Type your response .
1) What is a “thesis statement”?
Explain the three parts of an essay – introduction, body, and conclusion.
2) A. What is a: comma splice, sentence fragment, and “run on” (also called “fused) sentence?
Define each term and give me an example of each one.
B. Rewrite these three sentences so they are grammatically correct:I do not like noisy crowds, for my vacation I am hiking solo in the Grand Canyon.Because hiking is one of my favorite things to do in life.I saw a mountain lion when I hiked last year it hissed at me and moved on.
3) Following is a boring, mediocre paragraph. Rewrite it adding example and detail to make a more exciting paragraph: There is a sample document in Module 2 if you need to review this idea (about a blind date named Jethro�)Professor Jones is the worst teacher at this college. He is always unprepared for class. Secondly, he is rude and uncaring towards his students. Finally, his appearance is totally unprofessional. I tell my friends to avoid him at all costs.
Revised paragraph (written by you):
4) Read the short essay in Module 7 titled “Dear Stranger” (I think you will like it!) Then, choose one sentence from the essay to write as a quotation within an in-text citation.
Here is the bibliographic information on the source:The author is Francesca Martinez. The title of the essay is “Dear . . .”. It was published in 2015. The title of the book is Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness. The editor is Paul Farmer. It is the first edition. The publisher is Penguin Random House UK. The year of publication was 2015. The pages are 19-21.
5) Write a “Works Cited” entry for the source from question 3 – the “Dear Stranger” essay. Use may use a website like EasyBib.
6) Explain how to format the heading of an essay written in MLA style. [Note: I am not referring to “headers and footers”, but to the information identifying the assignment that always goes on the first page].
What information is contained in the heading?
Where does it appear? How is it spaced?
7) Tell whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE:- When writing an essay, it is usually acceptable to use slang like “that sucks” or profanity such as “he was a piece of shit”. You can “speak” in an essay just as you would in conversation with a friend.-
An essay cannot be longer than 500 words.- A paragraph is five sentences centered on a main idea.- An essay can be fiction or non-fiction.- It is acceptable to use a source in your essay without citing it so long as you reword the source information first.
8) Let’s say that you are writing about the safety issue of taking one of the COVID-19 vaccines. Find a source of information on this topic that passes the CRAAP test. Paste the URL address here, then justify the source by answering each element of CRAAP:URL address:
How is this source current?
How is this source relevant?
Is this source accurate?
Who is the authority for this source?
What is the purpose of the writer/website for this source?
