Identify the error in the following problematic sentence: Our phone almost rang fifteen times last night.

A、Incomplete sentence

B、Comma-split sentence

C、Fused sentence

D、Misplaced modifier

A、fused sentence

B、dangling modifier

C、incomplete sentence

D、misplaced modifier

A、misplaced modifier

B、incomplete sentence

C、fused sentence

D、dangling modifier

A、comma-split sentence

B、incomplete sentence

C、dangling modifier

D、misplaced modifier

A、comma-split sentence

B、fused sentence

C、dangling modifier

D、misplaced modifier

A．What he means, in other words, his intentions is more annoying than his words.

B．His intentions instead of his words have annoyed me.

C．I was annoyed by his intentions rather than what he means.

D．It is what he means rather than what he says that annoys me.

Week 9 For the following three or four weeks, you are going to review some of the writing skills you have learned during the previous 8 weeks. What you need to do each week is watch the related video clip and write a short essay of no less than 200 words. This week, we are going to focus back on argumentation(in Unit 1). Argumentation is a genre of writing that requires you to investigate a topic, to collect and evealutate evidence, and to establish a position on the topic in a concise and logical manner. It is a strategy we often employ to develop a paragraph or an essay. In argumentation, we take a stand on the issue; we either state our position in the topic sentence and then inmmediately present a major argument against us, or directly introduce the rival argument in the very first sentence. Then we support our stand with good reasons and support our reasons with good evidences. We are supposed to attack fiercely with clear position and powerful criticism, but also carefully with logical reasoning and kindly with respect for the sensible part of the opposing position. In other words, use hard arguments but soft words, point out common ground, and avoid logic fallacy. A good argument consists of 5 elements: an explanation of the issue (introduction), a clear thesis statement (your stand), arguments with solid evidence (arguments), rubuttals to the opposing arguments (rebuttals) and restatements of your arguments (restatements). Now choose one of the following topics and develop it into an essay of no less than 200 words. 1. As a 20-year-old, I strongly believe in expressing my own individuality rather than trying to be “just like everybody else” (OR: believe in confrming to the customs and practices of our society rather than expressing my individuality). 2. It is quite a popular belief that the current method of selecting students for higher education should be eliminated, but I believe in the contrary.

A、A subtopic sentence is similar to a topic sentence.

B、A subtopic sentence also states an opinion that needs support.

C、A subtopic sentence also has two parts: the limited topic and the controlling idea.

D、All of them.

A．Since the dental floss company is protesting the advertisement only to protect its own economic self-interest, it cannot be seen as representing greater public health.

B．Greater public health is best served if people use both mouthwash and dental floss, a combination that has been shown to be more effective than either method used alone.

C．Many people object to flossing because it is painful and causes their gums to bleed.

D．Since, on average, people are twice as likely to use mouthwash regularly as to floss regularly, the advertisement will increase the number of people who take effective action against gum disease, a serious public health problem.

E．Gum disease has been proven to have links with the early onset of heart disease, one of the top three threats to public health in terms of mortality.

A.Mia finds the audience knows very little about her topic, so she changes her approach to be much more basic, covering the key terms but not the complex ones.

B.All of the above are suggested by your text as ethical and effective audience analysis tactics.

C.Mark finds that the audience strongly disagrees with him on his topic, so he just "tells a white lie" to make it appear that they all are on the same side.

D.Destiny decides to tell the audience that they are wrong about their views on the topic, taking the "hard sell" approach since she finds out that her audience strongly disagrees with her.