The following should be eliminated to create a formal tone in writing:
<em>1. Contractions- </em>Contractions refer to short forms, that combine a long word, or two words into one word, by using an apostrophe. Examples of contractions include shortening "would not" to "wouldn't", "cannot" to "can't", and "should have" to "should've". Contractions should be avoided in formal writing, since they are generally used informally and conversationally.
2. <em>Slang language</em>- Slang language refers to the use of informal and colloquial language. For instance, if you use words such as "Yo", "Bro", "Turnt", "Fleek", etc. Slang language must be avoided in formal writing, so that it does not deter from the effectiveness and tone of the text.
<em>3. Opinion statements</em>- In formal writing, objectivity is key, thus, opinion statements- which are subjective in nature- must be avoided. An example of an opinion statement would be: "The research study indicated that toddler boys are more aggressive than girls. However, I disagree with these findings."
Answer:
The correct answer is D. It is not a strong example of paraphrasing. It just rearranges the original words in a new order.
Explanation:
In writing, paraphrasing implies using the ideas of an external source and author and expressing them by using your own words, because of this a strong paraphrasing would change the language used but keep the essence and main points of the original ideas. In the excerpt presented, the author tried to paraphrase a passage that describes cone snails. However, in the passage paraphrased the author uses the same terms and words than in the original passage which means he or she is not expressing the ideas of the original passage with his or her own words but only changing the order of ideas the text and therefore this is not a strong paraphrasing and can even be considered a plagiarism as the same words and ideas are being used. Therefore, this text can be described as "It is not a strong example of paraphrasing. It just rearranges the original words in a new order".
Answer:
Identify synonyms and hyperonyms in the following text. Underline them.
“Vanguards are called various artistic trends that emerged in the XXI century, between the two world wars. Some of them were: Cubism, Surrealism, Ultraism, Futurism and Dadaism. Although each of these movements presented its own characteristics, all showed the intention of breaking with current aesthetic conventions. Among the expressive resources to which they appealed in the field of literature, we can count the irregular and dissonant verses, the unusual metaphors, the graphic arrangement depending on the content and the breaking of the punctuation rules "
During my year in Iraq training their civil police I was stationed at the Baghdad Police College, where I served as a team leader to the American instructors and Arabic language translators. We knew that the security procedures in place needed a total revamp, mostly due to the corruption that was (is) prevalent in their society.
We required that everyone trying to access the campus identify themselves with an ID card we issued. Unfortunately, just about anyone could get in by slipping a bribe to one of the guards. We knew we were ripe for an attack, however our boss refused to take any kind of action. We, the other team leaders and I, pleaded with him to no avail.
On December 6, 2005 two al Qaida homicide vest bombers infiltrated the college grounds, and 47 brave police cadets and officers were horribly murdered. Another 85 were sent to area hospitals with severe wounds and injuries.
I brought home the nagging feeling that I (and the other team leaders) should have done more to convince our boss to take action to prevent the attack. This resulted in my developing severe PTSD from the incident.
Fortunately, the University of Texas at Dallas’s Center for Brain Health had programs to treat PTSD in veterans and peace officers, and they accepted me into their care. A yearlong course of cognitive behavior therapy, coupled with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation - and a bunch of journaling in my part - helped me overcome my grief at not doing more to prevent this tragedy.
A few months later I attended a Post Critical Incident seminar at the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University, where I was exposed to a session of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Through this session I was able to replace the sight I always first saw in my mind, one of my female police officers taking her final breaths, with the image of her smiling face. I still remember the rest of that awful day, but I'm no longer vexed with the sight of seeing the blood running down her face as my initial memory.
So yes. My guilt over not being able to convince my boss to do more to protect us has indeed resolved.
