Sentence Words
More Positive
connotation
Less Positive
connotation
Martha has lived in her
on Third house,
Street for twenty years,
home
The star of the play was tall and
skinny, slender
and had short hair,
slender skinny
Carly had a
attitude toward the
other team
Nia was very
with her parents
money
The Russians showed signs of being
in the negotiation,
competitive,
hostile
extravagant,
generous
flexible,
soft
Walter is a
business dealings
bargainer in
determined,
vicious

Which statement is general rather than specific? a) "marian anderson was one of my favorite singers." b) "next thing you know, everything changed for marian." c) "she was born in philadelphia, the oldest of three girls." d) "marian's remarkable life story was an inspiration to me."

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Which organizational method does your reading material suggest is particularlyuseful when writing about a place? of importancecause → effect