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What does a good cover letter have?

• A clear purpose that shows why you are writing it

• Visually appropriate and appealing

• Includes relevant info about the writer

• Is grammatically correct with no errors

• all of the above

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What is wrong with the following cover letter sample (You may select multiple answers):

To whom it may concern:

I read your ad for the assistant position and would like to apply. As my resume shows you, I have a lot of great experience that you can use. And, IMHO, this job is exactly what I want!!!

Please review my resume and call me soon to schedule an interview. I am so eager to meet you. Hope to CU soon!!!

Sincerely, Debbie Jobhunter

• Salutation is too generic.

• Texting Lingo.

• Spelling Errors.

• Too many exclamation marks.

• Boring, doesn't catch the attention of the hiring manager.

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love / of others / good manners / and / win the / respect

• good manners win the love and respect of others

• love and good manners win the respect of others

• good manners of others win the love and respect

• love and respect win the good manners of others

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2004 (1) Describe a festival celebrated in your area.

• descriptive of a place

• descriptive of a person

• descriptive of an event / experience

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Who is your favorite superhero? Why?

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Choose the correct concluding sentence.

Morning walks are a simple but excellent exercise. It enhances the flow of oxygen in blood and relieves us of a lot of stress. It helps us to get rid of laziness and also induces good sleep at night. Another additional benefit is that morning walks expose us to fresh air which keeps us in touch with nature.

• Thus, morning walks do a lot of good to us.

• Morning walk helps relieve stress.

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Rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off.

• NO CHANGE

• It rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off.

• The plane rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour Cayley watched the machine take off.

• Cayley watched the machine take off rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour.

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What is a good topic sentence for the following supporting details?

Because The Bahamas is an archipelago, transportation is a great problem. Unlike most nations, which are one continuous land mass, large stretches of sea separate our islands. From the capital city of Nassau, the government makes sure that there are regular mail boats to and from the inhabited Family Islands. The weekly visits of the mail boat are a big event for remote communities and provide opportunities to catch up on the latest news from the city not to mention the receipt of mail and goods. Travel on the mail boat is fairly cheap and quite an adventure in itself, but it is very slow and delays can be experienced due to rough seas and adverse weather conditions.

• Transportation plays a vital role in the The Bahamas.

• Mail boats move very quickly

• The Bahamas has over 700 islands and cays

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When writing an EOC-style persuasive essay, how should you BEST end your essay?

• Try to fill up the whole space and stop when you do.

• You should write a counter-argument and restate your thesis.

• You should make sure that you write an entire conclusion.

• You should just rewrite your thesis. You should just rewrite your thesis.

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We write persuasive essays to... 

• inform our audience with research about one topic.
• Persuade the audience to agree with our opinions
• To tell a story

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