When listeners or readers practice collaborative rhetoric, they “[commit] to listening to others’ views for the purpose of simply understanding other perspectives” (Ramage, et al. 192). According to PIE body paragraph construction, the author names are listed in the signal phrase or in the parenthetical citation. This is logical because the reader would not need author names repeated in the sentence.

Which of the following avoids a run-on sentence error?

Based on the handout in Week 5, Choosing Effective Words, connotation refers to 

That student agrees that professors assign too much reading. College students read all day and half the night. Buses carry students from home to class and from class to work. The red double-decker bus carries tourists throughout London. What’s is the relationship between each pair of bolded words like student agrees? Hint:  See Week 4 Prepare module “Common Grammar Mistakes” handout.

A good example of homonyms are rain and reign because they sound alike but mean different things.

Writers should avoid making announcements of what they or their paper will do unless assignment guidelines specifically ask for it.  Consider this phrasing to be wordy, empty language as your instructor does.

A dictionary and a thesaurus provide similar information, so a writer can use just one of these with equal results.

According to Ramage, et al., collaborative rhetoric “aims to keep the conversation going” when two parties disagree (194). In this example, the quote is introduced with a signal phrase, and additional phrasing is added to explain in a complete sentence.

The old, aluminum boat sitting on its trailer. This phrasing is missing a _____ to be a complete sentence.

A good example of homonyms are “rain” and “reign” because they sound alike but mean different things.