Graded assignment
voices of an emerging nation unit test, part 2
answer the questions using complete sentences.
total score: of 55 points
(score for question 1: of 10 points)
1. based on the readings in this unit, what do the readings in this unit reveal about diversity within the new nation? use at least three specific examples from the text. your answer should be at least one complete paragraph.

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(score for question 2: of 15 points)
2. throughout history, literature has been used as a form of protest. choose two selections from this unit and explain why they can be thought of as protest literature. discuss each selection in its own complete paragraph.

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(score for question 3: of 30 points)
3. what are some values that are important to the people who live and work in the new nation? list at least three values and illustrate their importance with evidence from at least three readings. you should have at least one complete paragraph explaining each example. discuss each example in its own complete paragraph.

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type of error:

the error in the sentence is a "dangling modifier". a dangling modifier is a phrase, word or clause that "dangles" because there is not target to modify. in this case, "after mopping the floor" is the dangling modifier since it has no word to modify. the noun "house" cannot mop the floor; therefore there is a mistake in the writing of the sentence.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.

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