Punctuation Marks Exercises

Your score is 100%.Questions answered correctly first time: 10/10

1. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between items in a series:
A. ? In the last, 3 years I have traveled to, Canada Japan Brasil London France and, Italy.
B. ? In the last 3 years, I have traveled to,Canada, Japan, Brasil, London, France and Italy.
C. :-) In the last 3 years I have traveled to Canada, Japan, Brasil, London, France and Italy.

2. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between items in a series:
A. :-) Mariana ate this morning, toast bread with butter, eggs, cereal, orange juice and coffe.
B. ? Mariana, ate this morning toast bread with butter, eggs, cereal, orange juice and coffe.
C. ? Mariana ate this morning, toast bread with butter eggs cereal orange juice and coffe.

3. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between two or more adjectives preceding a noun:
A. ? The burnet tall man, told me that the store was closed.
B. :-) The burnet, tall man told me that the store was closed.
C. ? The burnet tall man told me, that the store was closed.

4. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between the clauses of a compound sentence:
A. ? The cat chased, the mouse and the mouse ran away.
B. ? The cat, chased the mouse, and the mouse ran away.
C. :-) The cat chased the mouse, and the mouse ran away.

5. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between the clauses of a compound sentence:
A. :-) He never arrived, so I went by myself to the party.
B ? He never arrived so, I went by myself to the party.
C. ? He never arrived, so I went by myself, to the party

6. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
A. ? My husband; went to the beach I went to a party.
B. :-) My husband went to the beach; I went to a party.
C. ? My husband went to the beach I; went to a party.

7. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
A. ? In the trailer; we packed our sleeping bags which were very heavy.
B. ? In the trailer we packed; our sleeping bags which were very heavy.
C. :-) In the trailer we packed our sleeping bags; which were very heavy.

8. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
A. ? As; I was studying the postman rang twice.
B. :-) As I was studying; the postman rang twice.
C. ? As I was studying the postman; rang twice.

9. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
A. ? Summer in the desert is very hot the cactus plant; is well adapted for survival there.
B. ? Summer; in the desert is very hot the cactus plant is well adapted for survival there.
C. :-) Summer in the desert is very hot; the cactus plant is well adapted for survival there.

10. Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
A. ? I have often tried to grow; African violets I have never been successful.
B. :-) I have often tried to grow African violets; I have never been successful.

C. ? I have often; tried to grow African violets I have never been successful.

Individual Essay (Final Version)

REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR
UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR
INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO "RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA"

Making an Acceptable Decision.

It is known that the idea of living together before marriage has been always a taboo among many people who believe that they are still living in the last century, and still consider it is a fact that could go against popular beliefs in this society, but what is needed to be taken into account is that cohabitating before marriage can provide couples opportunities to explore what marriage involves. Here, it is necessary to ask , what does marriage mean? Couples are inclined to believe that the only thing they need to have a good marrige is love, but what they do not realize is that the word marriage goes further than being in love; it implies cohabitating, respecting, and sharing. It is said that couples do not know enough about each other until they start living together, and this can be one of the main reasons why people who get married and start to cohabitate after it, fall into an annoying relationship. Therefore, couples should live together before marriage in order to know more about each other.

One of the biggest problems couples face is to wait until they are married to realize that they do not have anything in common; in the Inca’s culture, couples had to live together during a period of time before getting married for them to know whether they were compatible or not. If they agreed in what they had just lived together, they could get married[1]. On the other hand, according to David Popenoe, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, National Marriage Project, Rutgers University: “Those who live together before marriage have unhappier marriages and it can kill the romance” But, Would you marry someone who you were not compatible with? On the contrary, those who live together before marriage have the opportunity of not to do it if they feel that their relationship is not working out. Moreover, it is normal to get confused when at first sight people assume they have fallen in love, and what they do not know is that there is a huge difference between having an affair with someone as long as love is alive, and sharing their whole life with a partner accepting also their weaknesses.

In Venezuelan culture, it is not a secret that church consider that couples should not live together before marriage in order to avoid having sexual relations, and in this way, continue the tradition of getting married being virgin, or what means the same, have sexual relations just after marriage. However, it is necessary for society to update church on the fact that sex represents a very useful tool for couples to know whether they are compatible or not. On the other hand, there are many people related to church that support the idea of living together before marriage, for instance: according to Ansel Oliver, more than the third part of young christian people who were interviewed in Brittany said: “Cohabitating before marriage is necessary for the couple”[2]. It does not mean that those people who have decided to live together do not want to follow anymore their beliefs in God; in fact, there are too many women who still have the dream of seeing themselves wearing white on their wedding’s day, and who still desire to think that marriage will last for ever; but instead of that, they just want to try cohabitating to know if their couples are the best choice and to avoid a future desillusion.

Living together before marriage brings lots of benefits to the couple; appart from guarantee them that they are going to be able to make marriage easier, it also helps them to save money for future plans, such as their wedding party, honey moon, and even their next home. Moreover, it is also important that during the transition of cohabitating before marriage, couples should live neither with the boyfriend’s family nor with the girlfriend’s one. It is typical in Venezuelan culture that couples move with their families, and it represents an obstacle that could perturb couples relationship; they should have their own space for them to avoid third people meddling in their relationship. Moreover, it would be easier, and require less work for the couple, to move into a space that one partner has previously occupied, so they will not have to spend money on renting a place to live.

Even if you are against or not the idea of cohabitating before marriage, the point is to think why people make this topic as controversial as if it were a sin. Moreover, this is another time when young couples prefer to live together before to make a mistake they could regret about. Couples need to discover if they are compatible or not, and they can do it if they try linving together before they get married.

Author:
Stephanie Pérez I.D.: 17.570.260
Prof. Manuel Adrián Arrioja
Prof. Diana Feliciano

Punctuation Marks

Punctuation Marks

Punctuation marks are symbols that correspond to neither phonemes (sounds) of a language nor to lexemes (words and phrases), but which serve to indicate the structure and organization of writing, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading it aloud.

In English, punctuation highly determines the meaning of a sentence. For example, "Woman, without her man, is nothing." and "Woman: without her, man is nothing." have greatly different meanings.

Comma (,)

-Use commas to separate items in a series. Example: Our itinerary included Rome, London, and Madrid.
-Use a comma before and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet, when they join independent clauses (unless the clauses are short). Example: The story gets off to a slow start, but it gets exciting toward the end.
-Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and phrases. Example: My father, who started this company, really knows his stuff.
-Use a comma after introductory elements. Examples: Well, how do you do? Before you leave, turn off the lights.
-Use commas to set off an expression that interrupts a sentence. Examples: The article in The Herald, our local paper, is about writing skills. Cabs in New York, I'm certain, obey the speed limit.
-Use a comma in certain conventional situations (to separate items in dates and addresses, after the salutation and closing of a letter, and after a name followed by a title). Examples: January 1,

1992New York, NY

Dear Shirley,

Cordially,

Albert Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Don't use unnecessary commas. Use them sparingly and only to clarify issues. Commas in the wrong places can be confusing.

Semicolon (;)
-Use a semicolon between independent clauses not joined by and, but, nor, for, yet, and so. Example: Read what you've written; don't just pass it on.
-Use a semicolon between independent clauses joined by such words as for example, besides, nevertheless, etc. Example: I think he's right; however, it's difficult to know.
-Use a semicolon between items in a series if the items contain commas. Example: Winners in the competition were Bill, first place; Amy, second place; and Jeff, third place.

Colon (:)
-Use a colon to mean "note what follows." Example: When you go to training, take these items: paper, pencil, and an alert mind.
-Use a colon before a long, formal statement or quotation. Example: We remember Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven years ago...

Apostrophe (')
-To form the possessive case of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and an (s). Examples: Bob's car; One's home. If the addition of an "s" produces an awkward sound, add only the apostrophe. Usually, this is when there is already a double "s" sound. Examples: Moses'; for old times' sake; for goodness' sake.
-To form the possessive case of a plural noun, add an apostrophe after the (s). Example: girls' teams. If the plural form of the word does not end in s, add an apostrophe and an s.Example: women's team.
-Use an apostrophe to show where letters have been omitted in a contraction. Examples: can't = cannot; it's = it is.

Hyphen (-)
-Use a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line. Example: If you are not sure where to hyphen-ate a word, look it up in the dictionary.
-Hyphenate a compound adjective when it precedes the word it modifies. Examples: fast-moving train, long-distance runner.

Dash (--)
-Use a dash to indicate an abrupt break in thought. Example: The truth is--and you probably know it--we can't do without you.
-Use a dash to mean namely, in other words, or that is before an explanation. Example: It was a close call--if he had been in a worse mood, I don't think I'd still be here.

Quotation Marks (" ")
-Put periods and commas inside quotes.
-Put colons and semicolons outside quotes.
-Vary placement of exclamation and question marks according to meaning

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation

Individual Essay (First Draft)

Making an acceptable decision

It is known that the idea of living together before marriage has been always a taboo amoung many people who believe that they are still living in the last century and still consider it is a fact that could go against popular beliefs in this society, but what is needed to be taken into account is that cohabitating before marriage can provide couples opportunities to explore what marriage involves. Here, it is necessary to ask , what does marriage mean? Couples are inclined to believe that the only thing they need to have a good marrige is love, but what they do not realise is that the word marriage goes further than being love; it implies cohabitating, respecting, and sharing. It is said that couples do not know enough about each other until they start living together, and this can be one of the main reasons why people who get married and start to cohabitate after it fall into divorce. Therefore, couples should live together before marriage in order to know more about each other and convince themselves they are compatible.

Cohabitating before marriage is not a new topic. In the Inca’s culture, couples had to live together during a period of time before getting married for them to know whether they were compatible or not. If they agreed in what they had just lived together, they could get married[1]. Even though, what Incas used to practice seems to be the best route for a good marriage, there are some people who believe the opposite, for example, according to David Popenoe, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, National Marriage Project, Rutgers University: “Those who live together before marriage have unhappier marriages and it can kill the romance” . Would you marry someone who you were not compatible with? One of the biggest problems couples face is to wait until they are married to realise that they do not have anything in common, and the only thing they can do to solve their problem is to get divorce. On the contrary, those who live together before marriage have the opportunity of not to do it if they feel that their relationship is not working out. On the other hand, it is normal to get confused when at first sight people assume they had fallen in love, and what they do not know is that there is a huge difference between taking a fancy to someone as long as love is alive and sharing their whole life with a partner accepting also their weaknesses.

According to Ansel Oliver, more than the third part of young christian people who were interviewed in Brittany said: “Cohabitating before marriage is necessary for the couple”[2]. Nevertheless, in Venezuela’s culture, it is not a secret that church consider that couples should not live together before marriage in order to avoid having sexual relations, and in this way, continue the tradition of get married being virgin, or what means the same, have sexual relations just after marriage. However, society should update church on the fact that sex represents a very useful tool for couples to know whether they are compatible or not. It does not mean that those people who have decided to live together do not want to follow anymore their beliefs in God, In fact, there are too many women who still have the dream of seeing themselves wearing white on their wedding’s day and who still desire to think that marriage will last for ever; but, insted of it they just want to try cohabitating in order to see if their couples are the best choice and to avoid a future desillusion.

Appart from guarantee couples that they are going to be able to make marriage easier, living together before marriage also helps them to save money for future plans, such as their wedding party, honey moon, and even their next home. What is also important is that during the transition of cohabitating before marriage, couples should live neither with the boyfriend’s family nor with the girlfriend’s one. It is typical in Venezuelan culture that couples move with their families, and it represents an obstacle that could perturb couples relationship; they should have their own space for them to avoid third people meddling in their relationship. Moreover, it would be easier, and require less work for the couple, to move into a space that one partner has previously occupied, so they will not have to spend money on renting a place to live.

Even if you are against or not the idea of cohabitating before marriage the point is to think why people make this topic as controversial as if it were a sin. Moreover, this is another time where young couples prefer to live together before to make a mistake they would not regret it. In the other hand, couples need to discover if they are compatible or not and they could do it just linving together before marriage.

Essay (Final Version)

REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR

INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO "RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA"

Have you already talked to your girls about sex?

“I was never told about sex before” said Vanessa Guzman, a twelve-year-old girl from El Limon-Maracay, when she was asked the reason why she had decided to have a sexual relation. Her parents said that they had not talked to her about sex because they thought she was not ready to hear about this complex, and for them, embarrassing topic, what they did not take into account was that she was about to reach puberty, and that was the best age to start. On the other hand, Vanessa said that her parents never gave her opportunities to ask questions related to sex and that was why she decided to search for information everywhere except her own home. Vanessa asked the wrong person and now she is pregnant. Therefore, parents should talk about sex to their girls before they reach puberty in order to avoid unplanned pregnancy.
Puberty is the time when a girl's body grows into a woman's body, and it may begin as early as seven or eight years old or as late as fourteen years old. The physical changes are necessary for a girl to reproduce (have babies) later in life. During puberty, hormones are released from girls’ brain, and it cause their ovaries (organs that hold eggs) to produce estrogen, which is the main hormone that starts the body changes, such as pubic, underarms and legs hair growing, and breasts development. In addition to this, girls may start having strong sexual urges and feelings they had not had before. Girls may also develop a romantic attraction to someone and begin dating, it is natural to have changing feelings. Sometimes during puberty, girls may feel distanced from their parents. Parents may feel the same way and may be uncomfortable talking with their girls about intimate issues. Sigel (2003).

One of the biggest problems girls face when they are about to reach puberty is the lack of comunication between their parents and them. Most of the times, talking to their girls about a complex topic such as sex, represents a difficult job for parents, and what they do not take into consideration is that puberty represents the begining of sexual curiosity, and the precise moment at which information about sex and premature pregnancy should be provided. Here two questions are needed to be answered, first of all, why is it difficult for parents to talk about sex to their girls? Sometimes it could be because they do not pay attention to their girls physical and behavior changes, or they do not consider that their girls are mature enough to understand issues related to sex and sexuality, so they avoid answering the possible questions or doubts their girls might have. As a result, girls lose their parents trust, and they choose to search information in different places except their own home. Moreover, parents think they have solved a big problem, but here it is where the second question appears, have they really done it? What they do is to push their girls into a world that can affect their beliefs without realizing it. Nowadays young girls can get information about sex everywhere they go; seeing women who sell their bodies in the streets, or pornography on the web shows clearly how drastic society has changed, and how a sexual relation can be misunderstood. Consequently, girls keep in their minds a wrong concept about what a sexual relation really is, and have no idea about how dangerous it can finish.
According to The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry “It is important to talk about the responsibilities and consequences that come from being sexually active such as pregnancy and feelings about sex; it can help them make the decisions that are best for them without feeling pressured to do something before they are ready” Most parents could delay having conversations related to sex with their girls maybe because they think it is easier for them to promote the choice of abstinence among their girls than provide reliable information to them. Even though parents believe that their “little girls” should not have sex until they get married, they must consider providing them basic information before they reach puberty; for instance, how feelings can take part in any sexual activity or not, contraception, etc, and as a result, avoid irremediable consequences such as unwanted pregnancy.
Simon Forrest, Director, Sex Education Forum, UK and Annabel Kanabus, Director, AVERT, UK said: “The precise age at which information related to sex should be provided depends on the physical, emotional an intellectual development of the young girls as well as their level of understanding” However, in most of the cases, girls who have not reached puberty, specifically at eight years old, can be considered as people ready to start talking about sex and sexuality. Nowadays, it must be relevant for parents to keep a healthy communication with their daughters, although, it is necessary to start as earlier as possible and talk freely about sex in order to get their daughters’ trust. Also it is known that is complicated for parents to take a sit with their girls and explain issues associated to sex, for instance, where babies come from, but the important thing is to discard the same old story about the stork and start putting their feet on the ground, and realize that their girls are able to know more than they can expect. Maybe parents could look for professional help so they can feel less stressful when puberty has come to their girls.
Overall, the sooner parents start talking about sex to their girls the better. What they have to take into account is that the main role they have to play is providing the necessary information about sex in order to keep their young girls away from negative influences that can affect their sexual development, an also their lives. For this reason, parents should start raising issues about sex and sexuality to their girls before they reach puberty and before anybody else does it for them.



“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today”
Benjamín Franklin.



Authors:
Pérez Stephanie C.I.: 17.570.260
Rojas Mayerlyn C.I.: 17.197.850
Sánchez Fernando C.I.: 16.763.972
English IV. Section 801.

Second Draft Essay

Have you already talked to your girls about sex?

“I was never told about sex before” said Vanessa Guzman, a twelve-year-old girl from El Limon-Maracay, when she was asked the reason why she had decided to have a sexual relation. Her parents said that they had not talked to her about sex because they thought she was not ready to hear about this complex, and for them, embarrassing topic, what they did not take into account was that she was about to reach puberty, and that was the best age to start. On the other hand, Vanessa said that her parents never gave her opportunities to ask questions related to sex and that was why she decided to search for information everywhere except her own home. Vanessa asked the wrong person and now she is pregnant. Therefore, parents should talk openly about sex to their girls before they reach puberty and after they have developed patterns of behavior.
One of the biggest problems girls are facing today is the black hole that exists between their parents and them. Most of the times, talking to their girls about a complex topic such as sex, represents a difficult job for parents, and what they do not take into consideration is that nobody can play this role better than them. Here some questions are needed to be answered, why is it difficult for parents to talk about sex to their girls? Sometimes it could be because they do not know when to start raising issues about sex and sexuality, or they do not consider that their girls are mature enough, and they avoid answering the possible questions or doubts their girls might have. As a result, girls lose their parents trust, and they choose to search information in different places except their own home. Moreover, parents think they have solved a big problem, but, have they really done it? What they do is to push their girls into a world that can affect their patterns of behavior and beliefs without realizing it. Nowadays young girls can get information about sex everywhere they go; seeing women who sell their bodies in the streets, or pornography on the web shows clearly how drastic society has changed, and how a sexual relation can be misunderstood. Consequently, girls keep in their minds a wrong concept about what a sexual relation really is, and have no idea about how dangerous it can finish.
According to Simon Forrest, Director, Sex Education Forum, UK and Annabel Kanabus, Director, AVERT, UK, “The precise age at which information related to sex should be provided depends on the physical, emotional an intellectual development of the young girls as well as their level of understanding” However, in most of the cases, girls who have not reached puberty, specifically between the age of nine to eleven years, can be considered as people ready to start talking about sex and sexuality. Most parents could delay having conversations related to sex with their girls maybe because they think it is easier for them to promote the choice of abstinence among their girls than provide reliable information to them. Even though parents believe that their “little girls” should not have sex until they get married, they must consider providing basic information about what a sexual relation involves; for instance, how feelings can take part in any sexual activity or not, contraception, etc, and as a result, avoid irremediable consequences such as sexual transmission diseases, viruses that can attack their bodies, and unwanted pregnancy.
Nowadays, it must be relevant for parents to keep a healthy communication with their daughters, although, it is necessary to start as earlier as possible preferably between nine to ten years old and talk freely and openly about sex in order to get their daughters’ trust. Also it is known that is complicated for parents to take a sit with their girls and explain issues associated to sex, like for instance, where babies come from, but the important thing is to discard the same old story about the stork and start putting the feet on the ground, and realize that their girls are able to know more than they can expect. Maybe parents could look for professional help so they can feel less stressful when puberty has come to their girls.
Overall, the sooner parents start talking about sex to their girls the better. What they have to take into consideration is that the main role they have to play is to try to keep their young girls away from negative influences that can affect their development, an also their lives. For this reason, parents should start raising issues about sex and sexuality to their girls before they reach puberty and before anybody else does it for them.

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today”
Benjamín Franklin.

Developmental Paragraphs (First Draft)

Sex Education that Works

“I was never told about sex before” said Vanessa Guzman, a twelve-year-old girl from El Limon-Maracay, when she was asked the reason why she had decided to have a sexual relation. Her parents said that they had not talked to her about sex because they thought she was not ready to hear about this complex, and for them, embarrassing topic, but what they did not take into account was that she was about to reach puberty, and that was the best age to start. On the other hand, Vanessa said that her parents never gave her opportunities to ask questions related to sex and that was why she decided to search for information everywhere except her own home. Vanessa asked the wrong person and now she is pregnant. Therefore, parents should talk openly about sex to their girls before they reach puberty and after they have developed patterns of behavior.

The lack of communication between parents and their daughters is one of the biggest problems girls are facing today; in fact, girls find it very difficult to talk to their parents about issues that are affecting their lives on a day-to-day basis. Many of them really want to talk to their parents on sex-related topics, but the minute anything that has to do with comes out of their mouths, their parents automatically put themselves in a defense mode and turn their girl’s questions into accusations. The first thing parents think when they are asked about sex is that their girls are having a sexual relationship or they are pregnant. Parents automatically jump to conclusions without even thinking about it. Furthermore, these kinds of parents accusations will eventually turn off their girls, and as a consequence they go to the next best thing, their friends, and what parents do not take into consideration is that sex education has to start at home.

Sex education that works start early and at home, but sometimes it can be difficult for parents to know when to talk about sex to their girls. What is important for parents is to maintain an open mind in order to gain their daughter’s trust, and provided them with opportunities to ask questions related to a sexual relation. However, when to start? The precise age at which information about sex should be provided depends on the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of the young girls, as well as their level of understanding. It is important not to delay providing information to girls but to begin when they are young. At this age, girls can be informed about how people grow and change over time, and how babies become children and then adults. It is also important for girls to be in touch with information related to viruses and germs that attack the body. Even if parents believe that young girls should not have sex until they are married, this does not imply withholding important information about sex and contraception. Rather than trying to frighten young girls away from having sex, effective sex education includes work on attitudes and beliefs, coupled with skills development that enables young girls to choose whether or not to have a sexual relationship, taking into account the potential risks of any sexual activity.

Nowadays young girls can get information about sex and sexuality from a wide range of sources including each other, through the media including advertising, television and magazines, as well as books and websites. Society has changed drastically; for instance, it is normal for young girls to see in the streets women who sell their bodies in order to get some money, and it can affect them negatively because they can take it as a concept about what a sexual relation is. Thus, to avoid negatively consequences, sex education has to start at home in order to provide young girls with an opportunity to explore the reasons why people have sex, and to think how it involves emotions, respect for oneself and other people and their feelings, decisions and bodies.


Elaborated By:
Pérez Stephanie
Rojas Mayerlyn

Sánchez Fernando

Essay Lab Activity

Your score is 100%.Questions answered correctly first time: 15/15

1. What does the introductory paragraph do?
A. It helps you to develop the essay.
B. It shows in a sentence the essay's purpose.
C. It summarizes the main idea of the essay.
D. :-) It introduces the main idea of the essay.

2. Select the most appropiate transition word to add more information:
A. On the other hand.
B. First.
C. :-) Furthermore.
D. Thus.

3. Which transition words do you need to show cause and effect?
A. However, even though, on the other hand, nevertheless.
B. Another, in addition to, related to, furthermore, also.
C. First, second, third.
D. :-) Therefore, thus, as result of, consequently.

4. What does the concluding paragraph do?
A. :-) It summarizes or restates the main idea of the essay.
B. It provides background information about the topic.
C. It introduces the main idea of the essay.
D. It develops the main idea of the essay.

5. In a descriptive essay you should...
A. :-) Provide details about how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, makes one feel or sounds.
B. Discuss the similarities and differences between two things, people, concepts, places, etc.
C. Present objections and refute them.
D. Separate things or ideas into specific categories and discuss each of them.

6. What is a thesis statement?
A. It is the first sentence of each paragraph.
B. :-) It is a single sentence somewhere in your first paragraph, that present your argument to the reader.
C. It is a sentence that connect to paragraph.
D. It is a sentence that gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to deal with.

7. What is a supporting paragraph?
A. It is the opening paragraph that catch the reader interest.
B. It is a paragraph that contains the thesis statement.
C. :-) It is a pargraph that makes up the main body of the essay.
D. It is the conclution of an essay after you have finished developing your ideas.

8. A subordinating conjunction is use to...
A. To join individual words, phrases and independent clause.
B. :-) To introduce a dependent clause and indicate the nature of the relationship amog dependent clause and the independent clause.
C. To link equivalent sentence elements.
D. To keep coherence.

9. A traditionally thesis statement is...
A. As long as a composition.
B. :-) No longer than one or possible two sentences, even if your paper is long.
C. As long as you want.
D. As long as the concluding paragraph.

10. What is a topic sentence?
A. It is a sentence that identifies the purpose of an essay.
B. :-) It is a sentence that gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about.
C. It is a sentence that declares what you believe and what you intend to prove.
D. It is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the essay is going to deal with.

11. What do we use transition words for?
A. :-) We use them to connect paragraphs and make an essay easier to read.
B. We use them to separate one paragraph from another.
C. We use them to link the thesis statement and final thoughts.
D. We use them to put in order a paragraph.

12. What is an essay?
A. It is a text about several topics.
B. :-) It is an organized collection of your ideas about an specific topic.
C. It is a text where you can write all kind of ideas.
D. It is a long composition about someone's private life.

13. What is an outline?
A. It is a draft that contains all the ideas of the essay.
B. It is a text that provides ideas.
C. It is a guideline that will help you to find the purpose of the essay.
D. :-) It is an organized format of your ideas.

14. What is an argumentative essay?
A. :-) It is an essay that attempts to persuade the reader to the writer's point of view.
B. It is an essay that explains why or how some events happened, and what the results are.
C. Its is a essay that defines and classifies things or ideas into specific categories.
D. It is an essay that gives directions or intructions about how to complete a task, or how something is done.

15. An effective paragraph should contain:
A. A topic sentence and the major points.
B. :-) Unity, coherence, a topic sentence and adequate development.
C. An introductory, supporting and concluding paragraph.

D. A thesis statement.

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