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1. Learning Team Assignment: Prewriting Strategies – Learning Team “A”

* Address the following questions as a Learning Team:

* Academic writing standards generally condemn the use of first- and second-person pronouns such as I, me, my, you, and your. Why do you think this is the case?

The use of first- and second-hand pronouns is considered an informal method of writing. Academic writing is a formal way of writing, without contractions, or informal vernacular. I believe that the use of pronouns is “condemned” because their use can cause confusion in communication and can impart a less than serious tone.

* Find a movie review in an online publication for a movie currently playing in theaters. Post the link to the review for the class and provide five examples of how the reviewer used adverbs and five examples of the use of adjectives. Has the reviewer used them effectively? Explain why or why not.

* Adjectives: The enthusiasm Black brings to the character’s line readings injects just the right amount of gusto, immaturity, humor, and pathos to this animated kids' action tale.

*  Can the silly goose (Hong) who raised him really be his father?

* Po learns that he was adopted, and the evil peacock Lord Shen (Oldman, in his finest sneering mode) is the cause of his separation from his biological parents

* Adverbs: The enthusiasm Black brings to the character’s line readings injects just the right amount of gusto, immaturity, humor, and pathos to this animated kids' action tale.

* Yes, the author uses adverbs and adjectives effectively. The point of adverbs and adjectives is to bring life to a piece of writing by describing verbs and nouns, respectively, and this author does a good job of doing just that.

* http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2011-05-27/kung-fu-panda-2/

* Compare and contrast your abilities as an academic writer now as opposed to when you began your studies...