- First, using the transitional words and phrases handout, add at least 4 transitional words and phrases to the following paragraph and repost:
One reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. One of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. This lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
- Next, also using the handout, write one paragraph on the topic of your choice of at least 6 sentences that incorperates 4 transitional phrases and/or words and post online.
- Last, when you are finished, look at your essay and incorperate some of these phrases and words into it in preparation for draft 3 to make your ideas flow more smoothly into each other.
Some suggestions for your paragraph topics:
- Registering for classes
- Getting to school in the morning
- Any "how to" instructions: ex: How to ask for a date or How to ask for a raise
Caveat: Using first, next and last should be avoided for this assignment. Also, please do not take any "shortcuts" such as modifying existing writing unless it is your own as this will not have the same impact upon your writing skills.
One reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Initially, achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. To begin, one of my friends threw a party at his house last month and he asked me to and bring a date, although I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. Going on, I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. All in all, this lie helped me at the time, but since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. It began when one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. Later on, one of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I then said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. Ultimately I told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. This lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself. :(
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Also, achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For example, one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. However, I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. All in all, this lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Therefore, achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For instance,one of my friends threw a party at his house last month except he asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly on the other hand, I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date as a result, this lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
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ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power as a result, Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. One of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so incidentally, I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident by the way, I embarrassed my friend and his date. This lie helped me at the time therefore, since then it has made me look down on myself.
One reason people lie is to achieve personal power. For the most part , achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For example ,One of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. In other words , I embarrassed my friend and his date , but in any case ,This lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteGETTING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING:
Generally, before going to school I have a nice breakfast, because most of the time I don’t have time to eat lunch. The next step is getting ready and pretty, like most girls correspondingly do. I live far from my school, therefore I have to get to the subway station and take a train to Jersey City. Then from Jersey City, I take a shuttle to the Union City HCCC campus. In brief, my trip to school isn’t short, and it requires me to wake up early in the morning to get all of this done. On the bright side , I won’t have to do this next semester
Registering for classes:
ReplyDeleteRegistering for classes can be a hassle. At first, people think that they are going to get the classes of their choice or have it in the right time of day. For instance, I wanted to have all my classes end before 12pm. However, I registered for my classes late and as a result, some of my classes end in the mid-afternoon. I’ve dealt with the consequences of registering late to my classes, yet I wish I registered as soon as possible. All things considered, people should register for their classes as soon as possible so they have the right time frame for their class and have the classes they need.
One reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Generally speaking, achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. First of all, one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. In addition I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. All and All this lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteIf you’re looking for a new way to spend your free-time productively, there are a few simple things you can do at home that can help make your free-time more useful. On one hand, reading books is one of the easiest ways to make free-time more productive for yourself because you’re spending it expanding your vocabulary. In addition, you can read magazines, news articles & biographies to get the same effect. On the other hand, you can use the internet to learn certain how-to-do steps about things you find interesting. For instance, going on youtube and looking up how to make a power-point can benefit your school and occupational work, yet you’re still spending your free-time productively. All things considered, there are dozens of things you can do in your free-time that can still benefit you productively.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For instance, one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. However, I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date and for this reason, I didn’t want to be embarrassed so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. To summarize, lying helped me at the time and ever since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteAside from it being 20 degrees outside, getting to school in the morning is a hassle. There is always a massive amount of traffic due the all the parents dropping of their kids. Usually, I would tend to drive to school because it’s the fastest way to get there. However, after having to sit through hours of traffic one morning I took it upon myself to never drive to school again. Instead, I would use my own two legs to get to school even if it meant it would take a little longer than driving. In the long run, it was good exercise and I could sure use it.
One reason people lie is to achieve personal power. In short, achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For example one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. As usual I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. In essence, I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. This lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For example , one of my friends threw a party at his house last week. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to but it was all a lie. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. This lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. For instance one of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn’t want to be embarrassed, so then I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. Above all I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. To sum up this lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
ReplyDeleteOne reason people lie is to achieve personal power. Achieving personal power is helpful for someone who pretends to be more confident than he really is. One of my friends threw a party at his house last month. He asked me to come to his party and bring a date. In this case I didn’t have a girlfriend. One of my other friends, who had a date to go to the party with, asked me about my date. I didn't want to be embarrassed, so I claimed that I had a lot of work to do. So then I said I could easily find a date even better than his if I wanted to. I also told him that his date was ugly. I achieved power to help me feel confident. I embarrassed my friend and his date. Therefore, this lie helped me at the time, since then it has made me look down on myself.
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