Monday, April 2, 2012

4A April 2nd

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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(What do you notice about the way this sentence is set up? You should notice that the author lists groups of people that are opposites. Also, you should notice that the sections of the list are separated by a semi-colon.You would not use a comma to separate the pieces of the list because there are multiples joined by "and" in each section. Also, you should notice that the author uses a colon to separate the list from the rest of the sentence. Now you try!!!)

3A April 2nd

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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(What do you notice about the way this sentence is set up? You should notice that the author lists groups of people that are opposites. Also, you should notice that the sections of the list are separated by a semi-colon.You would not use a comma to separate the pieces of the list because there are multiples joined by "and" in each section. Also, you should notice that the author uses a colon to separate the list from the rest of the sentence. Now you try!!!)

1A April 2

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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Monday, March 26, 2012

4B March 26

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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3B March 26

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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2B March 26

In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).

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