English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright

Exercise 1

About Unity

1. Which paragraph lacks an opening topic sentence?

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2. Which two sentences in “Sneaking into the House at Night” should be eliminated in the interest of paragraph unity? (Write the sentence numbers here.)

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About Support

3. After which sentence in “How to Harass an Instructor” are supporting details (examples) needed?

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4. Summarize the four steps in the process of dealing with verbal abuse.

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About Coherence

5. Do these paragraphs use time order or emphatic order?

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6 Which transition words introduce the first, second, and third steps in “Sneaking into the House at Night”?

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Step 1 of 5

1.?“Sneaking Into the House at Night”