en232 Composition I

Week 2

1. Plagiarism means to copy someone else's words or _____ and ______ that they are your own.
2. Every time you use exact words, what do you need to do?
3. With MLA referencing style, what information do you need to give for an in-text citation?
4. Where do you put other information (such as the name of the book)?
5. Which was your favourite scene in the Truman Show, and why?

Week 3

1. What is paraphrasing?
2. What is the differences between summary and paraphrase?
3. Which one is a bad paraphrasing?Original sentence: Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay, and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

   a) A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay every day.
   b) A giraffe like Acacia leaves and hay, and it can take in them 75 pounds of food a day.

4. Which one is a good paraphrasingOriginal text: ‘A business firm’s obligation, beyond that required by the law and economics, is to pursue long-term goals that are good for society. (Robbins et al 2003, p.138)’.

   a) A business enterprise’s contract, beyond that needed by the law and economics, is to search after long-term goals that are good for society. (Robbins et al 2003. P.138).

   b) Business should focus on objectives that are not only legal and financially appropriate, but are of long range benefit to society. (Robbins et al 2003).

5. What do you think about this quote said by Meryl from The Truman Show, "For me, there is no difference between a private life and a public life." ?

Week 4

1. What word means "the ability to understand what something is really like, or an example of this" ?
2. What is the ratio of concrete detail(CD) and commentary part(CM)
3. Answer the vocabularies to complete each of these sentences.

1) Matrix 2) Prophecy 3) Oracle

A. Agent Smith: Did you know that the first_____was designed to be a perfect human world?
B. Trinity: Neo, I'm not afraid anymore. The _____ told me that I would fall in love.

4. Do you think you can control your dream?

5. Make a concrete detail from this topic
Topic: BTS is the most convenience travel

Week 7

1. What's the difference between independent clause and dependent clause?
2. How to join two independent clauses together?
3. Underline dependent clause

• After my clock alarm, I get up to cancel it and sleep again.
• She will always happy to meet her family when she goes home.

4. Justin pays attention to listen to an instructor in class _____ he doesn’t understand everything that his instructor said.
5. What do you think a person who always uses sugary words is a bad person? And why?
6. What do you think about people who talk about their personal life?

Week 8

1. What does 'ulterior motive' mean?
2. What’s the difference between compound and complex sentences?
3. What’s the difference between 'but' and 'yet'?
4. Label each of these sentences in order according to the Schaffer formant paragraph.
   1. A.For instance, there are many tourist attractions, such as shopping market and sidewalk.
      B. In addition, you can travel around the city by the public transport.
      C. In Bangkok, you will never get hungry because there are a lot of sidewalk foods which are very tasty.
      D. Bangkok is convenient, express and hilarious city, so you should visit once in your life.
      E. If you want to save you money, I think, the bus is a good choice, because the bus are convenient and cheaper, but it is also transport everywhere as those trains.
      F. You can buy a good quality and prices are affordable clothing from shopping market that located around the city, such as Jatujak, Pratunam and Siam Square.
      G. In addition, you can travel around the city by the public transport.
      H. Bangkok is the best place to visit.
      I. The fast convenient sky train and metro are everywhere, so you can go anywhere you want and never get lost in Bangkok.
5. Combine these sentences below.
   5.1 Combine these sentences using coordinating conjunction.
   A. I have never been to Europe. I have never visited South America.
   B. I am on diet. I still eat a lot.
   5.2 Combine these sentences using conjunctive adverb.
   A. I have many outgoings. I have to save my money.
   B. You can't park here. There is a parking lot just around the corner.
6. Make one compound sentence and one complex sentence from this independent clause.

- The weather is good today ……………………