Category: Writing

“Once I am sure there’s nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.”
What feelings are evoked by the word
thud
?
How would the meaning change if the speaker let the door
slam
shut?
Write down five different verbs which express the closing of a door and a specific feeling that each verb evokes.
“Twenty bodies were thrown out of our wagon. Then the train resumed its journey, leaving behind it a few hundred naked dead, deprived of burial, in the deep snow of a field in Poland.”
In this selection, Wiesel never refers to the men who die on the journey as men. He refers to them as
bodies
or simply
dead
. How does his diction shape the reader’s understanding of the horror?
How would the meaning change if we substituted
dead people
for
bodies?
Change the italicized word in the sample sentence to a word that disassociates the reader from the true action of the sentence.
Fifteen chickens were
slaughtered
for the feast.

(1) There are
three main functions
of a thesis statement. Choose one of the best answers that is NOT of these main functions:
A) Claims something specific about the subject
B) Provides arrangement of ideas
C) Narrows down the subject to a central idea
D) Explains the similarities and differences between two subjects
(2) Choose the best answer that defines an
argumentative thesis statement:
A) The author conveys his purpose
B) The author aims to convince the readers of something
C) The author explains something to the readers
D) The author wants to address a problem and propose a solution
(3) Where should the thesis statement be
organized
in a formal essay?
A) Last sentence in the introduction
B) First sentence in the introduction
C) First sentence in the conclusion
D) Last sentence in the first body paragraph

i need an analysis for the poem the shark by Edwin john pratt
•The poem’s theme
•Its meaning and context
•Its use of figurative language
•Its rhythm
and what each stanza stands for and its meaning.

All of the following are correct punctuation of an interjection
except
_______
Huh? What was the announcement?
Yikes! Are you OK?
Well, what happened is what we expected.
Oh you didn’t have to pay for me.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Many companies now sell their products and services online; on the other hand, some companies focus exclusively on in-house sales.

Use referents and transitions to connect these sentences together into a coherent paragraph.
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Eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers is good for the health of the environment, the health of our bodies, and the health of the economy.
Eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers benefits the environment because the fruits and vegetables do not have to be transported very far.
Less transit means less fossil fuels to pollute the environment.
Our bodies benefit from eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers because the produce retains more vitamins than produce that was picked days or weeks earlier.
We derive health benefits from fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers because preservatives and waxes are often not used by small farmers.
Local economies will benefit if we buy from small farmers who have trouble competing with big corporations.

Which passage from Grendel best illustrates the theme “there is a monster in every person”?
A. The king has given me splendid gifts. He will see tonight that his gifts have not gone for nothing! Prepare to fall, foul thing! (83)
B. (The warrior’s] mouth, which moved – or so it seemed to me – independent of the words, as if the body of the stranger were a ruse, a disguise for something infinitely more terrible. (155)
C. No man above us will ever know whether Unferth died here or fled to the hills like a coward. Only you and I and God will know the truth. That’s inner heroism. (88)
D. And the joy of self-knowledge, that’s a great compensation! The easy and absolute certainty that whatever the danger, however terrible the odds, you’ll stand firm. (85)