For six of the following, identify the author and write five
carefully chosen sentences on the meaning of the quotation.
7. “Then there is the ‘old lady effect.’ Consider the case of a
two-parent, four-child family that has occupied a ten-room rental
dwelling. One by one the children grow up, marry, and move
elsewhere. The husband dies. Now the lady is left with a gigantic
apartment.” --- Walter Block
For six of the following, identify the author and write five
carefully chosen sentences on the meaning of the quotation.
“The last few centuries have seen us banish starvation and
famine from a large part of the Earth. In the most successful
countries, the average citizen now enjoys a material standard of
living that would have made the greatest king of two hundred years
ago turn green with envy.” ---John V.C. Nye
Please write a paragraph of 5-7 well-developed sentences
responding to the following short-answer prompt:
The price of gasoline and tolls or of mass
transportation is one of the top concerns of young and old alike in
today’s world. It especially hits students hard as they travel back
and forth from school and work. What are some of the steps a
student can take to ease the burden of this cost?
Make sure that you include a topic sentence and specific...
Concise and Concrete Sentences
Directions: Carefully read
each of the following sentences; rewrite each making it concise and
concrete. Make each sentence as short as possible without losing
essential detail and as specific and detailed as necessary to
convey its meaning. DO NOT change the meaning or drop any essential
details of any sentence. After reading your sentence, your reader
should have no questions about the intended message.
EX.: The employee told me I could receive money
back.
Correction:...
Write three to five sentences about Escherichia Coli bacteria.
Such as the shape of the bacteria, gram stain, diseases that can be
caused by this bacteria, and etc.
Write three to five sentences about Pseudomonas aeruginosa
bacteria. Such as the shape of the bacteria, gram stain, diseases
that can be caused by this bacteria, and etc.
Write an 800- to 1,050-word paper responding to
the following:
Identify and describe the stages of team development.
How might stronger team skills benefit you? How might you use
teamwork skills in your job? Provide specific examples.
What is it like to participate in a virtual meeting, such as
web-based, teleconference, and so forth?
Describe three ways in which this type of participation is
different from participating in a face-to-face meeting.
Write a short essay, responding to the following prompts:
A. Provide a definition of speciesism
B. Articulate Peter Singer's argument regarding speciesism
C. Articulate the criticism of Singer's concept of
speciesism
D. Evaluate the concept of speciesism