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Negative Sports Media Professional sports are known as great entertainment, but some people only find and report the negative news that they hear or see. News reporters, for example the reporters of newspapers and news shows, don’t always write about … Continue reading →

By verbing, Be very worried if your sentence begins with “By any verb ending in -ing.” The odds are about 50/50 you’ll fall into a syntax trap. The winner: By justifying the actions of the FBI, Director Comey hopes to … Continue reading →

Clarify Throwdown Assignment Workshop MW

Negative Sports Media Professional sports are known as great entertainment, but some people only find and report the negative news that they hear or see. News reporters, for example the reporters of newspapers and news shows, don’t always write about … Continue reading →

Course Outline Update Class Notes Don’t forget to launch your Notes for today’s live critiques of the Throwdown posts-in-progress. The Throwdown Model  The Silence of the Lambs and Pigs updated with a second reading. Live Critiques. If you want your … Continue reading →

Your next three assignments (A07, A08, and A09) combine to make up the Critical Engagement Assignment (code-named The Throwdown). A07: The Annotated Bibliography The first assignment of the Throwdown is an abbreviated version of an annotated bibliography. You’ll list the … Continue reading →

Course Outline Update Class Notes Don’t forget to launch your Notes for today’s live critiques of the Throwdown posts-in-progress. The Throwdown Model  The Silence of the Lambs and Pigs updated with a second reading. Live Critiques. If you want your … Continue reading →

Conjunctive adverbs such as however, therefore, in addition, nevertheless, and furthermore, are used to transition between independent clauses and are punctuated with a semicolon and a comma, as demonstrated in the title above and the meme below.

Class Notes Don’t forget to launch your Notes for today’s lecture/demo on the Critical Engagement Assignment (Code Name: The Throwdown) Grade please Recommended strategy The Critical Engagement Assignment Worksheet Provided by the Writing Arts Department The Throwdown Model Your very … Continue reading →

Class Notes Don’t forget to launch your Notes for today’s lecture/demo on the Critical Engagement Assignment (Code Name: The Throwdown) The Critical Engagement Assignment Worksheet Provided by the Writing Arts Department The Throwdown Model Your very devoted professor has produced … Continue reading →