Sonny Badolato
English 3050
Prof. Tim Conrad
9/26/12
Chapter 4 – Rhetorical
Exercise 10
1.
Both tea and coffee contains coffee.
2.
Caffeine quickens both metabolism and increases the heart rate.
3.
Some people drink either coffee or tea, but not both.
4.
Both coffee and tea cannot make you intelligent, but a little caffeine can help you concentrate for a short period of time.
5.
Japanese blue-collar workers work more hours per day than American workers do but also typically do so with more dedication and energy.
6.
Both workers and schoolchildren in Japan put in more time than their American counterparts.
7.
In the United States, neither blue-collar workers nor students spend as much time at their respective jobs as do their Japanese counterparts.
Exercise 11
1.
Go
2.
Choose
3. Go
4. Is
5. Funds
Exercise 12
1.
The Smithsonian Institution comprises nineteen museums, nine research centers and the
National Zoo.
2.
Most of the museums are located on the National Mall in Washington DC, but the
National Air and Space Museum has two locations.
3.
You can find one of the museums on the National Mall and the other near Dulles
International Airport.
4.
The National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall contains in its collection, the
Wright Flyer, Sputnik 1, and the Apollo 11 lunar module.
5.
The museum on the National Mall opened in 1976; however, its collection was so large that an additional museum was built near Dulles International Airport.
6.
Visitors to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center can view the Boeing B-29 Superfortress,
Engola Gay , the MacCready, Gossamer Albatross, and the space shuttle Enterprise.

7.
Together, these two museums maintain a vast collection of air-and spacecraft; they also sponsor vital research into aviation and related technologies.
8.
These museums share the same mission. They are dedicated to the commemoration of the nation’s aeronautic history.
9.
Approximately 260 employees work at the museums, but the museums could not open their doors without the help of their 500 volunteers, whose tasks range from staffing the information desk to serving as docents.
10.
Admission to both these spectacular museums is free, but donations are accepted.
Exercise 13
1.
Total number of words
2.
Total number of sentences
Professional Student
12,263
4688
6287
1615
3.
Longest sentence (in # of words) 38
4.
Shortest sentence (in # of words) 9
5.
Average sentence length
6.
Number of sentences with more than
22
2810
24
11
16
1001 ten words over the average
7.
Percentage of sentences with more
10.
five words below the average
Paragraph length
59.9% than ten words below the average
8.
Number of sentences with more than 518
Five words below the average
9.
Percentage of sentences with more than 11%
9 longest paragraph (in # of sentences) 744
61.9%
323
32%
5
204 shortest paragraph (in # of sentences) 423 51 average paragraph (in # of sentences) 543 38
Exercise 14
1.
to lift and swimming
2.
all the virtues and in the great tradition
3.
enjoy flying and want to take
4.
starting and whether and were the opinions
5.
introduced and said
6.
won the Tour de France and also known
7.
either and or
8.
are the largest and up to 80 percent

Personal Essay
Chapter 7
Terrible Dreams of Falling From the Sky
Falling on my back as I look up into the dark blue sky above me, I see the bottom of a small white plane diminishing from my view as I floated down the sky on my back. How did I get here? I started to feel a sharp pain jabbing in my chest, as my breathing became more intensified. I felt hopeless like an injured bird, incapable of expanding my wings. The sense of intense panic came over me for that few seconds, wondering how I am going to land safely or not. The gravity is pulling me harder to the ground below me, tumbling in midair. The glimpse of the ground below me seems very pale, very plain, and much unspoken for. The fear of heights came upon me and knowing that if I did not do something quick, I will meet the “bottomless pit” below me. Then something horrific started to happen. I started tumbling out of control as I fall to my death. I realized that I am only a teenager and I couldn’t believe my life was going to end abruptly. I suddenly woke up sweaty and out of breath, thanking God that it was another horrific dream I had, an undesirable dream with no answers…
Two decades later, these many horrific dreams occurred unexpected. Attached to a
Marine Corps paratroop unit, it was another routine training jump out of a plane at 6500 feet.
Immediately after exiting the rear of the plane, I had entered a serious turbulent wind usually called a “hot pocket”, it was produced by the airplane’s propeller blades that had sent me falling on my back for a few seconds and then produced a tumbling effect in midair. Out of adrenaline rush and panic of not being in control, this occurrence reminded me that split second of the many dreams I had when I was younger! I forced a dive in midair to cease the tumbling effect, and extended my arms to gain maneuverability again. Whew, that was a close one!
Chapter 8
Essay on Magic Box in our Living Room
Exciting magical box that comes in different shapes and sizes that can take your mind to another world, another place, another time, or another reality that is not yours to live in. Great thing is that you can visually watch all of this in the privacy of your own house. This magical box is our new invention, innovated technology that allows you to take periodical “vacations” without you ever leaving the comfort of your own home. A much needed vacation to the Barrier Reefs of
Australia, to the jungles of southern Africa to see a lion, or to a distant planet somewhere beyond the stars with Captain James T. Kirk and the Enterprise that will not cost you a single penny.

Satisfaction guaranteed that you will not have to make reservations to a distant known or unknown destination. You can also see visit different countries, different cultures or even retrieve historical documentation of an event before your time simply by pushing the channel button. How about the shopping network? Shopping at a store without leaving your house? Nice,
I would say.
Spending quality time with family gatherings, viewing any sports, or an action pact or dramatic show, is always a crowd pleaser coming out of this magical box. What about the local news?
This is the modern source of retrieving current events within our communities, nation, or in our world today.
Availability comes when you have time to watch this magical box while you are multi-tasking chores, making phone calls or on the computer. How convenient it is by just grab the little electronic remote control and push the “on button” to activate this magical box. The whole living room and house comes to life with vivid colorized pictures and sound!
You have to purchase this magical box from the store first for your living room because your living room is not equipped when you move in. Other accessories needed for this black magical box are electricity, cable, and batteries for the remote. And of course, you will definitely have to read the owner’s manual so you can successfully operate the magical box! Hey silly, ITS
CALLED A TELEVISION!