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Question 1
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Q. Which option is not a sentence?
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He laughed uncontrollably.
Rolled along the sidewalk.
She loved running at night.
Her dog barked and cried.
Question 2
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Q. Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.
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Question 3
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Q. In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.
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Question 4
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Q. In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser argues that cluttered writing is bad writing, however it can be fixed by eliminating all unnecessary or unclear words.
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Question 5
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Q. Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task.
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Question 6
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Q. Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.
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Question 7
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Q. It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing.
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Question 8
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Q. Revision is essential to good writing, consequently it is important to develop a revision process that works.
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Question 9
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Q. It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing.
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Question 10
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Q. Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect.
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Question 11
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Q. Some educated people believe in witchcraft, I am not one of them.
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Question 12
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Q. The zoo is a wonderful experience for everyone; you should go.
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Question 13
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Q. Mother got a letter from Aunt Esther, she is coming next week.
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Question 14
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Q. While Eric is a brave boy who never complains about his illness.
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Question 15
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Q. The war lasted ten years many young men were killed.
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Question 16
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Q. I go to bed at 10:00 otherwise I can’t get up in the morning.
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Question 17
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Q. If I don't go to bed at 10:00.
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Question 18
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Q. Because I can’t find my math book.
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Question 19
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Q. I baked oatmeal cookies they had raisins in them, too.
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Question 20
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Q. Our elm tree must be cut down because it has Dutch elm disease.