Look at this section from the table of contents for when birds get flu.

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8. overheard in the lab: what’s the word?

10. see for yourself: nothing to sneeze at

12. who’s who? the medical team

15. case #1: the mystery of the killer bird flu!

an 11-year-old-girl and her mother die from a serious flu. is this the start of a worldwide health crisis?

if you wanted to read the latest scientific findings about the bird flu, which page would you turn to?
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Respond to the following prompts in your initial post: 1. explain if this essay is narrative or descriptive and provide reasoning to support your response. 2. describe what you believe the purpose of the essay is an support your answer with information from this week’s material. 3. now that you have identified the purpose of the essay l, explain why you believe the author did or did not achieve her intended purpose.

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Which verb or verb phrase signals an inappropriate shift in mood. a) will you let b) should first change c) must attend d) will be served