Allied American University ENG 160 Module 1

1. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence: Before class, Antonietta and Jorge rushed to the coffee machine in the hall. SLO5: Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5A: Identify subjects and verbs. LO3A: Define an effective thesis statement. 3. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: The people in the all night coffee shop seemed weary and lost. SLO5: Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5B: Describe how to correct fragments and run-on sentences. LO3D: List the prewriting techniques. 5. Which of the following is not a part of the traditional essay? LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay. 6. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: The amber lights on its sides outlined the tractor-trailer in the hazy dusk. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5B:Describe how to correct fragments and run-on sentences. 7. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence: The little girl’s frantic family called a psychic to locate the child.

SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5A:Identify subjects and verbs. 8. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: The people in the apartment above ours fight loudly. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5B:Describe how to correct fragments and run-on sentences. 9. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Waiting in the long ticket line, Matt shifted his weight from one foot to the other. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5B:Describe how to correct fragments and run-on sentences. LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay. 11. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence: With one graceful motion, the shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5A:Identify subjects and verbs. 12. The following question refers to APA Style: When was the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published? SLO3:Understand how to organize the essay, provide support as evidence, and present a convincing thesis. LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay.

LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5A:Identify subjects and verbs. LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay. LO3D:List the prewriting techniques. 17. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: The jar of peppercorns tumbled from the spice shelf and shattered on the floor. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. LO5B:Describe how to correct fragments and run-on sentences. SLO3:Understand how to organize the essay, provide support as evidence, and present a convincing thesis. LO3D:List the prewriting techniques. SLO3:Understand how to organize the essay, provide support as evidence, and present a convincing thesis. LO3D:List the prewriting techniques. 20. Which of the following is not a benefit of writing the traditional essay? Mastering the traditional essay will help make you a better writer. Writing the traditional essay will decrease your reading skills. Writing the traditional essay will strengthen your skills as a reader and listener. Essay writing will make you a stronger thinker. SLO3:Understand how to organize the essay, provide support as evidence, and present a convincing thesis. LO3B:Describe the structure of the traditional essay. SLO5:Learn the format and tone of professional writing. SLO3: Understand how to organize the essay, provide support as evidence, and present a convincing thesis. SLO4: Evaluate arguments for quality of thesis and support development.

Updated on September 25, 2018 Virginia Kearney moreVirginia has been a university English instructor for over 20 years. She specializes in helping people write essays faster and easier. Responding to an article is a common writing assignment in College English. I wrote this article as a sample of how students can write an interesting response to something they have read. In writing a Response essay, you need to summarize the original article, but you also need to explain what that article taught you and how you agree or disagree with it. Read the following to see how to make an article flow smoothly and how to integrate the summary with the response. An interesting Harvard study concluded that kids who attend 4th of July celebrations grow up to vote Republican. My husband alerted me to this study when he read about it in an L.A.Times article. I thought it was a joke.