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What is a persuasive essay
- A persuasive essay has the goal of convincing the audience to believe or to do something.
- A persuasive essay attempts to convince the audience to believe as you do. With all the facts and information that you supply, it urges the audience to adopt your conclusions on the topic.
- It attempts to convince readers to adopt a certain point of view or to take a particular action.
- A persuasive essay is an essay that tries to get you to do something, like when you read an essay it makes you feel compelled to do something. A petition can be considered as a persuasive essay if its written in that format because its trying to persuade you to do something.
What is a split infinitive
A grammatical construction in which an adverb is placed to and the verb stem
What is a logically interrelated set of statements
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb
E. Gerund A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb
E. Gerund A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb
E. Gerund
What is the name of the common error in the following sentence Having risen because of the rains the hiker were unable to cross the river a infinitive phase b un on sentence c dangling modifer d prepo
08/12/08 answer is c Dangling Modifier I just took the test and
missed this one
What is a participial adjective
A participial adjective is a present or past participle that is
used to modify a noun.
How do you write a personification essay
Personification is an author's use of human-like qualities on
something that is not human. To write an essay about this topic,
one would have to, not only identify its meaning, but recognize its
uses and benefits as a literary tool.
The thesis statement should do what
A thesis statement should summarize your ideas in one sentence.
In a persuasive essay it would summarize your points of view.
What form of figurative language does the following sentence represent
The baby was as cute as a button in her little hat and sweater
What mechanics are responsible for regulating sodium and water intake for regulating blood pressure
What mechanics are responsible for regulating sodium and water
intake for regulating blood pressure
Can subordinate clauses stand alone as a sentence
no, subordinate clauses cannot stand alone because they do not
state a complete thought. They may be missing a verb, subject, or
just don't make sense when standing alone.
What is a sentence fagment
A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A complete
sentence requires at least a subject and verb. A sentence fragment
is missing one of these.
What is a run on sentcene
I am in 5th grade and I know a run on sentence it is a sentence
with commas to separate your full sentence
Which punctuation marks is used to link independent clauses
Ask us is the best definition of the hook
The part of your essay's introduction that is designed to grab your reader's attention
Identify the problem in the following sentence:Tracy rides bulls in rodeos heβs really good. A. Fused sentence B. Comma splice C. Sentence fragment D. Dangling modifier
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