Grammar
Add the correct apostrophes & letters. (Correct the two statements)
Its raining cats and dogs.
Your going to have to turn your work in.
It's raining cats and dogs.
You're going to have to turn your work in.
What does Unger learn about some female "guests" to the mountain?
They were murdered
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“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
The Grinch
When you need to get stuff done you should listen to???
Sweeps Beats
Is there a comma missing here or not?
If so, where does it go?
“He did not learn anything that day because he was asleep in class.”
“He did not learn anything that day, because he was asleep in class.”
What does Percy's family have as a legacy from the past?
Slaves
What were the two expos articles you could write about?
Russian War and Vermont Recycling
You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card."
Elf
What is she asking other countries to do?
That the Ukraine war has been going on longer than we think and that other countries should aid Ukraine.
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
Bob had four things to do that day, sleep, eat, shower, and mow the lawn.
Bob had four things to do that day: sleep, eat, shower, and mow the lawn.
Who does Braddock offer a big diamond to during the fight?
God
Name two themes from The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.
Greed, capitalism, Freedom, religion, the American dream, etc.
OW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
A Christmas story
What is a difference between a recycling law and a deposit law?? What does vermont have.
Deposit laws allow you to get paid
Deposit laws
Fix the following sentence:
"The pancakes were delicious, they were fluffy and sweet.”
The pancakes were delicious; they were fluffy and sweet.
What prep school outside Boston, Mass. does Unger go to and meet Percy Washington at?
Answer: St. Midas
Midas was the greedy Greek king who wished for the "Golden Touch" so as to increase his wealth, only to face starvation when he turned food into gold. Most publishers worried that Fitzgerald's satirical reference would be construed as blasphemous.
Turn this thesis from a report to an argument:
In this essay, I will be highlighting the positives and negatives of stem-cell research while also observing the various revelations that have occurred thanks to it.
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Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.
The Polar Express
What is synthesis?
the combination of ideas to form a theory or system.
Fix the punctuations: (Hint: there are 4 missing)
And so when the baby was born in June nearly two months premature the parents were happy but quite nervous and they still had to buy all of the baby supplies.
And so, when the baby was born in June—nearly two months premature—the parents were happy but quite nervous, and they still had to buy all of the baby supplies.
Name the "small town on the Mississippi River" rich boy John T. Unger comes from.
Hades
When citing using MLA format, what do you use for the in-text citation on:
A book
A movie
A Website
book - author's last name & Page number
Movie - Directors name OR Movie's Title
Website- Author, Article or Website name. (Whichever is available)
I believe, I believe, it’s silly, but I believe.
Miracle on 34th Street
What is rhetoric? or Rhetorical writing?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.