ENG 121 Entire Online Course Guide

ENG 121 Entire Course
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ENG 121 Week 1 Pre Quiz
ENG 121 Week 1 Quiz Grammar Assessment
ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 1 Reading Strategies
ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 2 Generating Ideas for Writing
ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 1 Strengths and Weaknesses in Writing
ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 2 Outlining and Planning the Personal Essay
ENG 121 Week 1 Assignment Practice Essay
ENG 121 Week 2 Journal Quotes
ENG 121 Week 2 Quiz (3 Sets)
ENG 121 Week 3 Journal Paraphrasing
ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 1 Explore Persuasive, Personal, and Expository
Writing
ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 2 Peer Review

ENG 121 Week 4 Journal Summarizing
ENG 121 week 4 Discussion 1 Revision Versus Editing
ENG 121 Week 4 Quiz (2 Set)
ENG 121 Week 4 DQ 2 Revision Checklist
ENG 121 Week 3 Assignment Personal Essay Draft
ENG 121 Week 5 Discussion 1 Two Options
ENG 121 Week 5 DQ 2 Editing Checklist
ENG 121 Week 5 Final Essay Personal Essay
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ENG 121 Week 1 Assignment Practice Essay
Practice Essay. This writing exercise will help your instructor discover
who you are as a writer. The essay will be used to help you identify your
strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it will allow the instructor the
opportunity to identify grammatical, stylistic, and mechanical problems

specific to each student. Do not fret over the idea that grammar, style,
and mechanics will be evaluated in this assignment. This writing
exercise is merely one way to take a look at any particular patterns that
exist in your writing. You will earn full credit for completing this
assignment as long as you follow instructions.
A personal essay is about a life experience, person, or object that has
significance to you and that you tell to an audience for a reason.
Use one of the ideas for a personal essay that you came up with in the
Generating Ideas for Writing discussion. Your essay should stir readers
into thinking about and remembering their own experiences.
The essay should be 550 to 800 words in length. For the purposes of this
essay, please do not worry about incorporating any external sources.
For more information about how to write a personal essay, please review
the major elements that define personal essays in Chapter 6 of Essentials
of College Writing, which include character, plot, purpose, action, and
point of view. You may use first person and may incorporate dialogue
(using quotes) if appropriate. Keep in mind that your essay is about
connecting the story to your readers to expand their own reflection on a
life experience.
The essay written for this section is diagnostic in nature. As such, you
will receive a grade based solely on whether or not you submit the
assignment and that it meets the minimum word requirement. Your
essay will not be used to place you into classes. Your instructor will use
this essay to provide you with assistance tailored to your needs.
When reading your essay, your instructor will look for the following
features:

1. Structure – The consistency with which the writer identifies and
maintains the essay’s main idea. Two main points of structure
include the thesis statement and topic sentences.
2. Thesis Statement – Emphasizes the main point proven in the essay.
The thesis usually occurs early in the essay, most ideally as the last
sentence in the introduction.
3. Topic Sentences – Occur near the beginning of each paragraph.
They state what the paragraph proves and advance the main idea
conveyed in the thesis statement.
4. Development – How the writer uses details and examples to evolve
ideas throughout the essay and sequence of ideas presented in the
essay. All of the ideas within the essay should clearly relate to the
main point.
5. Style – How writers chose to express themselves. Elements of style
include word choice, sentence construction, and clarity. Style
elements can vary according to the audience and purpose of the
writing.
6. Grammar – The instructor will evaluate your essay for common
grammatical mistakes that can often affect the overall quality and
clarity of your writing.
Note: Your essay should be 550 to 800 words in length and formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Save
your essay as a Microsoft Word document (.doc) or rich text file (.rtf).
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (available in the online course) for
the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Remember that
the criteria will not affect your grade on this essay, but it will likely
apply to future writing assignments.

Finally, please note that you may use the subject for this personal essay
to write your Week Three Personal Essay – Draft and your Final Essay,
which is due in Week Five. If you opt to use this topic and some of this
essay, you must revise the parts of this essay you use based on your
instructor’s feedback and the Ashford Writing Center tutors.
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ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 1 Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies. After studying the active reading strategies
described in Chapter 2 of Essentials of College Writing, read Chapters 1
and 2 and the “Instructor Guidance” for Week One, apply the survey-
question-read-recite-review (SQ3R) strategy as you reread the materials.
In your initial post:
1. Discuss how this reading strategy is similar to and/or different
from the way you read course material previously.
2. Explain how using SQ3R improved your comprehension of the
course materials.

§ Be sure to use specific examples. You can also explore how you
might apply this strategy in your
everyday life.
§ How might SQ3R affect the way you read the newspaper or online
articles, for example?
§ If using the strategy did not improve your comprehension of the course
materials, explain why.
3. Ask a question you have about this week’s assigned reading.
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ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 2 Generating Ideas for Writing
Generating Ideas for Writing. Read the Final Essay assignment
instructions in Week Five of your online course or in the “Components
of Course Evaluation” section of this guide. Review the techniques for
generating ideas discussed in Chapter 4 of Essentials of College Writing.
Develop three to five ideas for your personal essay. The draft is due in
Week Three, and the Final Essay is due in Week Five. In your initial
post:

a. Provide your three to five ideas (in list format) and a paragraph
explaining how you used the techniques in Chapter 4 to come up with
those ideas.
b. Share what you think the key elements of a narrative are (i.e., what
makes a good story work).
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1. Which one of the following is indicative of formal, as opposed to
informal, language usage?
2. 2. Although writing can be difficult, becoming a better writing can
help you do all of the following EXCEPT:
3. 3. Which of the following is a type of reference book that provides
essential information and standards for clear and consistent writing?

4. 4. One of the reasons to use Ashford's Writing Resources is to
avoid plagiarism. What is plagiarism?
5. 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the common fears or
misconceptions about writing?
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ENG 121 Week 1 Quiz Grammar Assessment
Question 1. Question : Please choose the sentence that is free
from punctuation errors from the options below. 
Some students could not download the mobile application, the
rush of traffic crashed the site.
The students rushed to download the mobile
application; it was designed to help them keep track of deadlines in their
classes.

from punctuation errors from the options below.
The students’ wanted to use their mobile phones in the classroom,
but the faculty member had a “no cell phone” policy.
The instructor’s mobile application allows
students to receive notification of new discussion postings on their
devices.
Question 3. Question : Keeping style in mind, please select the
correct sentence from the options below.
Samuel enjoyed racing his motorcycle, joking with his friends
and a good game of golf.
Before she could leave the house, Suzanne had
to search for her keys, pocketbook and shoes.

from punctuation errors.
Reality shows depict the worst of human nature so they should
be replaced with better programming.
Reality shows depict the worst of human nature,
so they should be replaced with better programming.
Question 5. Question : The following sentence is grammatically
incorrect:
The findings from the study completed thirty years ago agrees with the
results of our more recent experiment.
Question 6. Question : Please select the correct word from the
options below:

Although the instructor ______ clearly, the audience still had trouble
hearing her.
Question 7. Question : Please identify the most important idea in
the sentence:
Although assessment helps teachers create individualized instruction, it
also can unfairly pigeon hole some learners who do not test well.
from punctuation errors:
Wedding photography, which is dedicated to capturing
traditional moments in creative ways, is a specialized field.
Wedding photography which is dedicated to
capturing traditional moments in creative ways is a specialized field.

Question 9. Question : Please select the most appropriate answer
to fill in the blank in the sentence:
______ design makes the mobile application easy for students to use and
download.
Question 10. Question : Please select the correct sentence from the
options below.
Before transferring to Ashford University, the local community
college had been their institution of record for years.
The instructor projected the images that he had
taken while in Greece on a large screen.

Henry’s room is much cleaner than Tyler.
A cheap car that works is better than not working.
Writing is more interesting than cleaning.
options below.
Due to low participation in the election, he believes that all
citizens should be required to vote.
Due to low participation in the election, Senator
Davis believes that all citizens should be required to vote.

options below:
If the audience ________ down when asked, the band would have
started playing on time.
options below.
While texting, your eyes are off the road for an average of five
seconds.
Your eyes are off the road for an average of five
seconds while texting.

Most Americans have numerous _____ in their homes or cars.
incorrect:
Online classes give learners a lot of flexibility in when and where
assignments are completed it is important to keep track of deadlines in
order not to fall behind.

options below.
Students should be allowed to bring all technologies into the
classroom. Except for mobile phones.
Students should be allowed to bring all
technologies, except for mobile phones, into the classroom.
While at the zoo, the children saw a zebra, giraffe and an emu.
She saw a car, bicycle and a motorcycle ignore
the stop sign.

Question 19. Question : Please identify the main idea in the
sentence:
Mary cleaned the house while Susan slept in late.
from punctuation errors from the options below. 
By redesigning web pages for hand-held devices and planning
for mobile application development; the institution seeks to help learners.
By redesigning web pages for hand-held devices
and planning for mobile application development. The institution seeks
to help

Both _____ computers were purchased with special academic pricing.
options below.
Neither the designer nor the homeowner likes the color orange.
Neither the designers nor the homeowners likes
the color orange.
incorrect:

Where the lack of a natural predator in Yellowstone National Park has
resulted in the overpopulation of bison, deer, and elk.
Question 24. Question : Please identify the main idea in the
sentence:
The student passed the test because she took careful notes on the text
and studied hard.
The student passed the test
The student took careful notes on the text
The student studied hard

incorrect:
Many online learners have jobs and families, but they are motivated.
How would you best describe the nature of the grammatical error?
The sentence is not complete.
This is a run-on sentence.

In 2003, over half of all American households could boast of having
_____ own computer.
options below.
Many colleges and universities require standardized test scores
the administrators feel these scores accurately reflect
options below.
The students given scholarships by the administrators went to the
wrong building, so we gave them better directions.

The students given scholarships by the
administrators went to the wrong building, so we gave him better
directions.
options below.
Anybody can serve on the committee, as long as his children go
to the school.
Anybody can serve on the committee, as long as
her children go to the school.

An acorn is thought to symbolize prosperity, youthfulness,
power, and luck.
An acorn is thought to symbolize prosperity,
youthfulness, power and luck.
It is easier to cook a meal from scratch than getting a restaurant
reservation on Valentine’s Day.
Question 32. Question : Please select the word from the options
below:

The unexpected March snowstorm had _______ the freshly planted
crops.
options below.
Having finished the essay, the television was turned on.
The argument remains unclear, even after
studying the initial data.
options below.

The State Senator drafted a bill. Believing that tobacco and
tobacco products should be illegal.
options below.
The zoo protects endangered animals. But also confines them in
restricted spaces for public viewing.
the sentence:
Although the drought regulations were in effect throughout the county,
residents frequently watered their lawns anyway, and they neglected to
use rain barrels.

Drought regulations were in effect
options below.
Lillian, with all of her training partners, runs around the track.
Because a four leaved clover is hard to find, it is considered a
good luck symbol.

options below. 
In the book it says that the primary mission of colleges and
universities should be preparing students for the workforce.
options below:
Sally ______ to go shopping before starting her homework.
options below:

Regardless of whether you have studied or not, you need to _____ the
test.
options below.
Since Lucy and Emily can’t get along, she will have to be put
into separate groups.
Over the past few years, there has been a noticeable difference in the
amount of ______ with computers.

Although Tice and Bannister’s research illustrated that most
procrastinators actually do perform better under pressure;
options below.
Anyone is able to play on the town basketball team.
The boys is able to play on the town basketball team.
Question 46. Question : Please select the correct sentence from
the options below.
If Jillian wants to buy a new car, you will have to save the money.
If Jillian wants to buy a new car, she will have to save the money.

Adults return to college in order to make a career change,
advance in their current career or gain additional career
the sentence:
Texting while driving can be as dangerous as driving while drunk, and
the practice is prevalent among teenagers.
Question 49. Question : Please select the correct sentence from
the options below.
Because they could not endorse either candidate, large numbers of
people did not vote in the election.
Doctors are spending too much time doing paperwork and not
enough time seeing patients.

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ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 1 Strengths and Weaknesses in Writing
Strengths and Weaknesses in Writing. In Chapter 1 of Essentials of
College Writing, you reviewed a comprehensive list of typical college
writing tasks, and you had the opportunity to identify two tasks as
strengths and two tasks as weaknesses. In Week One, you completed the
Practice Essay and Grammar Assessment. In your initial post for this
discussion:
1. Describe at least one task that you believe you did well on when
writing the Practice Essay in Week 1.
2. Describe one task that you believe you need to work on based on
your experience writing the Practice
Essay.
3. Describe three grammar errors that you had the most difficulty
with on the Grammar Assessment. To be

able to do so, go into the Gradebook and click on your quiz score. When
you see a question with a red“X” next to it, this signals that it was
answered incorrectly.
4. Share what you plan to do to further maximize your strengths and
resolve your weaknesses.
5. Use specific examples.
6. Ask a question about this week’s assigned reading.
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ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 2 Outlining and Planning the Personal
Essay
Outlining and Planning the Personal Essay. Review Chapters 5 and 6
of Essentials of College Writing before beginning this post. Next, review
the Introduction and Outline Worksheet (available in the online course).
After reviewing the required documents, use the handout to create the
following for your personal essay:
1. A comprehensive outline
2. Statement of purpose

3. An introductory paragraph
Post your outline, statement of purpose, and introductory paragraph to
the discussion board. You can also upload it as a word document. Your
initial post must be 200 to 300 words in length and posted by Day 3.
Respond to at least two classmates. In each response:
a. Suggest an improvement to the organization of your
classmate’s outline.
2. State whether your classmate’s purpose is clear. If it is not clear,
explain what is confusing.
3. State whether the introductory paragraph gets your attention and
whether the purpose is clearly conveyed
in the introductory paragraph.
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ENG 121 Week 2 Journal Quotes

Week Two Journal - Quotes. This week, you begin writing your journal
entries. This journal is designed to give you practice in academic writing,
which is very different from the personal essay writing that you have
been practicing. Academic writing entails making a point and supporting
that point with information from a reputable source. There are three
ways to support a point with information from a source: quoting,
paraphrasing, or summarizing. This week, you will practice quoting a
source and citing that source in your journal entry. Please be sure to read
and review the “Example Journal Entry – Quotes” document, which
describes how to integrate quotations.
Please note that the journal assignment should not be confused with a
personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics
and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or
reflective writing exercise.
Both of the personal essays we have read this week, “Sister Flowers”
and “I Want a Wife,” use narrative and/or descriptive elements (refer to
sections 6.3 and 6.4 in the text), and each has a clear purpose. Choose
one of the essays assigned this week to write about. In 250 to 500 words:
1. State the purpose of the essay.
2. Describe one literary element being used in the essay (refer to
sections 6.3 and 6.4 in the text).
3. Explain why you think that literary element is used well by the
writer.
4. Incorporate a quote from the essay. Cite the essay.
5. Explain how you plan to use the literary element in your personal
essay.
As you are writing this journal entry, please pay attention to the areas
that you struggled with in your Grammar Assessment and Practice Essay.

When submitting your journal entry, make sure to:
1. Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.
2. Format the journal according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center. Refer to the
Ashford Writing Center’s Sample APA Title Page for guidelines
on formatting a title page in APA style.
1. Provide an in text citation for the section of the essay you
quote. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s
Comprehensive APA Reference List Models for guidelines
on in text citations in APA style.
2. Provide a reference for the essay you quote. Refer to the
Ashford Writing Center’s Citation and Reference
Guide for guidelines on citing sources in APA style.
3. Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is 250
to 500 words in length.
4. Save the document as a Microsoft Word or compatible .doc
or .docx file.
5. Use a naming convention that includes your last name, week
number, and the assignment number (e.g.,
smith_w2_a1.doc).
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ENG 121 Week 2 Quiz Set 2
1. Question : All of the guests _____ gone to the concert in the
park.
2. Question : The house on the corner lot.
3. Question : When you finally take the test.
4. Question : The demonstrators had taken no part in the riot.
5. Question : The movie starts at 8:30 make sure you’re there
before 8:15
6. Question : Select the sentence in which the word, usually,
appears in the appropriate position.
7. Question : Perplexed by the rising rates of inflation and
alarmed by the decline in major construction projects.
8. Question : Some of the students working in the science
laboratory last semester.
9. Question : Our solar system has eight major planets only one
is known to have intelligent life.
10. Question : Television is entertaining, _______ it can be
instructive.+

1. Question : Perplexed by the rising rates of inflation and
alarmed by the decline in major construction projects.
2. Question : ___ seems to forget that there are things to be
done before graduating.
3. Question : The house on the corner lot.
4. Question : The child responds to his mother’s demand ____
throwing a tantrum.
5. Question : The movie starts at 8:30 make sure you’re there
before 8:15.
6. Question : What are the main ingredients ____ this casserole?
7. Question : Too much homework to finish before class.
8. Question : Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.
9. Question : Edward is the only student who __________
lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.
ENG 121 Week 2 Quiz

1. Question : Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.
2. Question : Online classes give learners a lot of flexibility in
when and where assignments are completed it is important to keep track
of deadlines in order not to fall behind.
3. Question : Everybody in this class has completed ______
homework already.
4. Question : Edward is the only student who __________
lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.
5. Question : What are the main ingredients ____ this casserole?
6. Question : The child responds to his mother’s demand ____
throwing a tantrum.:
7. Question : By making sure that no one will park across the
driveway again
9. Question : The airport is about to shut down because of the
snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston
10. Question : Those are probably the _______ lamps in the
store.
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ENG 121 Week 3 Assignment Personal Essay Draft
Personal Essay – Draft. For this writing assignment, you have two
choices. Please select one of the following options for your essay:
1. Describe a person, place, or object that has special meaning in your
life.
2. Describe a particular moment or occurrence in your life that had
special meaning to you.
Use the techniques described in sections 6.3 and 6.4 of Essentials of
College Writing and expand upon the prewriting done in the discussion
forum for the past three weeks to provide specific details about the
person,
place, object, or event so that readers can visualize the subject and/or
feel present in the story. Your description should be specific and appeal
to the five senses.
This rough draft needs to be at least 550 words, and it should have a
thesis statement that clearly states what you are going to be writing
about. For more information about writing thesis statements, visit the

Ashford Writing Center and review Chapter 5 of Essentials of College
Writing.
The point of a draft is to allow your instructor to get a good sense of
your organizational writing skills, examine your use of the strategies of
narration or description, and provide you with feedback you can
incorporate into the Final Essay that is due in Week Five.
As you write this draft, please pay attention to the areas that you
struggled with in your Grammar Assessment and Practice Essay.
When submitting your draft, make sure to:
2. Format the essay according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
3. Perform a word count check to make sure the essay is 350 to 500
words in length.
or .docx file.
smith_w2_a1.doc).
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ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 1 Explore Persuasive, Personal, and
Expository Writing

Explore Persuasive, Personal, and Expository Writing. Review Chapters
6, 7, and 8 of Essentials of College Writing. Thus far in the course, you
have been working on a personal essay of your own, and you have been
writing journals that analyze the work of professional writers in their
personal essays. In your initial post for this discussion:
1. Describe how point of view, structure, and tone differ in the three
different types of essays explained in the textbook.
2. Explain which of the genres the journal entry most closely
resembles and why.
3. Ask your peers a question you have about this week’s assigned
reading.
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ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 2 Peer Review

Peer Review. As part of the writing process, you are expected to reflect
on your work and revise and edit accordingly. It is also useful to
establish a community of learners in which you help edit and proofread
each other’s papers. This reciprocal process will help you identify areas
of strength and weakness in others’writing as well as reflect on your
own work and perhaps discover similar mistakes. For this week, you will
be performing a peer review on your Personal Essay – Draft before you
submit it to your instructor on Day 7.
For this discussion, please either (a) upload your paper (.doc format) as a
new thread with your name and title of paper, or (b) create a new thread
in which you copy and paste your essay into the body of your post. The
draft you share with your peers needs to be at least two double-spaced
pages in length. After posting your draft, you will perform one peer
review in which you will complete the “Peer Review
Template” (available in the online course) and upload it as .doc file.
Please review a paper written by a classmate who has not yet received
feedback.
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ENG 121 Week 3 Journal Paraphrasing

Journal Entry - Paraphrasing. This week, you continue writing your
journal entries. This journal is designed to give you practice in academic
writing, which is very different from the personal essay writing that you
have been practicing. Academic writing entails making a point and
supporting that point with information from a reputable source. There
are three ways to support a point with information from a source:
quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing. This week, you will practice
paraphrasing a source and citing that source in your journal entry. Please
be sure to read and review the “Example Journal Entry – Paraphrasing”
document, which describes how to integrate quotations.
Both of the personal essays we have read this week, “How to Say
Nothing in 500 Words” and “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak
Officer,” use narrative and/or descriptive elements (sections 6.3 and 6.4
in the text), and each has a clear purpose. Choose one of the essays
assigned this week to write about. In 250 to 500 words:
sections 6.3 and 6.4 in the text).
1. Explain why you think that literary element is used well by
the writer.
2. Incorporate a paraphrase from the essay. Cite the essay.
3. Explain how you plan to use the literary element in your
personal essay.

3. As you are writing this journal entry, please pay attention to the
areas that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz
and “Practice Essay” assignment.
1. Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and
style.
Ashford Writing Center’s Sample APA Title Page for
guidelines on formatting a title page in APA style.
c. Provide an in text citation for the section of the essay you
paraphrase. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s
Comprehensive APA Reference List Models for guidelines
on in text citations in APA style.
1. Provide a reference for the essay you paraphrase. Refer
to the Ashford Writing Center’s Citation and Reference
Guide for guidelines on citing sources in APA style.
2. Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is
250 to 500 words in length.
3. Save the document as a Microsoft Word or
compatible .doc or .docx file.
4. Use a naming convention that includes your last name,
week number, and the assignment number (e.g.,
smith_w2_a1.doc).
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ENG 121 Week 3 Quiz
1. Question : All movie reviews reveal the prejudices of
___________ author.
2. Question : The congregation was delighted with their new
bus and sang its praises at the Wednesday night supper.
3. Question : The town felt cheated when the council spent
their money on a new street light in their neighborhood.
4. Question : Choose the sentence that correctly matches verb
tenses.
5. Question : When they found the cat in the woods, Shirley
asked her mother Doris if she could keep it.
6. Question : Every company strives to keep _________ brand
positive.
tenses.

tenses.
9. Question : Tom went to the store because ________ wanted
to buy some milk.
10. Question : Tom was exhausted from working out at the gym.
It left him hungry and ready for bed.
1. Question : The car at the end of the street is missing
___________ front fender.
2. Question : The police, on the hunt for a gang of thieves,
thought they had been clever by hiding in an ice cream truck.
tenses.
4. Question : Cats are easier to care for than dogs because
________ are very independent.
tenses.

7. Question : Albert took his son to the ball game where he
caught a fly ball.
8. Question : Vicky was torn between her friend, Tanya, and
her sister.
tenses.
tenses.
1. Question : All movie reviews reveal the prejudices of
___________ author.
tenses.
3. Question : Jane and Tom danced all night to
______________ favorite tunes.
4. Question : At the famers’ market, they give out samples of
everything on Saturdays.
5. Question : Father Christmas is a character best known for
_______ long, white beard.

6. Question : When they found the cat in the woods, Shirley
asked her mother Doris if she could keep it.
tenses.
9. Question : Cats are easier to care for than dogs because
________ are very independent.
10. Question : Albert took his son to the ball game where he
caught a fly ball.
Question 1. 1. At the famers’ market, they give out samples of
everything on Saturdays. (Points : 1)
Question 2. 2. Choose the sentence that correctly matches verb tenses.
(Points : 1)
Question 3. 3. Jane and Tom danced all night to ______________
favorite tunes. (Points : 1)

(Points : 1)
Question 5. 5. The car at the end of the street is missing ___________
front fender. (Points : 1)
(Points : 1)
Question 7. 7. The town felt cheated when the council spent their money
on a new street light in their neighborhood. (Points : 1)
(Points : 1)
Question 9. 9The police, on the hunt for a gang of thieves, thought they
had been clever by hiding in an ice cream truck. (Points : 1)
Question 10. 10. The congregation was delighted with their new bus and
sang its praises at the Wednesday night supper. (Points : 1)
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ENG 121 week 4 Discussion 1 Revision Versus Editing
ENG 121 week 4 discussion 1 Revision Versus Editing
Revision Versus Editing. Your first post for this discussion thread is
due on Thursday, Day 3 of this week. Your responses to your classmates
are due on Monday, Day 7.
Prepare: As you prepare to write your first discussion for this week, take
a few moments to:
• Read Chapter 9 of Essentials of College Writing.
• Review the Grading Rubric for this discussion.
Reflect: Take time to reflect on writing as a process—how ideas develop
through the use of language, and the changing of that language. Reflect
on the differences between revising and editing as described in the
textbook.
Write: In your initial post for this discussion
• Discuss the key differences between revising and editing.

• Provide an example of what a writer does when revising, and what a
writer does when editing.
• Explain how much time you believe a writer should spend on each task
and why.
• Include a question you have about the content of the assigned reading
for the week.
Your initial post must be 200 to 300 words in length and posted by Day
3. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s)
and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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ENG 121 Week 4 Journal Summarizing
Journal Entry – Summarizing. This week, you continue writing your
journal entries. This journal is designed to give you practice in academic
writing, which is very different from the personal essay writing that you
have been practicing. Academic writing entails making a point and

supporting that point with information from a reputable source. There
are three ways to support a point with information from a source:
quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing. This week, you will practice
summarizing a source and citing that source in your journal entry. Please
be sure to read and review the “Example Journal Entry – Summarizing”
document, which describes how to integrate quotations.
Both of the personal essays we have read this week, “Fish Cheeks” and
“Consider the Lobster,” use narrative and/or descriptive elements (refer
to sections 6.3 and 6.4 in the text), and each has a clear purpose. Choose
one of the essays assigned this week to write about. In 250 to 500 words:
sections 6.3 and 6.4).
3. Explain why you think that literary element is used well by the
writer.
4. Incorporate a summary of the essay. Cite the essay.
5. Explain how you plan to use the literary element in your personal
essay.
As you are writing this journal entry, please pay attention to the areas
that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz and
“Practice Essay” assignment.

Ashford Writing Center’s Sample APA Title Page for guidelines
on formatting a title page in APA style.
3. Provide an in text citation for the section of the essay you
summarize. Refer to the Ashford Writing
Center’s Comprehensive APA Reference List Models for
guidelines on in text citations in APA style.
4. Provide a reference for the essay you summarize. Refer to the
Ashford Writing Center’s Citation and
Reference Guide for guidelines on citing sources in APA style.
5. Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is 250 to 500
words in length.
or .docx file.
smith_w2_a1.doc).
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ENG 121 Week 4 Quiz (2 Set)

ENG 121 Week 4 Quiz
1. Question : Charlotte Bronte begins her novel Jayne Eyre
with the following sentence: “there was no possibility of taking a walk
that day” (p. 1).
2. Question : John asked his assistant, What time is our
meeting with the sales team?
3. Question : In The Writer in All of Us, author June Gould
(1989) tells writers that the process of revising an essay allows them to
“see with new eyes.” (p. 121).
4. Question : In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King
writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up
and go to work.” (2000).
5. Question : In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)
writes, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy”.
6. Question : In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master
in 2013,” Pat Brans (2013) suggests “set aside time to think about what
lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
7. Question : The assistant asked Louise, “will you attend the
dinner on Friday?”

8. Question : Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced,
“The sky is falling”.
9. Question : “To thine own self be true”, says Polonius to
Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
10. Question : In the textbook, Essentials of College English,
Kathy Sole and Christine Connell (2010) assert that “good writers are
generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for
approaching the writing process.
Question 1. 1. In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King writes,
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to
work.” (2000).
Question 2. 2. In the textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole
and Christine Connell (2010) assert that “good writers are generally not
born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching
the writing process
Question 3. 3. Charlotte Bronte begins her novel Jayne Eyre with the
following sentence: “there was no possibility of taking a walk that day”
Question 4. 4 Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced, “The sky is
falling”.
Question 5. 5. John asked his assistant, What time is our meeting with
the sales team?

Question 6. 6. “To thine own self be true”, says Polonius to Hamlet in
Shakespeare’s tragic play.
Question 7. 7. In The Writer in All of Us, author June Gould (1989) tells
writers that the process of revising an essay allows them to “see with
new eyes.”
Question 8. 8. In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) writes,
“the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy”?
Question 9. 9. The assistant asked Louise, “will you attend the dinner on
Friday?”
Question 10. 10. In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in
2013,” Pat Brans (2013) suggests “set aside time to think about what lies
ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”?
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ENG 121 Week 5 Discussion 1 Two Options

Describe the main areas of your paper that you need to work on as
well as areas that your reviewers felt you did well on?
How will/did you remedy any weakness in your paper
Did your reviewer feel you did a solid addressing your purpose in
the personal essay?
Did you effectively reach your audience why? Or why not?
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ENG 121 Week 5 DQ 2 Editing Checklist

Editing Checklist- Your first post for this discussion thread is due on
Thursday, Day 3 of this week. Your responses to your classmates are
due on Monday, Day 7.
Prepare: As you prepare to write your first discussion for this course,
take a few moments to
• Read over the numerous quizzes you’ve taken, starting with the
“Grammar Assessment.”
• Review the feedback you received from your instructor.
• Review the Grading Rubric for this discussion.
• Review section 9.4 of Essentials of College Writing.
• Download the “Editing Checklist” handout.
HelpNow!: Please view the video Downloading a Document for
guidance on accessing “Editing Chechlist” handout.
Reflect: Take time to reflect on what errors continually recur in your
instructor feedback and quiz results.
Write: Create a list of your five most frequent errors.
• Add your list of five errors to the “Editing Checklist” handout.
• Next, choose two proofreading strategies from section 9.4 of Essentials
of College Writing and use those strategies to edit your essay.
• For your initial post
o Attach a copy of your editing checklist.

o Describe the two proofreading strategies that you used.
o Explain which strategy you prefer and why.
o Explain what the benefits and drawbacks are for each strategy.
Reflection posts must be 300 to 400 words in length and posted by Day
3. Please address only one of the options, and clearly title your post with
the option you have chosen. You are not required to respond to your
peers, but you may do so if you choose. If you have questions about how
to participate in discussions, consult “About
Discussions” under the Course Home menu. You are not required to
support your claims with additional scholarly sources; however, should
you decide to use additional sources, make sure you properly cite any
references. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s
Citation and Reference Guide for guidelines on citing sources in APA
style.
HelpNow!: Please view the video Accessing Feedback in the Gradebook
for guidance on how to review your instructor’s feedback when the post
is graded.
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ENG 121 Week 5 Final Essay Personal Essay

In Week Three, you wrote a personal essay draft in which you
 · Described a person, place, or object that has special meaning in
your life; or
 · Described a particular moment or occurrence in your life that
had special meaning to you.
This week, you will complete this draft and turn in your final
personal essay. Be sure to utilize one of the writing patterns
described in Chapter 6. The personal essay must be at least 1000
words (not including the title page). Your essay must include:
1. A clear thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.
2. Specific details about the person, place, object, or event so that
readers can visualize the subject and/or feel
present in the story (i.e., your essay should be specific and appeal
to the five senses).
3. A conclusion paragraph.
As you are writing this essay, please pay attention to the areas that
you struggled with in the Grammar Assessment and Practice Essay.
Please also incorporate your instructor’s feedback on your journal
assignments, your Week Three draft, and from throughout this
course.
When submitting your Personal Essay, make sure to:

1. Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and
style.
2. Check that the essay is at least 1000 words.
3. Include a title page with the following:
4. a. Title of paper
b. Student’s name
c. Course name and number d. Instructor’s name
e. Date submitted
1. Begin the essay with an introductory paragraph that has a
succinct thesis statement.
2. Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
3. End with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
4. Format the essay according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
or .docx file.
number, and the assignment number (e.g., smith_w5_a1.doc).
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