English Homework Solutions

Getting rid of cliches

Reviewed the passage, revise it say what it means in plain English! "The man was like a bull in a china shop. Even though he got through the door as smooth as silk, he really ended up getting stuck between a rock and a hard place. He was something of a round peg in a square hole, and even though the tough get going when the ...continues

Twain Analysis-

What is Mark Twain saying about "Man."? What does he think of man? How does he define Man? (See attached file)

Problematic Phenomena Exercise

We experience many problematic phenomena every day: cranky co- workers, unreasonable bosses, and paperwork. The exercise will help you analyze the causes of a problematic result or effect on the job or at home. What you would call this phenomenon, (for example, "excessive paperwork," stress," or "weird co-workers')? In no ...continues

Definition Writing

How do I re-write this in definition? My instructor says this decribes not defines. Sitting in my Daughter's bedroom is an old teddy bear. It doesn't look like anything special, just a plain white teddy bear standing about 15 inches tall. It has black buttons for eyes, and the white stuffing is poking out of several h ...continues

Run-on sentences

This is a one-page handout explaining the run-on sentence and offering several different solutions for fixing it. Examples of run-ons are taken from actual student papers submitted in a college composition course.

Use the Cybrary to find information about characterization...

Use the Cybrary to find information about characterization. Read some tips on writing believable characters. Select one character (whom you know or about whom you have read) and write contrasting paragraphs about that character. In the first, try to make the character likeable. In the second, attempt to arouse a hostile reaction ...continues

Tenses

Please can you answer the following tenses E.G. concentrate on capital verbs only and give the time reference. Each question should have a tense and time reference I'm TRAVELLING to London next week. I wish I had more time to FINISH this exercise. When you have FINISHED you can go home. Gorbachev CALLS for peace sum ...continues

APA Format is shown.

One of the books that I am using as a reference is a compilation of many writers' essays. The book does not have a specific author; however, it has three editors. I am required to use this book for my citations. I will be making citations from the various essays. How would I cite the text I am using? 1st time and thereafter?

How to distinguish indirect objects, direct objects, and object complements.

This tutorial offers short formulas for proper identification of these grammatical terms.

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