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<br>'''Part A''': by hand, correct errors in the following passage:
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Write an essay of at least 1000 words on one or more of the following topics.  You will receive a score each for (i) technical correctness and (ii) style/substance.
  
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<br>My friend is a hero to me and my brother, but he dosn’t even know yet how much we look up to him.  You know, it is hard to tell someone how much they mean to you sometime. I mean, what can one say, “your my hero”?!
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<br>1.  “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Discuss.
  
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<br>Through life you do what you can, get what we need, and spending our time on the mundane.  The only time when we do take a brake and rise above stuff is when we pray.  
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<br>2.  Choose one aspect of [[nature]] (including humans), which could be a sunrise, a daffodil, a butterfly, a rainbow, or anything else, and describe what you like about it, such as its beauty and/or connection with God.
  
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<br>Enough; Its time to make my final point.  If my grammer is this terrable then no one is going to hear what I said anyways. Listening to me, I’m sure you’d agree.
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<br>3.  Which part of the United States do you like most, and why? This can be a place, a people, an activity, something related to how the United States works, or any other aspect of this nation.
  
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<br>Look up “gerund” and “participle” in the grammar textbook (see glossary pp. 205-10).  Then complete exercise 44(b), p. 168, which uses Longfellow’s poem on pp. 25-26 after the glossary. Grade yourself (answers p. 80A in back), note score here: found __ / __
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<br>4.  Describe what you think is the most persuasive parable in the Gospels, and why, and why it should persuade the reader of your essay.
  
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<br>'''Part B''': Write a total of at least 750 words on one or more of the following topics.  You will receive a score each for (i) technical correctness and (ii) style/substance.
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<br>5.  It’s time to abolish the United Nations and all forms of global government. Your view?
  
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<br>1.  “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
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<br>6.  Discuss the growing influence of the internet, and how it might change things in the future.  Include your opinion on whether the changes will be good or bad.
  
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<br>2.  Choose one aspect of [[nature]] (including humans), which could be a sunrise, a daffodil, a butterfly, a rainbow, or anything else – and describe what you like about it, such as its beauty and/or connection with God.
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<br>7.  The issue or problem of deer in New Jersey.
  
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<br>3.  The [[Supreme Court]] said the death penalty should not apply to crimes committed by teenagers less than 18 years old.  Try to persuade the reader of your view.
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<br>8.  The [[Supreme Court]] held, in ''Roper v. Simmons'', 543 U.S. 551 (2005), that the death penalty can no longer apply to crimes committed by teenagers who were less than 18 years old at the time of the crime (the defendant would be older than 18 at the time of punishment).  Try to persuade the reader of your view, either for or against that ruling.
  
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<br>4.  Describe what you think is the most persuasive parable in the Gospels, and why, and why it should persuade the reader of your essay.
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<br>9.  What would you say to a Unitarian - someone who believes in God but does not accept that Jesus was God.
  
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<br>5. It’s time to abolish the United Nations and all forms of global government.
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<br>10. What would you say to a Deist - someone who believes in God but feels that He merely started the world and never intervenes in it.
  
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<br>6.  Humor can be an effective tool of verbal persuasion and, if you’re very good at it, written persuasion also.
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<br>11.  Identify a writer whom you particularly like, and then analyze what is so good about his or her writing.
  
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<br>12.  Any other topic, including any topic on a prior homework that you have not yet written about.
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Latest revision as of 15:45, February 16, 2012

Writing
Fourth Homework
Instructor, Andy Schlafly

Write an essay of at least 1000 words on one or more of the following topics. You will receive a score each for (i) technical correctness and (ii) style/substance.


1. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Discuss.


2. Choose one aspect of nature (including humans), which could be a sunrise, a daffodil, a butterfly, a rainbow, or anything else, and describe what you like about it, such as its beauty and/or connection with God.


3. Which part of the United States do you like most, and why? This can be a place, a people, an activity, something related to how the United States works, or any other aspect of this nation.


4. Describe what you think is the most persuasive parable in the Gospels, and why, and why it should persuade the reader of your essay.


5. It’s time to abolish the United Nations and all forms of global government. Your view?


6. Discuss the growing influence of the internet, and how it might change things in the future. Include your opinion on whether the changes will be good or bad.


7. The issue or problem of deer in New Jersey.


8. The Supreme Court held, in Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), that the death penalty can no longer apply to crimes committed by teenagers who were less than 18 years old at the time of the crime (the defendant would be older than 18 at the time of punishment). Try to persuade the reader of your view, either for or against that ruling.


9. What would you say to a Unitarian - someone who believes in God but does not accept that Jesus was God.


10. What would you say to a Deist - someone who believes in God but feels that He merely started the world and never intervenes in it.


11. Identify a writer whom you particularly like, and then analyze what is so good about his or her writing.


12. Any other topic, including any topic on a prior homework that you have not yet written about.


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