Match the description to the term.
1. serious nonfiction writing meant to inform or convince
2. comma, semicolon, colon
3. french word for essay
4. often humorous
5. gives ideas or opinions to be proven
6. form or type of literature
7. thurber and emerson
8. period, question mark, exclamation point
9. addison and steele
10. comma, dash
11. made up; not real
12. factual
words:
essai
informal essay
fiction
thesis statement
nonfiction
end marks
english essayists
interrupters
genre
formal essay
american essayists
linking marks

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Dentify the reasons that support the claim. check all that apply. claim: students should be required to take at least one online class. learning entirely remotely is one option that many schools offer. online classes provide more flexibility in students’ schedules. everyone enjoys using a computer, so online learning is more fun than traditional learning. one online class should be a mandated part of any school’s curriculum. students learn valuable skills they can apply in online college courses.

Fortify is a verb that means “to protect and strengthen.” a fortifications is a that means something that protects.