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English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan
Edition 7ISBN: 9780073384115English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan
Edition 7ISBN: 9780073384115 Exercise 6
About Unity
1. Which paragraph lacks a topic sentence
___________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the paragraph about Karla should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity ( Write the sentence number here. ) __________
About Support
3. Label as sight, touch, hearing, or smell all the sensory details in the following sentences taken from the three paragraphs. The first sentence is done for you as an example.
b. Because so many animals are crammed together, the normally pleasant, slightly milky smell of the puppies and kittens is sour and strong.
c. Her slender hands are tipped with long, polished nails.
d. That's the location of a white wicker clothes hamper, heaped with grass- stained jeans, sweat-stained T-shirts, and smelly socks.
4. After which sentence in "A Depressing Place" are specific details needed
_______
About Coherence
5. Spatial signals ( above, next to, to the right, and so on) are often used to help organize details in a descriptive paragraph. List four space signals that appear in "My Teenage Son's Room":
________ ________ __________ ___________
6. The writer of "Karla" organizes the details by observing Karla in an orderly way. Which of Karla's features is described first ____________ Which is described last __________ Check the method of spatial organization that best describes the paragraph:
________ Interior to exterior
________ Near to far
________ Top to bottom
1. Which paragraph lacks a topic sentence
___________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the paragraph about Karla should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity ( Write the sentence number here. ) __________
About Support
3. Label as sight, touch, hearing, or smell all the sensory details in the following sentences taken from the three paragraphs. The first sentence is done for you as an example.
b. Because so many animals are crammed together, the normally pleasant, slightly milky smell of the puppies and kittens is sour and strong.
c. Her slender hands are tipped with long, polished nails.
d. That's the location of a white wicker clothes hamper, heaped with grass- stained jeans, sweat-stained T-shirts, and smelly socks.
4. After which sentence in "A Depressing Place" are specific details needed
_______
About Coherence
5. Spatial signals ( above, next to, to the right, and so on) are often used to help organize details in a descriptive paragraph. List four space signals that appear in "My Teenage Son's Room":
________ ________ __________ ___________
6. The writer of "Karla" organizes the details by observing Karla in an orderly way. Which of Karla's features is described first ____________ Which is described last __________ Check the method of spatial organization that best describes the paragraph:
________ Interior to exterior
________ Near to far
________ Top to bottom
Explanation
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1. "My Teenage Son's Room"
2. 10
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English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan
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