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While pastoral and horticultural societies used small, temporary tools such as digging sticks or hoes, agricultural societies relied on permanent tools for survival. Around 3000 B.C.E., an explosion of new technology known as the Agricultural Revolution made farming possible—and profitable. Farmers learned to rotate the types of crops grown on their fields and to reuse waste products such as manure as fertilizer, which led to better harvests and bigger surpluses of food. New tools for digging and harvesting were made of metal, and this made them more effective and longer lasting. Human settlements grew into towns and cities, and particularly bountiful regions became centers of trade and commerce.Griffiths, Heather, et al. Introduction to Sociology, 2e. OpenStax, 2015. Which of the following statements is the main idea of the paragraph?

Around 3000 B.C.E., an explosion of new technology known as the Agricultural Revolution made farming possible—and profitable.

Is the following group of words a phrase or a clause? Are we there yet?

Clause

s the following group of words a phrase or a clause? The one who got away.

Clause

Determine whether the following is a complete sentence, a fragment, a run-on, or a comma splice. If I get through this class with a passing grade.

Fragment

Describe the difference between cause-effect organization and narrative organization

The narrative organization uses chronological order and cause and effect organization demonstrates a connection between events.

Which of the following items are not higher-order concerns when you are revising your writing?

Spelling Grammar Punctuation

Explain whether the following sentence is suitable as a topic sentence. I believe that texting while driving is a bad idea.

The phrase "I believe" makes the sentence a fact rather than an opinion, and facts are poor topic sentences. We cannot tell this writer that he or she does not believe this.

Explain whether the following sentence is suitable as a topic sentence. I feel children should be allowed at least two recesses during the school day.

The phrase "I feel" makes the sentence a fact rather than an opinion, and facts are poor topic sentences. We cannot tell this writer that he or she does not feel this way.

Which of the following items is NOT something you should do when you are editing your paper?

Transfer your ideas from your outline to the draft.

Describe compare-contrast organization in your own words.

When a subject is compared in ways and contrasted in a way to show the reader lots of information about two or more subjects.

_______ or not you agree, I will go on that long-awaited vacation.

Whether

Do you have to cite a paraphrase of a source?

Yes

Do you have to cite a summary of a source?

Yes

Explain whether the following sentence is suitable as a topic sentence. Dogs make great pets.

Yes, because it expresses an opinion and you can still be put up for debate.

My allergies _______ me only in the winter.

affect

There__________ fifteen ticks on your dog Barkus.

are

When I had my breakfast at IHOP yesterday, I ______ grumpy when I saw scrambled eggs on my plate instead of over-easy ones.

became

"informal norms" most likely means:

casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to

From the Bible __________ many famous proverbs.

come

Name two qualities that a good summary will have.

concise and Main points

Why are effective supporting details more likely to be concrete than abstract?

concrete details give the reader a clear understanding of what the writer is trying to say. Abstract detail does not give a clear understanding of the topic a writer is trying to say.

She __________ her hair carefully every morning.

does

The smell of the baking pies _______ the kitchen with a delicious aroma.

fills

Which of the following is not a coordinating conjunction?

if Response Feedback: Good job! Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) join parts of a sentence that are equal to each other!

he box of crackers from my desk __________ missing.

is

We drove _______ the building.

past

The _______ of nature allow for multiple adaptations within a species.

principles

General Mills _______ many items that are advertised on television.

produces

Specifically, he mentioned how the people _______ to the volcanic explosion.

reacted

"static" most likely means:

remaining the same over time

Which signal words indicate chronology?

soon, later, after, afterwards,

The car cost more _______ I expected.

than

I was much happier back ________.

then

Sam was allowed _______ the entrance without his ticket.

through

"illiterate" most likely means:

unable to read

Neither __________ to forget his or her passport before leaving the hotel.

wants

Neither the bosses nor the secretary __________to see the company's base of operations move overseas.

wants

Kimmy and Sandra __________ the last to leave the theater after the show.

were

We __________ working all weekend are are very tired today.

were

She is the one _______ responsible for the wonderful decorations.

whos

Do you have to cite a direct quotation of a source?

yes

Are you giving him _______ answers?

your

You should turn in the first draft you complete. True or False

False

Determine if the following sentence uses adjectives and/or adverbs correctly: The pressure to complete all the work weighed heavily upon her mind.

Correct

Determine if the following sentence uses adjectives and/or adverbs correctly: The red shirt looks good, but the blue one looks the most good of all.

Correct

The pressure to complete all the work weighed heavily upon her mind.

Correct

Determine if the following sentence is correct as written or has either a pronoun agreement or pronoun reference error. Someone has blocked the driveway with his or her car.

Correct as written

Culture shock may appear because people aren't always expecting cultural differences. Anthropologist Ken Barger (1971) discovered this when he conducted a participatory observation in an Inuit community in the Canadian Arctic. Originally from Indiana, Barger hesitated when invited to join a local snowshoe race. He knew he'd never hold his own against these experts. Sure enough, he finished last, to his mortification. But the tribal members congratulated him, saying, "You really tried!" In Barger's own culture, he had learned to value victory. To the Inuit people, winning was enjoyable, but their culture valued survival skills essential to their environment: how hard someone tried could mean the difference between life and death. Over the course of his stay, Barger participated in caribou hunts, learned how to take shelter in winter storms, and sometimes went days with little or no food to share among tribal members. Trying hard and working together, two nonmaterial values, were indeed much more important than winning. Griffiths, Heather, et al. Introduction to Sociology, 2e. OpenStax, 2015. Which of the following statements is the main idea of the paragraph?

Culture shock may appear because people aren't always expecting cultural differences.

Is the following group of words a phrase or a clause? To kick the bucket.

Phase

Hunter-gatherer societies demonstrate the strongest dependence on the environment of the various types of preindustrial societies. As the basic structure of human society until about 10,000-12,000 years ago, these groups were based around kinship or tribes. Hunter-gatherers relied on their surroundings for survival—they hunted wild animals and foraged for uncultivated plants for food. When resources became scarce, the group moved to a new area to find sustenance, meaning they were nomadic. These societies were common until several hundred years ago, but today only a few hundred remain in existence, such as indigenous Australian tribes sometimes referred to as "aborigines," or the Bambuti, a group of pygmy hunter-gatherers residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hunter-gatherer groups are quickly disappearing as the world's population explodes. Griffiths, Heather, et al. Introduction to Sociology, 2e. OpenStax, 2015. Which of the following statements is the main idea of the paragraph?

Hunter-gatherer societies demonstrate the strongest dependence on the environment of the various types of preindustrial societies.

Determine if the following sentence uses adjectives and/or adverbs correctly: I think I did good on the final exam.

Incorrect

s the following clause independent or dependent? Sarah gardens.

Independent

Is the following clause independent or dependent? Calvin has a stuffed tiger.

Independent clauses

Explain whether the following sentence is suitable as a topic sentence. My summer vacation.

No, More importantly, it's a fragment.

Have you ever been asked what your favorite color is?

No, Questions cannot be topic sentences.

Determine if the following sentence is correct as written or has either a pronoun agreement or pronoun reference error. Maria's mother let her wear her new earrings to school.

Pronoun reference problem

What is the difference between a paraphrase and a summary?

Rewriting someone else's idea in your own words is called paraphrasing, while summarizing are also in your own words, so the distinction is still not entirely clear.