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Persuading a reader based on logic is known as ____. 

Showing an essay to a classmate who is respected to get his/her objective opinion is a process known as____.

Unless she can earn enough money for her rent, Jan will be forced to leave her apartment is an example of: 

In persuasive writing, acknowledging opposing arguments is necessary because: 

Choose one of the following questions to answer. Responses should be 10-12 sentences and include specific details and examples. Your response should be your own and not from the Internet.  1. Identify clear examples of the demographic changes (connect to the specific colonies) in the colonies in the 18th Century.  OR  2. Discuss Ben Franklin’s family history from England to Boston and his contributions to society.  OR 3.   Discuss the relationship of the Native Americans, including the Iroquois Confederacy, with their connection to the British and French, and the Revolution.                                                   

Which literary movement portrays people caught within forces of nature or science? It was an outgrowth of Realsim and responded to theories in science, psychology, human behavior, and social thought in the late 19th centruy.

Strategies that writers can use to write an  introduction include: 

According to the  The Pilgrims & Puritans video, by 1640 Plymouth Colony had 2,500  people while Massachusetts Bay Colony had ___________

A concluding sentence should: 

Which of the following paraphrases is plagiarism? (1)The brain consolidates learning during two particular phases of sleep. (2)According to Dr. Robert Stickgold of Harvard University Medical School, who conducted a series of tests involving visual tasks, the brain seems to need lots of slow-wave sleep and a good chunk of another kind of sleep, Rapid Eye Movement, or REM. (3)Dr. Stickgold hypothesizes that the reason the brain needs these particular kinds of sleep is that certain brain chemicals plummet during the first part of the night, and information flows out of the hippocampus (the memory region) and into the cortex. (4)He thinks the brain then distributes the new information into appropriate networks and categories. (5)Inside the brain, proteins strengthen the connections between nerve cells consolidating the new skills learned the day before. (6)Then later, during REM, the brain re-enacts the lessons from the previous day and solidifies the newly-made connections through the memory banks. Works Cited Spinks, Sarah. “From Zzzz’s to A’s – Adolescents and Sleep.” “ Inside the Teenage Mind.”  Frontline. (c1995-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation).  Web. 8-14-11.