needs to act.

400

Old to new: improve the cohesion between these 2 sentences:

"Lately, most movies I've seen have been second-rate entertainment, but occasionally there are some with worthwhile themes. The rapid disappearance of the Indian culture is the topic of a recent movie I saw."

Lately, most movies I've seen have been merely second-rate entertainment, but occasionally there are some with worthwhile themes. One example is from a recent movie on the rapid disappearance of the Indian culture.

500

Fix the faulty parallelism:

The function of a university is to develop the analytical skills of students and a place where they should learn to express themselves.

The function of a university is to develop the analytical skills of students and to provide a place where they should learn to express themselves.

500

What are the limitations of system 1, and the limitations of system 2?

We have limited capacity for attention (S2)

S1 sometimes answers easier questions than the ones asked.

S1 cannot be turned off - your brain will automatically see the lines as different lengths, even though you know they are the same

500

Fill in the blanks with either a, an, the, or 0.


Although ___writing systems have been in existence for about 5,000 years, even today, only ___minority of ___world's population  knows  how to write.

Although ___writing systems have been in existence for about 5,000 years, even today, only _a__minority of _the__world's population  knows  how to write.

500

Change passive verbs to active and active verbs to passive.

Independence is gained by those on welfare when skills are learned that the marketplace values.

Those on welfare gain independence when they learn skills that the marketplace values.

500

Fix the cohesion/flow in this sentence:

"Anabolic steroids were used to rebuild the body weight of concentration camp survivors after they were developed in the 1930s and gained recognition after World War II".

"The body weight of concentration camp survivors was improved by anabolic steroids, which were developed in the 1930s, but recognized only after WWII."

"Anabolic steroids were developed in the 1930s but gained recognition only after World War II, when they were used to rebuild the body weight of concentration camp survivors"