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What are the 4 ways to open an essay?
Question
Quotation
Startling statement
Story
What is survivor guilt?
When one loses a friend or family member and the survivor feels remorse and responsibility for the friend's death.
swim
No one has _____________ across the English Channel in years
swum
I missed the bus I guess I'm walking to school.
I missed the bus; I guess I'm walking to school.
A heavy load
Burden
The first sentence of an essay is called the________. It is meant to get the intersst of the reader.
Hook
The bond between soldiers is not only based on duty but on _____________.
Love
go
My friend had ________________ to the store right before it was robbed.
gone
My goal was to read 3 books this summer however I only read 1book.
My goal was to read 3 books this summer; however, I only read 1 book.
Feeling sorry for doing wrong
Remorse
This sentence tells what the essay is about.
Thesis statement
There is a thread of caring between soldiers. This is a form of ________________.
Empathy
burst
The water main _____________ due to age.
Burst
Neither of us speak Spanish or French we had to get a translator.
Neither of us speak Spanish or French; we had to get a translator.
Having sympathy for someone
Empathetic
What group was on the doomed plane in "Miracle of the Andes"?
Rugby team and some family members
In Iraq in 2003, this soldier was blown up in his vehicle do to an acccidental misfire.
Private Joseph Mayek
bring
How many of you _______________ your books to class?
Brought
When driving a car, one must remember to watch for traffic, use directional signals, stop at red lights and give pedestrians the right of way.
When driving a car, one must remember to watch for traffic; to use directional signals; to stop at red lights; and to give pedestrians the right of way.
The power to do something
Capability
What group was stranded in the Thai cave?
Soccer team
At the death of the soldier who died in an accidental gun misfire, this Captain feld tremendous survivor's guilt.
Captain John Prior
shrink
My favorite jeans had _____________ in the dryer because I put the thermostate on hot.
Shrunk
This summer I will visit London England Paris France Madrid Spain Rome Italy and Athens Greece.
This summer I will vist London, England; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; and Athens, Greece.
An inner feeling of right and wrong
Conscience