Editing and Revising

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Which of the following answer choices BEST represents a hook? Options:

There are many opinions on the nation's capitol.

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The two passages "A Capitol Place" and "A Permanent Home" both are about the nations capital.

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In both the passages it talks about the different opinions people had bout where to locate the capital.

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After the Revolutionary War (1775-1793) Americans tried to figure out the best way to govern themselves.

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After the Revolutionary War (1775-1793) Americans tried to figure out the best way to govern themselves.

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Which of the following are a complete THESIS statement? Options:

These two passages are different because "A Capital Place" states facts about where to put the capital building up and "A Permanent Home" States facts about how and why the northern and the southern states fight against each other.

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This informational essay will be explaining the different opinions and where to locate the capital from both passages.

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The first passage "A Capital Place" is the information about a place for the capital or is there more?

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Leaders in government all pushed to have the nation's capital meet their interests, the north and south wanted it to be placed in their territory while the west hoped to have it in a more convenient location than Washington D.C..

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Leaders in government all pushed to have the nation's capital meet their interests, the north and south wanted it to be placed in their territory while the west hoped to have it in a more convenient location than Washington D.C..

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Which of the following sentences make a great topic sentence for a body paragraph? Options:

The north and the south argued where to put the capital.

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While the north and the south were dealing with their disagreements the government was dealing with difficulties too.

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Other people thought the nations capital should be located closer to them.

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The south believed the nation's capital should be located in their territory.

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The south believed the nation's capital should be located in their territory.

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Select a below answer choice that represents a vague phrase, a group of words that do not clearly state what is being written about. Options:

In the passage

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In the selection "A Capital Place"

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In "Kowalski's excerpt

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In the passage "A Capital Place"

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In the passage

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Select the best body paragraph transition from student writing:

"A Capital Place" is about the difficulties in locating the capital

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In passage 2 Excerpt from "A Permanent Home. By Kenneth R. Bowling. He frist starts by writing "The United States Revalutionary".

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American's did not only disagree on what of capitall they wanted, but they also disagreed on where it should be.

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In passage two it states that the north and south states didn't trust one another.

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American's did not only disagree on what of capitall they wanted, but they also disagreed on where it should be.

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Select the restatement of thesis that is BEST from the given options.

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In conclusion there were many opinions on where to locate the capital.

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The following are quotes used in student samples of writing. Select the BEST quote format below.

1. In the passage A Capital Place it states, "...the british marched on Washington in 1814 setting fire to government building. Faced with a fire damaged city, congress considered a bill to move the capital to Philideia, but the bill did not pass." This is another on of the many other opinion where to locate the capital.

2. For instants in paragraph 7 it gives timeline information like dates, "then druing the war of 1812, the British marched on Washington in 1814 and set fire to goverment buildings. Faced with a fire - damage city. Congress considered a bill to move the capital to Philadelpha, but the bill did not pass." Another thing in "A Capital's Place" was, "The Idea of moving the country's capital arose again at various time during the 19th century" this gives information over the capital's location.

3. the north wanted the capital to be located a the susauehanna river. They wanted it to be in a highly populated area. The north and south did not trust each other they still ended up making a decision. Al though the north put up a good argument the south took them down.

4. Based on the information in passage 1 they wont a place to have a private office to descuse whatever there whanting to talk about without everyone knowing that there talking about changing somthing.

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In the passage A Capital Place it states, "...the british marched on Washington in 1814 setting fire to government building. Faced with a fire damaged city, congress considered a bill to move the capital to Philideia, but the bill did not pass." This is another on of the many other opinion where to locate the capital.