Emphasis (1)
Getting the Main Ideas Out of the Undergrowth and into the Top Words
Do all five problems in this exercise before clicking on "Next."
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Select the sentence that sounds more emphatic.
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The humanitarianism with which we entered this war has become mere selfishness.
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Our motive for waging this war has evolved from humanitarian purposes to selfish ends.
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Write in the box the subject and the predicate of the following sentence, but exclude all prepositional phrases.
The humanitarianism with which we entered this war has become mere selfishness.
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Write in the box the subject and the predicate of the following sentence, but exclude all prepositional phrases.
Our motive for waging this war has evolved from humanitarian purposes to selfish ends.
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Compare, then, the skeletons of the two sentences. Which contains more ideas?
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Motive has evolved.
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Humanitarianism has become selfishness.
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Select the sentence that sounds more emphatic.
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The departure of all residents and the removal their belongings from the building by June 3 at 5 o'clock is imperative.
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The departure of all residents and the removal their belongings from the building by June 3 at 5 o'clock is a must.
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All residents must leave the building with their belongings by June 3 at 5 o'clock.
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Write in the box the subject and the predicate of the following sentence, but exclude all prepositional phrases.
The departure of all residents and the removal of their belongings from the building by June 3 at 5 o'clock is imperative.
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Write in the box the subject and the predicate of the following sentence, but exclude all prepositional phrases.
All residents must leave the building with their belongings by June 3 at 5 o'clock.
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Which core sentence is more specific?
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Departure and removal is imperative.
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Residents must leave the building.
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Write in the box the subject and the predicate of the following sentence, but exclude all prepositional phrases.
In the history of attitudes toward suicide, a constant battle between reason and superstition has been evident.