big_bad_buff
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last time I will post this BS. I have to write a 15 page paper, and a 9 page for another class. help will be very much Appreciated. I'll throw some green your way as well.
Sentence structureIdentify the sentence pattern
Question 1:
When we research a topic, we try to make connections among the time, the people, and the topic.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 2:
Research skills are necessary for us to be able to learn whatever is needed.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 3:
One of the problems we have in research is trying to discern the validity of the sources we find.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 4:
Checking the home page of the source is one way of finding out its validity, but sometimes that doesn't help us know the web page creator's credentials.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 5:
We can be fairly sure the web site is a good source if we see that it is sponsored by a college or university.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 6:
An encyclopedia is a very general source, and it should not be often used because the writing will not be specific enough.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 7:
Every student should use the College library by setting up the link to the proxy server.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 8:
Although it may be difficult getting the link set up, the college library will have resources available such as access to Gale Research and other sources.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 9:
When you get into the library page, you should click on Gale Research; you will have access to thousands of scholarly journal articles.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 10:
Working very hard for eight weeks, this class has improved both their writing skills and their research ability.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Correct usage
Choose the sentence with the best usage.
Question 1:
It has been a long time since most of us had to review grammar and sentence patterns.
a: time,
b: grammar,
c: no change
Question 2:
My favorite poet is William Butler Yeats who some call the father of modern poetry.
a: Yeats who
b: Yeats, whom
c: no change
Question 3:
He was a tall, skinny fellow, and one of the weekly magazines had a caricature of another poet and he with coats flying.
a: fellow and
b: poet and him with
c: no change
Question 4:
He must have been a sight with his coat tails flying as he strode through the streets.
a: sight, with
b: tail's flying
c: no change
Question 5:
Several of his poems was about a character he called Crazy Jane, she was a feisty old woman who at times was rather earthy.
a: Jane;
b: whom
c: no change
Question 6:
One of the famous Crazy Jane poems was "Crazy Jane Talks to the Bishop".
a: was, "Crazy Jane
b: Bishop."
c: no change
Question 7:
James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and him were contemporaries from Ireland.
a: and he
b: and him,
c: no change
Question 8:
Yeats poem, "The Second Coming" is one of his most famous poems; it is quoted fairly often.
a: poems,
b: Yeats'
c: no change
Question 9:
My favorite lines from this are "Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."
a: apart,
b: falconer,
c: no change
Question 10:
It is followed by, "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." I'd love to here Vincent Price say those lines.
a: conviction;
b: drowned,
c: no change
Sentence structureIdentify the sentence pattern
Question 1:
When we research a topic, we try to make connections among the time, the people, and the topic.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 2:
Research skills are necessary for us to be able to learn whatever is needed.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 3:
One of the problems we have in research is trying to discern the validity of the sources we find.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 4:
Checking the home page of the source is one way of finding out its validity, but sometimes that doesn't help us know the web page creator's credentials.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 5:
We can be fairly sure the web site is a good source if we see that it is sponsored by a college or university.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 6:
An encyclopedia is a very general source, and it should not be often used because the writing will not be specific enough.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 7:
Every student should use the College library by setting up the link to the proxy server.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 8:
Although it may be difficult getting the link set up, the college library will have resources available such as access to Gale Research and other sources.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 9:
When you get into the library page, you should click on Gale Research; you will have access to thousands of scholarly journal articles.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Question 10:
Working very hard for eight weeks, this class has improved both their writing skills and their research ability.
a: simple
b: compound
c: complex
d: compound/complex
Correct usage
Choose the sentence with the best usage.
Question 1:
It has been a long time since most of us had to review grammar and sentence patterns.
a: time,
b: grammar,
c: no change
Question 2:
My favorite poet is William Butler Yeats who some call the father of modern poetry.
a: Yeats who
b: Yeats, whom
c: no change
Question 3:
He was a tall, skinny fellow, and one of the weekly magazines had a caricature of another poet and he with coats flying.
a: fellow and
b: poet and him with
c: no change
Question 4:
He must have been a sight with his coat tails flying as he strode through the streets.
a: sight, with
b: tail's flying
c: no change
Question 5:
Several of his poems was about a character he called Crazy Jane, she was a feisty old woman who at times was rather earthy.
a: Jane;
b: whom
c: no change
Question 6:
One of the famous Crazy Jane poems was "Crazy Jane Talks to the Bishop".
a: was, "Crazy Jane
b: Bishop."
c: no change
Question 7:
James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and him were contemporaries from Ireland.
a: and he
b: and him,
c: no change
Question 8:
Yeats poem, "The Second Coming" is one of his most famous poems; it is quoted fairly often.
a: poems,
b: Yeats'
c: no change
Question 9:
My favorite lines from this are "Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."
a: apart,
b: falconer,
c: no change
Question 10:
It is followed by, "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." I'd love to here Vincent Price say those lines.
a: conviction;
b: drowned,
c: no change

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