Persuasive Writing A. Selects two problems in your school that you want the school principal to address (possible ideas: school lunches, school hours, not having enough elective classes, adopting a no homework policy, uniforms, cell-phone policy, discipline code).
 
B. Write an introductory paragraph (Persuasive Paragraph). The paragraph must have an attention catcher (hook), thesis statement (opinion) two main points, and a conclusion.

I. Introduction (paragraph # 1)
II. First argument or reason to support your position: (paragraph # 2)
•Elaboration to back your point.
III. Second argument or reason to support your position: (paragraph # 3)
•Elaboration to back your point.
IV. Conclusion (Paragraph # 4)
•Summary of main points or reasons
           •Restate thesis statement.

in railroad songs, workers swung their hammers during the offbeat. work songs combined with traditional musical and lyrical forms, such as hymns and ballads, to create spirituals, the blues, and other jazz styles. this blending of old and new can be seen when comparing the lyrics to the traditional irish song "lass of roch royal" and the blues song "the deal."

as work songs and other forms of jazz developed, jazz music spread across the united states. for example, a jazz style known as dixieland went from new orleans to chicago by means of the famous trumpet player louis armstrong. the original dixieland band developed out of armstrong's influence and, in the early 1920s, moved to new york city. once jazz reached new york, especially harlem, its development

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i'm unsure whether this sentence is active or passive voice.

    i want to be there when the final match is played at wimbledon.

when we marked it, the teacher said that it was passive voice, but isn't the subject ("i") doing the action, which makes it active? can someone explain?

passive-voice

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    it's not the matrix clause that is passive, but just the subordinate clause functioning as complement of "when", i.e. the final match is played at wimbledon. it's a 'short passive' in that there is no internalised complement (by phrase). the subject of the subordinate passive clause is "the final match". "i" is subject of the matrix clause. – billj jun 13 '17 at 15: 29

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