t.3.29 eng101 causalreadingsdiscussion commas

8/18/2019 T.3.29 Eng101 CausalReadingsDiscussion Commas

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Eng101Causal reading discussionCommas


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Freewriting• Given a topic

• Write for given time

• Do not stop writing…if you get stuck, pick a word

and just keep writing it until your next thoughtcomes through


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Freewriting• In what ways can causal essays impact readers?

Write the question.

Answer the question. How does it line up with one of thereadings? Why?


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• PurposeAziz, David, Robert, CodyPatterns

Danny, Tony, Zach• Reasoning ErrorsAshley B., Naudya, Ashley C. , Mieah• EthicsCorrine, Pauline, Summer, Daishawna

• Thesis & DetailsBrittany, Kaprielle, Cambria, Cassie

Apply your assigned elements to each of the followingreadings. Be prepared to extensively discuss your findingswith the class.

Knapp’s “Why We Keep Stuff”Mooney’s “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science”Luscombe & Stinchfield’s “Why We Flirt”

*pages are listed in the syllabus


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Meet in the following groups. Share your knowledge of

your previously assigned element with the group.The purpose is for all group members to fullyunderstand all of the elements in each of thereadings.

Jigsaw!


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Causal Analysis• Choose ONE of the readings

• Write a 3-4 page essay discussing the effectivenessof the author’s causation techniques

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Writing process; MLA formato Introduction

o Body paragraphs

o Conclusion

o Grammar & mechanics• (optional) Rough draft conferences – H 3/31

• Peer review rough drafts – T 4/5

• Final copy due – Wed. H 4/7


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Commas


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Commas

6 basic rules

1. Separate items in lists of 3+

2. Before a coordinating conjunction

3. Around information that is not essential to themeaning of the sentence (this covers 9 rules)

4. Between consecutive adjectives5. Omissions

6. Conventions


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Commas

1. Separate items in lists of 3+

Please buy eggs milk bread and cereal at the store.

*MLA uses the Oxford comma (APA & AP do not)

I like playing tennis rollerblading and trying to beatmy dad at putt-putt.


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Commas

2. Before a coordinating conjunction

My sister’s name is Lily and my brother’s name is

Lucus.

I rushed home and I finished my homework before soccer practice.

I am very good in Spanish, and in French.

C


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Commas


• After conjunctive adverbs

• After introductory phrases & clauses

• Before and/or after an interjection

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Before and/or after Latin abbreviations (e.g.)• Before and after parenthetical expressions

• When adjectives come after a noun

• With titles when they come after person’s name

• Before and after appositives• Around a direct address

C


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Commas


I didn’t study very much; nevertheless I made a

good grade.

Since my mother forgot to pack me a dessert I ateyour cookie.

Laney ran fast and got home before her mother.

My English teacher kind of heart and generous of spirit will surely give me an A if I learn all thesecomma rules.

C


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I’ve told you twice boys and girls to do your

homework.

Wow what a beautiful dress.

I love sports e.g. baseball basketball and football.

They usually cost if you get a good deal about $200.

C


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Arith Metic Ph.D. is my math teacher.

Katie Stevens the best ballerina in the performance shone as the star of the evening.

C


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Commas

4. Between consecutive adjectives

It was a dark cold dreary night.

*the and test

I bought some expensive and stylish and whitetennis shoes.

I bought some expensive, stylish white shoes.*use a comma when you could switch the order of

the adjectives and the sentence still sound okay

I wore tennis blue shoes.

I wore blue tennis shoes.*Do NOT put a comma before the noun.

I ate a beautiful, ripe, delicious, firm, apple.

C


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5. Omissions

I ordered chicken; Amanda fish.

Tonight I will study math; tomorrow Spanish.

C


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6. Conventions

• Between cities and states

• In numbers over 999 (not in addresses)

• Direct quotations (he/she said)

• Dates

•After greetings and before closings in friendlyletters

Th G d D t


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The Good Doctor...

More and more Americans today attempt to find agood night’s sleep in a pill bottle. In fact the

CDC reports that nine million Americans rely onprescriptions similar to Ambien or Lunesta to finda good night’s sleep. WebMD lists sleep-drivingas a side-effect of prescription sleep aids. The

warning appearing on the Benadryl bottleindicates that users should not operate heavymachinery; however people drive around townasleep while influenced by these drugs! If sleep-driving was not scary enough the British MedicalJournal published a study showing individualswho utilize prescription sleep aids tend to havea higher death rate; in fact four times higherthan people who do not!


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Upcoming• Thursday – conferences 4-8 Writing Lab

• Tues 4/5 – causal rough draft

• Thur 4/7 - Comparison mulligans

– causal final copy• Read argument techniques, chapter 16

• Tues 4/12 – Newsletter mulligans

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