Revision of Writing

Read the following essay opening. Then identify what type of "hook" it is.

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards!

• background

• story

• surprising statement

• quote

Read each topic sentence. Then identify the sentence that supports it.

Topic sentence: Reducing the amount of waste we sent to landfills should be a real priority in our cities.

• For one thing, we are running out of space for landfills anywhere near our cities.

• alternative energy sources are also important.

• That is why we need to put less garbage in our landfills

• We should not pollute our air.

Topic sentence: Payday loans are exploiting lower-income people in the US.

• Credit card interest has risent in the last few years.

• Most people who take out payday loans fall into a cycle of debt that can last for months or years.

• A lot of payday loan offices are in storefronts.

• Loans are good when you are taking.

Topic sentence: The city Pompeii came to a tragic end.

• It was near what is now Naples, Italy.

• It was destroyed when the voclano Vesuvius erupted.

• It was at an important trading crossroads.

• It was a great nation.

Read the sentence. Fill the blank with a word that makes sense in the sentence and forms a collocation with the underlined words.

I tried to ..... advice to Don, but he wouldn't listen.

Could you please ... favor and close the window.

At three years old, Marco is not capable of sitting quietly and not ... a sound.

Mountain biking a favorite sport for many young people.

• Correct sentence

• Missing the subject

• Missing the verb and verb phrase

• Missing the subject and verb or verb phrase

The city is fun for the entire family it has so many things to see and to.

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

• correctly written

• dependent clause

Obama left Hawaii to atttent college and earned a degree from Columbia university, and after that he moved to Chicago where he worked as a community organizer, and then he went to Harvard Law school, where he became editor of the Harvard Law Review.

• Too stringy

• Well-written

• Not stringy

• Both