Keep the following in mind as you prepare yourself by answering the following questions to write two paragraphs in which you utilize a change of focus between each paragraph.
what is the main idea of your first paragraph?
what is the main idea of your second paragraph?
which of the eight types of focus (time, place, action, mood, point of view, speaker, idea, or step) will you use to change the focus of the second paragraph?

Which of the following is the original meaning of the word college? a. an independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general studies leading to a bachelor’s degree b. a building used for an educational or religious purpose c. a group of persons considered by law to be a unit d. a body of clergy, living together and supported by a foundation

What is a generalization? a. a series of events that make up what happens in a story b. hints or clues that tell you what is going to happen in a story c. the final resolution or event that ties up loose ends in a story d. a simple statement about something complicated

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.