What exactly does helpful, collaborative feedback look and sound like? In this discussion, you'll work with your peers to ensure that your feedback is actually relevant and helpful. Let's read Arnold's post:

Overall, I think a good guide is to focus your feedback on something specific, even if that means it's a relatively small thing. Big, sweeping observations like "Your organization is messy" or "I don't understand your argument" are really unhelpful and overwhelming. Instead, it's best to focus on one small piece of the overall organization and suggest a specific change; for example, "How about using a transitional phrase at the end of your introduction to guide the reader into your first claim?"

Create one post that answers the following prompt:

You will be providing feedback to peers. Suggest two guidelines for the group to follow to collaborate successfully.
Create two posts that:

Reply to your peers' comments and questions.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

you're welcome ; p

pandas are endangered because of habitat destruction by humans.

as of 2014 there were around 2,000 left, since then, it supposedly has risen 17%.

they are a very endangered species.

-theoneandonly003

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,