Reading and Writing Pyramids of Giza, Vocabulary Review

 By Nate Feldman

combine   critically    died out   express   highly    perspective   political     rapidly   rate   roughly

1. You speak so ______________________so I cannot understand you clearly.

2. An animal species with less than a 100 members still alive is ____________________endangered.

3. The dinosaurs _________________over 65 million years ago.

4. If you don't do any assignments, I _______________doubt you will pass the course.

5. Some people say we don't need to save dying languages, but from my ____________________it is essential to do so.

6. Art is a way people often ___________________their feelings.

7. You drive at such a fast ______________.   You need to slow down a bit.

8. The Philadelphia area has __________________1.5-2 million people.

9. Washington, DC is the ___________________center of the United States.

10. In this class, we ________________reading and writing skills.

Short Writing: Counter-argument/refutation

From my perspective, critically endangered languages should be preserved in some way or another.  Some people might argue that these efforts are a waste of time and there are more urgent matters than whether a language of 100 people is saved or not (counter-argument).  While I understand that there seem to be more pressing concerns in the world, I think this approach is misguided (concession).  Assuming that a language is unimportant because less people speak it gives power to the mighty and takes it away from those with less influence.  Furthermore, who are we to judge what languages are important or not (refutation)?  All have value and incredible information.  

Short writing: Introductions

Introductions: 

Since I was a child, I have always enjoyed a delicious chocolate candy bar of some kind.  Whether it was a Milky Way, Hershey Bar, or three Musketeers, I have always craved things with chocolate.  Recently, I’ve heard talk about people eating chocolate every day with every meal.  I must admit that this is very tempting, but is this a good idea?  From my perspective, we should eat chocolate only occasionally instead of all the time.

 

Who doesn’t love a delicious piece of chocolate?  I know I do, and I’ve enjoyed many types of things with chocolate, such cookies, cake, pies, and ice cream.  Recently, I’ve heard talk about people eating chocolate every day with every meal.  I must admit that this is very tempting, but is this a good idea?  From my perspective, we should eat chocolate only occasionally instead of all the time.