COM 155 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom

1. COM 155 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

2. COM 155 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • COM 155 Week 1 DQS • COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B • COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice • COM 155 Week 2 DQs • COM 155 Week 3 DQs • COM 155 Week 3 Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing- Appendix D • COM 155 Week 4 Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing • COM 155 Week 4 DQs • COM 155 Week 5 Assignment: Pronoun Practice

3. COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 1. Assignment: Sentence Structure Review• Resource: Appendix B• Read Appendix B.• Review the eight sentences.• Identify which of the four errors, if any, is present in each sentence.• Rewrite the sentence so that it is a grammatically correct sentence.Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment in the Assignments link by Week One Day 6

4. COM 155 Week 1 DQS For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • List at least one of the serious writing errors identified on p. 385 and identify how such an error could negatively affect your writing. • Identify which of the four most serious writing errors listed on p. 385 you find challenging to overcome in your own writing. State a method to avoid this error. • Exercise Central’s activities this week provide practice with the key grammar points covered in this week’s objectives. What are the key lessons you learned from these activities? How might the exercises help you as you work on improving your writing? • Page 391 provides information about verbs. List the difference between a linking verb and an action verb. Use at least one example of each type of verb in a sentence. • List each of the seven basic parts of speech identified on pp. 385 & 386. Describe their usage and the most common ways they are misused.

5. COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday)Resource: Weekly ReadingsWrite five sentences about the role of education in successful financial planning, in which you correctly use a different verb tense in each sentence.Mark each verb used in bold and, in parentheses, identify the specific tense used.Post your submission as an attachment

6. COM 155 Week 2 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • How might a potential employer evaluate your writing if you did not use proper verb tenses? Why? • Identify the five trouble spots located on pp. 436–446 to help avoid making mistakes in subject-verb agreement. Which mistake do you think is the worst? Why? • This week, we discussed verb usage by focusing on subject–verb agreement and verb tenses. Based on the grammar apply section of MyWritingLab, what lessons have you learned that will change the way you write in the future? • What is the definition of subject–verb agreement? Provide one example of how to avoid making mistakes in verb tense and explain why this information will help your writing skills. • What are the definitions of the past progressive and future progressive tenses? Write two sentences about family financial goals using the past progressive and future progressive tenses

7. COM 155 Week 3 Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing- Appendix D For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 5. Assignment: Identifying Errors in Writing• Resource: Appendix D• Review the passage in Appendix D.o The passage has 20 errors related to the concepts covered in Ch. 37–41.o Mark each of the errors in bold and make the correction in parentheses after the error.o Example: My cars interior is black.This must be marked as follows: My cars (car’s) interior is black.• Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment in the Assignments link by Week Three Day 6.

8. COM 155 Week 3 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • Often, students rely on improper punctuation and capitalization because of the popularity and convenience of sending text messages. In academic writing, however, you must strive to use appropriate punctuation and capitalization. Why do you need to use appropriate punctuation, including plurals and possessives, in your writing? • Page 673 provides examples of how comma placements may completely change the meaning of a sentence. Knowing this, what can you do as a writer to ensure your comma usage helps you to communicate clearly? • Review the lessons on commas and apostrophes in MyWritingLab. Based on what you learned, what can you do to minimize errors when using commas and apostrophes in your writing? • Discuss the difference between plurals and possessives. Write three sentence using plurals correctly and three sentences using possessives correctly on the topic of how to store personal financial information effectively and efficiently. • Chapter 41 shows examples of proper nouns that need to be capitalized. List four examples of capitalized proper nouns from this chapter. Explain your strategy for determining when to use capitalized proper nouns in the future.

9. COM 155 Week 4 Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in WritingDUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) Resources: Weekly Readings and Appendix E· This assignment has three distinct parts.·o First, determine whether the sample sentences in Appendix E are correct. If it is not correct, make the correction needed.o Second, write five sentences in which you address changes in your writing.o Third, write a brief 100-word explanation in which you explain how the material studied this week has changed the way you write. Provide at least two specific examples of changes you have implemented based on what you learned this week.· Post your submission as a Microsoft® Word attachment.· Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resources: Weekly Readings and Appendix E • This assignment has three distinct parts. • First, determine whether the sample sentences in Appendix E are correct. If it is not correct, make the correction needed. • Second, write five sentences in which you address changes in your writing. • Third, write a brief 100-word explanation in which you explain how the material studied this week has changed the way you write. • Provide at least two specific examples of changes you have implemented based on what you learned this week. • Post your submission as a Microsoft® Word attachment.

10. COM 155 Week 4 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • Writing errors, such as those identified in the readings for this week, may influence the way a reader interprets your writing. A résumé that is marred by grammatical errors, for example, may prevent a job candidate from progressing to the interview stage. Do you think it is appropriate for people to be judged based on their writing? Explain your answer. • List five commonly confused word mistakes. Then, demonstrate their correct usage in well-written sentences. • This week, the discussions have focused on the importance of word choice and avoiding commonly confused words. Identify three key strategies to ensure you will choose words correctly in the future to improve your writing. • Page 634 mentions that a thesaurus is a helpful tool. One challenge of using a thesaurus is that each word has its own connotation, and although the meanings may be similar, there are often subtle differences. Think about the following pairs of words: confident and arrogant, quiet and introverted, pure and naïve. The general meaning is the same, but one word in each pair typically has a positive connotation, whereas the other has a negative connotation. Write one sentence using each word to demonstrate that you understand the correct connotation. When using synonyms, what steps might you take to ensure your word choice carries the correct connotation? • Spelling errors may be eliminated by using spell check. Spell checks often do not catch errors if the wrong word is chosen, however. This has led to common writing errors such as advice instead of advise, loose instead of lose, and there instead of their. Describe your strategies that ensure you will not make these kinds of mistakes.

11. COM 155 Week 5 Assignment: Pronoun Practice For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Pronoun Practice • DUE DATE: Day 7 (Sunday) • Resource: Weekly Readings • Write several sentences describing a recent interaction with a friend or family member about personal finance or credit cards. This interaction may be imagined or real. • Use at least five different pronouns in your sentences. • Identify all pronouns used by bolding them. • Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment

12. COM 155 Week 5 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • Write six original sentences in which pronouns are used in a consistent manner. What strategies might a writer use to ensure pronouns are used effectively? • Rewrite the first sentence of Ch. 27 in your own words. Identify the three basic types of pronouns mentioned on pp. 495 & 496. Explain why using pronouns may help make your writing more effective. • This week, we discussed how to properly use pronouns. You have been asked to complete several exercises to help practice using pronouns effectively. Explain which of these exercises you found most useful and elaborate on how it will help your writing in the future. • The words who and whom are often used incorrectly. Review pp. 509 & 510. Imagine that you are teaching an ESL (English as a second language) student about how to use who and whom. Provide an explanation to make it easy for him or her to understand the concept. Provide at least three examples using each pronoun. • Academic writing standards generally condemn the use of first- and second-person pronouns such as I, me, my, you, and your. Why do you think this is the case?

13. COM 155 Week 6 Assignment: Review – Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Review – Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resource: Weekly Readings • Use at least five adverbs and five adjectives to write a brief review of a movie, sporting event, musical performance, or television show. • Bold each adverb. • Underline each adjective. • Compare the event to one or more similar events. When comparing, use at least three comparatives and three superlatives. • Post your assignment for faculty review.

14. COM 155 Week 6 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • Review pp. 517–520. Describe your experience with credit and credit cards in a brief paragraph using at least five adverbs and five adjectives in your description. Bold the adverbs and underline the adjectives. What is the most effective way to determine whether a word is an adjective or an adverb? • Students are often confused about the use of the words good and well in their writing. Write a 100-word passage to Susan Anker, the author of the course’s textbook, in which you describe five details from her book that are good and five details about the • book that are written well. • It is not unusual for writers to confuse adverbs and adjectives. How did the material in MyWritingLab help reduce the possibility of confusion? Describe the strategies you have developed to avoid confusing the use of adverbs and adjectives in the future. • Find a movie review in an online publication for a movie currently playing in theaters. Post the link to the review for the class and provide five examples of how the reviewer used adverbs and five examples of the use of adjectives. Has the reviewer used them effectively? Why or why not? • Compare and contrast your abilities as an academic writer now as opposed to when you began at Axia College. Using four comparatives and four superlatives within your responses, explain what has led to these changes and what changes you will make in the future.

15. COM 155 Week 7 Assignment: Paragraphs and Topic Sentences For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Paragraphs and Topic Sentences • DUE DATE: Day 7 (Sunday) • Write two paragraphs about how interest rates affect our purchasing decisions. • Identify the topic sentence in each by underlining it. • Post your paper as an attachment

16. COM 155 Week 7 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions Based on the readings in Ch. 3, identify key· points to keep in mind when writing a topic sentence. How might these key points help you write effectively? This week, you were asked to· review the Topic Sentence section in the Center for Writing Excellence. Using the topic of home ownership versus leasing, identify a topic and provide a topic sentence you would use in a paragraph about the topic. After reviewing the information in Ch. 3, identify the three key parts of a paragraph.·· Page 50 has five paragraphs. Review the five paragraphs and identify which you think is most effective. Explain why you think it is the most effective. When writing a paragraph, it is important that the topic· sentence and supporting points within that paragraph be directly related. What would be the reaction of a reader if the topic sentences in an essay did not coincide with the supporting points

17. COM 155 Week 8 Assignment: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation • DUE DATE: Day 4 (Thursday) • Resource: Appendix F • Read the four sample paragraphs in Appendix F. • Identify whether the paragraph was a summary, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation. • Write a paragraph explaining the key differences between the four types of writing. • Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment

18. COM 155 Week 8 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Questions • Read the summary paragraph on the bottom of p. 37. Identify the author’s goal in writing the paragraph. How effectively do you think the author met that goal? • Read the two-paragraph analysis passage on p. 38. Identify the purpose of the writing. • Pages 6 & 7 of the Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers show many different types of writing. Explain the key differences between the following types of paragraphs: summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. • Read the second paragraph of the synthesis passage. It may be found on pp. 38 & 39. Using your reading for the week and this paragraph in particular, answer the following questions. • What is the key objective when writing a paragraph on synthesis? • Do you feel the author was effective? • Review the evaluation paragraph on p. 40. Identify what the author did well and what the author could have done better. Explain what situations lend themselves to evaluation.

19. COM 155 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com