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After reading the articles, songs, and watching the videos in class, what do you think are the most important aspects of happiness?  Why?  Your answer should be at least 5 sentences. (Make sure you follow the paragraph structure we have discussed.)

Using the assigned article, write a well-developed paragraph responding to the main point of the essay. What do you think the main take away should be from the essay?  DO you agree with it?  Make sure to have a topic sentence and two sets of general statements, specific details. and commentaries. You should have at least 7 sentences in your paragraph.

What do you think is the most important thing you have learned in this class so far?  Why?  Answer must be in complete sentences. 

Which of the following passages is the most respectful and non-biased description of people who support gun control?

Which sentence is the most clear and concise?

MLA format requires single spaced documents.

Generally, the thesis statement is located at the

A student has been assigned to compose a brief talk about the topic of soft skills. The student’s introduction to the speech is given below.  Read it over. Decide which audience the speech was probably designed for  Hey guys, I want to let you in on a little-known secret for landing a great job.  Oh sure, you’ll need to learn the skills necessary for careers such as accounting, engineering, nursing, or graphic design.  But there are lots and lots of people who have those skills!  I read an amazing statistic the other day that 250 people will apply for just one job opening at some large corporations.  Think about that.   Two hundred and fifty applications for one job!  And only about 4 of those candidates get an interview call, and only one will get the job.  Wow!  That’s a scary statistic.  So what’s the secret to becoming the ONE to land the job?  Soft skills.  Soft skills are skills that you don’t learn in a book, but you can gain them by being a good friend or by being a good member of a club or a team. You can even learn them by doing your schoolwork well.  Soft skills include things like having a strong work-ethic, finishing a job you start even when it gets tough, and learning to cooperate with others on a team, even when they’re different than you or you don’t particularly like them. Yep. People who work in hiring departments tell us that soft skills are what sets apart the great candidates from the good ones.

Quoting differs from paraphrasing in which of the following ways?

According to MLA style, if a source is listed on the Works Cited page, it must be used somewhere in the paper.