Key characteristics of technical writing do NOT include or are NOT…
a. Documents and presentations that are highly mobile, interactive, and adaptable
b. Documents are writer-centered
c. Communication is shaped by ethical, legal, and political issues
d. Team-Oriented and highly visual
b
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Complete las siguientes oraciones con el equivalente español de las palabras que aparecen entre paréntesis.
Leí _______________________________________. (two very interesting books)
Each sentence below contains two main clauses, but due to incomplete punctuation, the
sentence is either a run-on or a comma splice. Remember that a run-on sentence includes two independent clauses without proper punctuation between them. A comma splice has an insufficient comma that needs to be followed by a fanboys or that needs to be changed to a semicolon or a period. Identify the error and correct each sentence by making one of the clauses dependent or by using a comma, a fanboys and a comma, a semicolon, or a period. Movie stunts are dull lately, someone should invent new ones. (run-on, comma splice) What will be an ideal response?
Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph.
A century ago, the average U.S. citizen lived to be 48. Now we live to an average age of 76—thanks in large part to medical research. Pharmaceutical companies do an excellent job in research, and they increased their research spending from $2 billion in 1980 to $20 billion in 1998. But we can’t rely on them for basic research efforts. That’s why funding for the National Institutes of Health, which does basic research that can benefit us all, is so important. Its funding has doubled in the last 15 years—to $15 billion. But while $15 billion is a sizable sum, it is inadequate when compared to what we spend on legalized gambling ($638 billion), alcohol ($95 billion), and cigarettes ($50 billion). Two-thirds of Americans agree that funding for medical research should be doubled, according to a poll taken recently by the nonprofit advocacy group Research! America.
—Paul Simon
1. What main idea do you think Simon is trying to communicate in this paragraph?
2. How does each of the author’s examples explain the paragraph’s main point? List the main examples from the paragraph, and explain how they are related to the topic sentence.
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3. Does Simon include enough examples to make his point? Explain your answer.
4. How are the examples in the paragraph arranged?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a thesis?
a) It is expressed in a sentence. b) It does not announce. c) It is not too broad. d) It is very narrow.