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Writing and Composition
Includes questions related to the study and use of various written works.
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What can you do to keep from plagiarizing?
How do you know if you plagiarized someone's work? Or how do you know if you have committed plagiarism? The easiest way to find out if you plagiarized a work is to put the original words side by side with what you wrote yourself. How many of the words are truly YOURS? How many of your words just repeat what the other person wrote?
Your writing should be:
- your own original thoughts
- held together with well-thought-out points (ingredients)
- seasoned with short points that others made
- peppered with a quoted definition, here and there
- carefully combined, tossed, mixed, until it holds together well (like making a meal)
- presented with correct grammar and punctuation
- served with some level of your interest or passion
- consumed (read) by an audience who ends up interested, entertained, educated (filled up) by what YOU have written
Your writing should NOT:
- simply repeat what someone else said
- repeat what someone else thinks/thought
- paraphrase in such a way that makes it too similar to the original
- take (lift) sentences or paragraphs from something someone else wrote
- use someone else's work without crediting that person
- be dishonest in any way
The hare peered out of the brush, only to be seen and to dart back in, terrified.
What are the elements of a paragraph?
Sentences? A paragraph is made up of sentences. It begins with a topic sentence, continues with supporting sentences, and ends with a concluding sentence. * New person * And I would like to cal a "hook" is a sentence to lead the reader into reading the paragraph.
What is a synonym for the word consultations?
Some synonyms for "consultations" are appointment, argument, buzz session, clambake, confab, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, groupthink, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow, second opinion, and session.
What does a blue-collar approach mean?
It means working on the shop floor of a factory - often as a manual worker or mechanic. It is seen as a rung below a white collar worker who is usually employed in an office.
The essay is a difficult thing to catagorize. An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the matter. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task.
One type of essay is called stream of consciousness, which involves the writer jotting down every thought that goes through their head as fast as they can.
Another is an informative essay. This is where you're aiming to explain, teach, or- for lack of a better word- inform someone about something.
There is also the persuasive essay, which involves attempting to get the reader to see your point of view on a topic.
There are several other types of essays, such as the comparison essay, the analysis essay, or the narrative essay.
However, the essay as a whole varies as to what 'type' of writing it is. It can be non-fiction or fiction. The length of an essay depends on how well you know your topic.
What is a word that describes people who work well together?
Participation. Co-operation. Support. Listening. Sharing.
What is the purpose of the following sentence?
A hook in a topic sentence is designed to get the reader's attention.
Do you prefer working alone or in a group?
That sort of depends on the job you are going for, but for the most part be honest without being negative towards what you don't prefer to do.
I think an excellent employee needs to be good at both.
Try to learn as much as you can about the job. What does it involve on a day-to-day basis and how much will you need to work independently as opposed to collaborating with others?
For most jobs, you will need to do some combination of both. The interviewer will want to hear that you derive satisfaction from doing good work on your own and enjoy the opportunity to focus on tasks, while you also thrive in a team and benefit from the interaction with colleagues. It's no contradiction to enjoy both. Working as part of a team is essential sometimes. A group dynamic can be very productive and creative. You can bounce ideas off one another and learn from each other's experience. At other times you can be much more productive on your own.
The balance will depend very much on the job you're interviewing for.
Honestly, I hope, but you can hedge a little: "I like to work with a group, but have a part of the project that is my personal responsibility." Of course, if you are applying for a position as a lighthouse keeper, you definitely prefer to work alone. If you are going to Antarctica, you definitely want to be a team player.
A good sentence using the word 'ingenuous' could be 'The student made an ingenuous remark by saying they forgot their homework on the bus'. Another sentence might be 'Sarah's ingenuous behavior made her easy prey for the robbery'.
What is the most important part of a paragraph?
The most important part of a paragraph is its main sentence(s) that has the topic of that paragraph's central idea.
How many chapters does a novel have?
Typical novels are about 260 pages, 65,000 words, and 18 chapters, about 14 pages a chapter. But for suspense novels you'll be going up into 50's and even to 90 chapters with only 3-4 pages a chapter.
Romance novels have less chapters with typically more pages per chapter.
But really, chapters really depend. But a novel should be about 65,000 words and the chapters shouldn't go over 20 pages unless your writing something historical.
Subjective writing, as with a subjective observation, is based on personal opinions or beliefs rather than exclusively on facts. Political and religious literature often contains subjective material from the author or other sources. In some cases, the writing may be based on opinion but simply presented for the reader's examination. In other cases, it is used in persuasive efforts such as editorials and speeches.
Where to put a period in a quote?
Right before the quote ends. For example:
He said, "You are a jerk."
When would you use written communication?
People use written communication for many reasons. One reason might be that they want to send a message to somebody that they can't talk to, or they want the recipient to have the written message to physically keep. Somebody might use written communication to compile data that will be used for reference in the future. Somebody who is unable to speak might use writing as a means of communication.
What is the next stage of the writing process after brainstorming?
The brainstorming comes as the initial form of writing, also called pre-writing. The four stages for creating a new work, especially of writing, are:
1. Brainstorming
2. Culling and selecting
3. Writing/implementing
4. Editing/improving
Some authorities emphasize that one of the secrets to finishing polished creative works is to keep steps 1 and 2 very separate, and again keep steps 3 and 4 separate.
In other words, don't cull (eliminate) ideas while brainstorming, and don't edit while you write. This keeps your energy focused and improves productivity and confidence, and avoids "writer's block".
Write a paragraph about driving a car?
There are many ways to travel to work, to school, and to home. I like to drive car than walking . There are many reason why I like driving. First when I drive I can arrive faster if there is not heavy traffic . second when it rain I do not get wet. Another reason when the weather warmer I do not get hot. Finally driving more comfortable than walking. These my reasons why I like driving than walking.
The role of the supporting sentence that makes up the body of classification and division paragraphs is to explain how to classify the objects introduced in the topic sentence into smaller groups, or they list the parts of the item introduced in the topic sentence.
How many words is half a page typed?
There are approximately 250 words per double spaced typed page.
More specifically there are between 2,622 and 3818 Characters on a normal 8x10 page depending on Capitalization and Font. This estimation is given for the typical Times New Roman with font size 12.
Okay it's simple if you follow our structure !
Think of SEEC (English) or SEEL (history)
The difference between the two is in English you give your personal view/ Comment whereas in History you Link the question back to the answer (no personal view)
Okay, let's start with English
Let say the question is : Describe an important event in your novel and explain what was difficult about them .
Okay now the essay starts with you describing the novel in a short few sentences ... also at the end of the paragraph add in what you are going to talk about (from the paragraph below you can tell that I'm going to talk about her disability, her brothers and her family life)
For Example: In the novel End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale it tells a fictional story about a 14 year old girl named Ruby Yarrow. Ruby is the kind of person who hasn't learnt to say no. She slaves away 24/7 for her family getting her brothers ready for school, taking one of her younger brothers to school before she starts her day. When Ruby gets to school she is greeted by her friends and her best friend Tia who tells her she needs a "backbone" . Then school starts and it's twice as hard for Ruby because she can't read or write very well Because she has a learning disability . After school Ruby picks up one of her younger brothers, Davey. She then gets home to deal with Max one of her other brothers who treats her like a slave and on top of all of this she still has to entertain Davey while cooking dinner for six and doing her homework.
Now after all that we can start to answer the question!
You start with the first half (Describe an important event in your novel) of the question and you answer it!
In SEEC format
- S-statement- Make a general statement, for example: An event that interested me was when Ruby learnt Portuguese despite the fact that she had a learning disability.
- E- Expand- Expand on the statement, for example: It was easy for Ruby to want to learn the language because at the start she wanted to go to Brazil so that she could be like everyone else and everyone else would be in same position and not be able to read or write but the interesting thing was that ruby picked up the language in a short time just by talking to Maria and Cat in Portuguese.
- E- Evidence- Give Evidence from the book, for example: An example of this was when Ruby Learnt new words everyday when Maria picked up Cat, Maria and Ruby would talk in Portuguese " No we will speak Portuguese. It's the way to learn more words. You have to stretch yourself. I learnt the words for unfair, apology, support, splitting our family, strike and confused"
- C-Comment- say what you think and how you can relate to this, for example: I think that it would have been hard for anyone to learn a language and through out the book I felt rather proud of the character Ruby because even though people through the book told her she couldn't do thinks because of her learning disability. She proved them wrong and did them anyway.
Now the next half of the question (explain what was difficult about them .)
You do this in 2-3 parts depending on how many things you mentioned in your first paragraph !
- Paragraph 1 is in SEEC format talking about the First point you made
- Paragraph 2 is in SEEC format talking about the Second point you Made
- Paragraph 3 (if you have one) is talking about the third point you made
- Then the conclusion where you just wrap everything up ! (it's short)
In conclusion (Never do this--"In conclusion" is redundant in an essay. The essay is your conclusion.) I really enjoyed the novel. There were lots of interesting events, there were so many Characters with different personalities and so many important ideas that the author portrayed in the novel. The best thing about this novel for me was that most times I was able to relate to the characters or the situations they were in.
I think that the novel is an ideal read for me and it's one of those books you could just read over and over again.
Factual writing is writing about something that is a true story, or informational and shows how to do something. Reference books, biographies, textbooks, and subjects such as Math, Science, Social Studies, and Government are all examples of factual topics.
What are the paragraphs that make up the body of the essay?
hi my name is gem im 23 years old my favorite is chicken and my habit is sleeping, chating and everything.
What are some good names for witch characters?
You need to invent your own names if you're going to be a writer. Don't depend on some anonymous person on the internet to invent your characters for you!
Writers who copy ideas from other people can also end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.
I use online name generators for the names of my secondary characters - the main characters. I take my time and choose special names from baby name books!
Click on the LINKS for character name generator websites!
