Answer: All right, here goes nothing. *cracks knuckles*
To begin with, the article has a weak claim. While it does vaguely introduce their stance on the topic, it poses it as a question and not a statement. Also, this claim is written in the first person, unlike strong claims that are supposed to be written in the third person. As for the "support" section, even the very beginning strays from the original claim, instead saying why <em>they </em>should own a pet instead of why <em>everyone</em> should be allowed to own pets. For example, in the second paragraph, the author cites a story from a friend of a friend. That is not valid evidence. If it was on the news, however, and the author cited that as evidence instead, the article would be much stronger. The author also delves deeper into their own personal life instead of stating facts as they should have. The transition between paragraphs is clunky at best, with the third paragraph pretty much restating the claim instead of simply saying something like "Pets are helpful to our society." And finally, the entire purpose of that last sentence seems to be to wrap up the article in a hasty fashion, without any attention to restating the claim or the facts presented.
Hope this meets the criteria! Good luck!!
Answer and Explanation:
The paragraph to which this question refers is the following:
<em>He admitted, however, although with hesitation, that much of the peculiar gloom which thus afflicted him could be traced to a more natural and far more palpable origin—to the severe and long-continued illness—indeed to the evidently approaching dissolution—of a tenderly beloved sister, his sole companion for long years, his last and only relative on earth...</em>
<u>Even though what we have here is indirect speech - the narrator retelling Usher's words -, the author made sure to represent the way in which Usher himself was speaking. He was telling the narrator about his mental state and about a condition he believes he possesses (extreme sensory acuteness, according to him). </u><u>However, once Usher begins to reveal that this condition of his is related to his sister's disease and death, he seems to go out of breath. He interrupts himself, adding details in a hurried way, which is represented by the phrases enclosed by the dashes. Therefore, we can say the author structures these sentence in this way to show Usher's shortness of breath and rushed speech.</u>
Explanation:
An unfortunately worded phrase.
A way to get tossed down the stairs.
Answer:
My sister <u>tidied</u> her bedroom yesterday morning.
We <u>phoned</u> our cousins last week.
The girls <u>played</u> on the computer last night.
I <u>traveled </u>to Paris three months ago.
John <u>stayed</u> at his granny's house last summer.
The film <u>ended</u> very late yesterday.
My family <u>lived</u> in New York in 1995.
You <u>cleaned</u> your teeth three times yesterday.
Explanation:
We use the past tense to talk about things that took place in the past. The most elementary types of the past tense are the past simple and past continuous tense.
The past simple tense is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. When it comes to regular verbs, it is marked by the endings <em>-d</em> or -<em>ed,</em> while irregular verbs have a variety of forms. You can see some more information about the use of the present simple tense below:
