What is 1. changing sentence type
2. changing clauses to phrases and vice versa
3. changing sentence voice
4. using synonyms
5. changing word type
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Name at least 2 types of memory
What is sensory memory; short-term, or working memory, long-term memory
100
What does a paragraph consist of?
What is topic sentence, the body, and the concluding sentence
100
Identify the grammar error and correct it:
Joanna studying hard and struggling to get a passing grade in her English class.
What is sentence fragment:
Joanna studied hard and struggled to get a passing grade in her English class.
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the information that is kept in memory
What is storage
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taking some information, ideas, or special language from another source and using it in one's writing without giving credit is considered to be .....?
What is plagiarism
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define the term "Economic expansion"
What is Business is growing; supply and demand are going up; economy is increasing
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What does an essay consist of?
What is the introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, the concluding paragraph.
200
Reduce the adverbial clause in the following sentence:
I became fascinated by Cambodia while I was reading a travelogue on the country.
What is
I became fascinated by Cambodia while reading a travelogue on the country.
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The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words
What is acoustic encoding
300
Generally an in-text citation includes...?
What is last name of an author if not author, the name of the article, year, and page/paragraph number
300
Define the term "GDP"
What is the total value of all goods and services produced in the economy during a specified period of time.
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What is the difference between the choppy and stringy sentences?
What is several sentences in a row without connections are called choppy; combining too many independent clauses results in a stringy sentence.
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Identify the error and correct it:
Some people love celebrating their birthday, some people would just as soon forget them.
What is a comma splice
Some people love celebrating their birthdays; some people would just as soon forget them. ( or "...birthdays, and some...; "..birthdays. Some...")
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to form a picture of someone or something in your mind [= imagine]
What is visualize
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What are some ways to avoid plagiarism? Name 3.
What is summary; quote; paraphrase
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Recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
What is "Business cycle"
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Name the main features of a summary.(hint: 4 features)
What is 1. summary is always shorter than the original;
2. it contains only main ideas of an article; we should NOT add any of our own ideas.
3. when writing a summary, we should use our own words and grammar
4. we should include a reference to the source of an article.
400
What does "FANBOYS" stand for?
What is coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
500
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
What is transform
500
Name at least 5 reporting phrases/verbs
What is An author argues that
asserts that
claims that
maintains that
reports that
indicates...
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Name three basic memory processes
What is 1. encoding
2. storage
3. retrieval
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Name 3 verb phrases of agreement and 4 hedging phrases we can use in our writing
What is 1.to be in agreement with;
2.to concur with;
3.to have the same opinion; i
1.t's possible/not possible that;
2.I believe that;
3.almost always;
4.more or less;
5.as some see it,
6. in general
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name at least 6 subordinating conjunctions
What is because, although, though, if, when, while, since, after, before, unless, until, whereas