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If you want help today with the Mandatory Rewrite for your Visual Rhetoric Argument—a Portfolio essay—open your Visual argument now and put it into the Feedback Please category.
COUNTERINTUITIVE NARRATIVES
- The Definition of a Kilogram
- Definition is about to Change
- New Kilogram based on Planck’s constant
TASK LIST
- The Fails for Grammar List
- Punctuation Basics for Proofreading
- Portfolio Task: Visual Rhetoric Rewrite
VISUAL RHETORIC WORKSHOP
- In class today, we will work together to improve the Visual Rhetoric Arguments of students who have requested help.
biggarz7
chavanillo
daphneblake25
g903254
halizzlee
hazelnutlatte123
doorknob9
jets1313
johndoe5555
july02222
mysterylimbo
nina525
nj908
nousernamefound1
nugget1114
nyaj32
pomegranate4800
wazoo1234
yourfavoriteanon
14 Rules of Absolutely Essential Grammar
There/Their/They’re
Know the difference. There is used as an adverb for a place.
Its/It’s
One is a possessive and the other is a contraction
The reason is because
because means for the reason that and using it can throw your sentence off
Pronouns and Gender or Pronouns and Number
Count and Noncount Nouns
Use the word number, not the word amount, to refer to things that can be counted
To/Too/Two
Two is a number, to is used for every other case, too is a conjunction meaning and or in addition.
Periods and Commas Inside the
Quotes
“………,” or “———.”
Then/Than
Then is used for time
Than is used for comparison
Affect/Effect
Affect is a verb
Effect is a noun
Your/You’re
You’re is a contraction for You are
Your is a possessive for you
Single Quotes/Double Quotes
The Banned 2nd Person
Plurals and Possessives
Subject/Verb Agreement
-Rewrite Visual Rhetoric
Use the Time-Stamp technique to guide your professor through the video.
Due Mon April 15, but post early. Anything after the 15th late penalty
Notes:
– we use kilograms to calibrate scales
– the French made the meter
– kilogram is now based and measured on Planck’s constant
– awarding perfect attendance could have an opposite effect for the student by disappointing them with only giving them a slip saying “congratulations”
– links labeled “in a new study” in articles can be used for good source content
Visual rhetoric rewriite
Due Monday April 15th
Portfolio assigngment
The definition of a kilogram
How do we define measurements
Affect/effect
Affect is a verb
Effect is a noun
It adjusts when to use a verb and when to use a noun
Two/to/too
Two is a number, to is used in every other case of a sentence, too is a combination or inclusion of something
Then/than
Then is used for time and consequence
than is used for comparison of something
Pronouns and gender
if the gender or a gender is not the basis or not addressed in the topic, do not assume the gender of your audience
The tile of books are written in italics not quotes
Chapters within the book should be written in quotes and use double quotes around what the author or one of the characters within a book states
Single quotes for quotes within a quote
Close the single quote and the double quote
Never use second person;You,Yours, You’re,
Plurals and possessives
Make the plural and make the ‘s, and figure out if the ‘s come after the word in plural form
Names that require ‘s should be said aloud to help with corrects punctuaiton
A kilogram is a piece of metal that someone chose to weigh a kilogram and now everything is based off of that one piece of metal
Perfect attendance study: someone who has perfect attendance and is later promised a certificate usually stops summing to school because it is not worth it to keep coming just for a lousy piece of paper.
Fails for grammar: Rule 9: Affect, Effect is one of the hardest ones for me to understand. Rule number 14 is also one that is hard for me. Sometimes I cannot tell. whether to use a plural or possessive verb.
Affect=Verb Effect=Noun
Task: Visual Rhetoric Rewrite
Task List
Fails for Grammar
– refer to this page for advice on how to correct simple grammar mistakes
– papers that violate basic grammar rules, usually fail
– Rule 1. There/Their/They’re
– Rule 2. Its/It’s
– Rule 3. The reason is because
– Rule 4A. Pronouns and Gender
– Rule 4B. Pronouns and Number
– Rule 5. Count and Noncount Nouns
– Rule 6. To/Too/Two
– Rule 7. Periods and Commas Inside the Quotes
– Rule 8. Then/Than
– Rule 9. Affect/Effect
– Rule 10. Your/You’re
– Rule 11. Single Quotes/Double Quotes
– Rule 12. The Banned 2nd Person
– Rule 13. Plurals and Possessives
– Rule 14. Subject/Verb Agreement
Visual Rhetoric Rewrite
– due next Monday
Affect is a verb and effect is a noun.
Affect is short for affection.
Visual re write.
Work on all grammar points.
-awarding students for perfect attendance may have unexpected consequences
-14 basic rules to help improve grammar:
-difference of there, they’re, and their
-its/it’s
-redundancy of because
-(to) affect/ (an) effect
-no plural (they) for singular noun like (police officer)
-when in doubt, use double quotes
-single quotes only in double quotes
-italicize the title of the books
-put double quotes on specific chapters
-the title of a piece inside of double quotes gets single quotes and remember to close out all quotes after period.
-no second person (you), (your)
-The reason I don’t take elevators is that one failed on me yesterday.
-stick with plurals to avoid gender problems
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Task: Grammar exercise
Visual rhetoric rewrite
e 3000-word Argument, two short Arguments (Definition, Causal, or Rebuttal), and the Annotated Bibliography that your White Paper has been preparing you to produce.
– due April 15th
– try to post early
14 Rules of Absolutely Essential Grammar:
– Rule 1. There/Their/They’re
– Rule 2. Its/It’s
– Rule 3. The reason is because
– Rule 4A. Pronouns and Gender
– Rule 4B: Pronouns and Number
– Rule 5. Count and Noncount Nouns
– Rule 6. To/Too/Two
– Rule 7. Periods and Commas Inside the Quotes
– Rule 8. Then/Than
– Rule 9. Affect/Effect
– Rule 10. Your/You’re
– .Rule 11. Single Quotes/Double Quotes
– Rule 12. The Banned 2nd Person
– Rule 13. Plurals and Possessives
-Rule 14. Subject/Verb Agreement
-awarding students for perfect attendance may have unexpected consequences
-There are certain rules for grammar that must be followed
– there, they’re, and their
-its/it’s
– because does not need to be used excessively
– affect/effect
– affect= verb
– effect=noun
– 99% of the time use ” ”
-italicize the title of the books
– use ‘ when quoting something within a quote
-put double quotes on specific chapters
– periods go inside quotation
– don’t use second person
– visual rhetoric is due april 15
Notes:Awarding students with perfect attendance will have unexpected consequences.
14 Rules of Absolutely Essential Grammar:
Rule 1. There/Their/They’re
Rule 2. Its/It’s
Rule 3. The reason is because
Rule 4A. Pronouns and Gender
Rule 4B: Pronouns and Number
Rule 5. Count and Noncount Nouns
Rule 6. To/Too/Two
Rule 7. Periods and Commas Inside the Quotes
Rule 8. Then/Than
Rule 9. Affect/Effect
Rule 10. Your/You’re
Rule 11. Single Quotes/Double Quotes
Rule 12. The Banned 2nd Person
Rule 13. Plurals and Possessives
Rule 14. Subject/Verb Agreement
Visual rewrite due now, but certainly finished by Monday the 15th
14 Rules of Grammar
Rule 1. There/Their/They’re
Rule 2. Its/It’s
Rule 3. The reason is because
Rule 4A. Pronouns and Gender
Rule 4B. Pronouns and Number
Rule 5. Count and Noncount Nouns
Rule 6. To/Too/Two
Rule 7. Periods and Commas Inside the Quotes
Rule 8. Then/Than
Rule 9. Affect/Effect
Rule 10. Your/You’re
Rule 11. Single Quotes/Double Quotes
Rule 12. The Banned 2nd Person
Rule 13. Plurals and Possessives
Rule 14. Subject/Verb Agreement
– Visual rhetoric rewrite due april 15
– 14 grammar rules to follow
-There/Their/They’re
– Its/It’s
– The reason is because
– Pronouns and Gender
– Pronouns and Number
– Count and Noncount Nouns
– To/Too/Two
– Periods and Commas Inside the Quotes
– Then/Than
– Affect/Effect
– Your/You’re
– Single Quotes/Double Quotes
– The Banned 2nd Person
– Plurals and Possessives
– Subject/Verb Agreement