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en232 Composition I

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Week 11 (Cil, Pooh, Petch)

1. Which one is the correct use for "according to"?

A: According to the company wants to produce more products, all workers are not allowed to have a lunch.

B: According to the company's plan, all workers are not allowed to have a lunch.

2. John stops working and has an argument with his employer because he thinks that his salary is too low. We can say that John is ___.

3. What is the meaning of "according to" in the sentence below?

"We grade students according to their ability and work."

4. How should we fix this sentence?
"I love to visit the Mount rainier National park."

5. Charlie wants to work and make money to build a perfect house with his girlfriend, so what's your plan if you get money from your job?

6. "ด้วยมหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒมีนโยบายใหม่ที่จะให้นิสิตสวมใส่ลำลองในห้องเรียนได้", how do you translate the sentence to English with "according to"?

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1. B

2. on strike

3. depends on / agrees with

4. I love to visit Mount Rainier National Park/ or Mount Rainier national park.

5. For us:
Travel around the world, buy fashionable clothes, and buy houses!

6. For us:
According to Srinakharinwirot University's new policy, the students are allowed to wear casual clothes in the classroom.

Week 15 (Ing, Cheer)

  1. What word means “it’s already good but you act something that makes it even worst”?
  2. What does xenophobic mean?
  3. Why do you need to read your writing aloud?
  4. How do you fix these clutter sentences?
    1. “I’m so exasperated by the inclement weather.”
    2. “My beloved old room is very messy which contain a lot of stuff.”
  5. What do you think of your own writing?
  6. Do you have any ways to improve your writing?
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  1. Adulterants
  2. Extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc. (Cambridge Dictionary)
  3. Because when you hear yourself reading it, you will find errors in sentences and you will see how your writing is not going well together.
  4. I’m so annoyed by the bad weather. / My room is cluttered.
  5. Opinion
  6. Read more (to improve your sense of grammar and vocabulary) and write more (getting feedback whenever you can).

Week 15 (Tai,Leo,knight)

1. What is the purpose of a concluding sentence?
2. Why is a concluding sentence important to essays?
3. Give some examples of transitional words which show that the writers are going to conclude.
4. How can you write this sentence most vividly ? “The waves came into the shore”.

  • A. The waves came into the shore with a great whooshing sounds.
  • B. All day long, blue waves crashed into the sand.
  • C. The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a grateful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.

5. Choose the correct concluding sentence for the paragraph.

Diary writing is a good way of keeping track of what we do. Some people write their diary regularly and some do it occasionally during their spare time. Writing a diary is also useful to improve free expression of thoughts and ideas which would otherwise be unstructured and suppressed in the mind. It also helps us plan things for future and review our progress. It also helps us in sharing our memory as we recall the events of the day.

  • A. Diary improves our ability of organizing and introspection.
  • B. Diary writing improve creative.

6. Choose the correct concluding sentence for the paragraph.

Old age, the last stage of life, is solid and at the same time fragile. It is solid because the old people carry a treasure of knowledge and experience. They are firm in their ideas and opinions. It is fragile because of the declining physical capacities. Typically, the old people are more affected by a feeling of being old than being physically old.

  • A.  The old people need our attention, love and care.
  • B. The old people demand protection.
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1. A concluding sentence indicates that you are bringing closure to a paragraph, the reader should be able to identify what your key points are based on the concluding sentence.
2. Because it helps readers recall what the writer want to say, and also helps readers to get the main point of every essay clearly.
3. To wrap up. To conclude To summarize. In conclusion. In summary. To sum up
4. C. The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a grateful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.
5. A. Diary improves our ability of organizing and introspection.
6. A.The old people need our attention, love and care.

Week 2 (Kit)

  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?
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  1. Plagiarism means to copy someone else's words or ideas and pretend that they are your own.
  2. Use quotation marks.
  3. Author's last name + page number.
  4. At the end of your essay, with the heading "works cited".
  5. Your answer.

Week 3 (Zone,Bow,Best)

  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." ?
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  1. Re-write the text into your own words and change the sentence structure ,not just change some words
  2. A summary is shorter than paraphrase, but covers all main points.
  3. B
  4. B
  5. Your answer.

Week 4 (Praw, Mae, Sara)

  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

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  1. Insight /ˈɪnsaɪt/
  2. 1:2
  3. Matrix, oracle
  4. Your answer
  5. Your answer

Week 7 (Review Question by Eve and Pookie)

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

 

 

 

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  1. Independent clause can stand alone and dependent clause cannot stand alone.
  2. There are three ways to join them.
  • Join with a coordinator
  • Join with a conjunctive adverb
  • Join with a semicolon
  1. 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.

  1. Justin pays attention to listen to an instructor in class, but he doesn’t understand everything that his instructor said.
  2. your opinion
  3. your opinion

 

Week 8 (Pulse, My, Poyfon)

  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 ……………………

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  1. A secret purpose or reason for doing something
  2. Compound sentence is sentences with more than one independent clause. Complex sentence is sentences containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
  3. 'But' is used when the two clause express equal contrasting, but 'yet' is used when the second clause is surprising contrast to the first clause.
  4. H,A,F,C,B,I,E,D
  5. 5.1  A. I have never been to Europe, nor have I visited South America.
    B. I am on diet, but I still eat a lot.
    5.2    A. I have many outgoings; therefore, I have to save my money.
    B. You can't park here; however, there is a parking lot just around the corner
  6. Example Compound Sentence – The weather is good today, so I want to go picnic.Complex Sentence - The weather is good today even though the sky is not clear.
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