Match these items. rectangle regular triangle simple listing diamond order of importance time order comparison and contrast spatial development inverted triangle cause and effect -has topic sentence last -has topic sentence first -contains no topic sentence -places main idea in middle -used to stress similarities and differences -explains why something happened -used to stress one idea over another -strings ideas together -lists event chronologically -lists items as they appear to an onlooker

Read o captain! my captain! by walt whitman, 1819 - 1892 and tell me the theme

Abroad thesis statement encourages your readers to learn something new. 1) true 2) false

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.