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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Discuss how this reading strategy is similar to and/or different from
the way you read course material previously.
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.
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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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.
the 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.
the 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.
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.  
the 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.
the options below.
Neither the designer nor the homeowner likes the color
orange.
Neither the designers nor the homeowners
likes the color orange.

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
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.
the options below.
Many colleges and universities require standardized test
scores the administrators feel these scores accurately reflect
the 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.
the 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.

the options below.
Having finished the essay, the television was turned on.
The argument remains unclear, even after
studying the initial data.
the options below.
The State Senator drafted a bill. Believing that tobacco and
tobacco products should be illegal.
the options below.
The zoo protects endangered animals. But also confines them
in restricted spaces for public viewing.
in 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

the 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.
the 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.
the 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;
the options below.
Anyone is able to play on the town basketball team.

The boys is able to play on the town basketball team.
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
in the sentence:
Texting while driving can be as dangerous as driving while drunk,
and the practice is prevalent among teenagers.
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 1 Quiz
ENG 121 Week 1 Quiz
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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:
Describe at least one task that you believe you did well on when
writing the Practice Essay in Week 1.
Describe one task that you believe you need to work on based on your
experience writing the Practice
Essay.
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.
Share what you plan to do to further maximize your strengths and
resolve your weaknesses.
Use specific examples.
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:
A comprehensive outline
Statement of purpose
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.
State whether your classmate’s purpose is clear. If it is not clear,
explain what is confusing.
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:
State the purpose of the essay.
Describe one literary element being used in the essay (refer to
sections 6.3 and 6.4 in the text).
Explain why you think that literary element is used well by the writer.
Incorporate a quote from the essay. Cite the essay.
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:
Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.
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.
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.

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.
Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is 250 to 500
words in length.
Save the document as a Microsoft Word or compatible .doc or .docx
file.
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:
Describe a person, place, or object that has special meaning in your
life.
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:
Format the essay according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
Perform a word count check to make sure the essay is 350 to 500
words in length.
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:
Describe how point of view, structure, and tone differ in the three
different types of essays explained in the textbook.
Explain which of the genres the journal entry most closely resembles
and why.
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
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).
Incorporate a paraphrase from the essay. Cite the essay.
essay.
that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz and
“Practice Essay” assignment.
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.
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.
words in length.
file.
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.
verb tenses.
verb 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.
verb tenses.
4. Question : Cats are easier to care for than dogs because
________ are very independent.
verb 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.
verb tenses.
verb tenses.
1. Question : All movie reviews reveal the prejudices of
___________ author.
verb 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.

verb 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
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).
Incorporate a summary of the essay. Cite the essay.
essay.
that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz and
“Practice Essay” assignment.
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.
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.
words in length.
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:
A clear thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.
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).
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:
Check that the essay is at least 1000 words.
Include a title page with the following:
a. Title of paper
b. Student’s name
c. Course name and number d. Instructor’s name
e. Date submitted

Begin the essay with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct
thesis statement.
Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
End with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Format the essay according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
file.
and the assignment number (e.g., smith_w5_a1.doc).
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