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Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging”

Question 15 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744

Which sentences are inappropriate for an e-mail with a formal tone? Check all that apply.The First Amendment right to freedom of speech and the right to protest peacefully are rights that must be protected. You can’t believe how many people die in car wrecks every year because they can’t get away from their phones.Everyone knows it’s a human right to be able to do and say whatever you want whenever you want to say it.I’m sick and tired of irresponsible drivers in their gas-guzzling vehicles not caring about what’s important in life.Hybrid cars allow people to make smart environmental decisions every time they start up their vehicles.

Answer
A
The First Amendment right to freedom of speech and the right to protest peacefully are rights that must be protected.
B
You can’t believe how many people die in car wrecks every year because they can’t get away from their phones.
C
Everyone knows it’s a human right to be able to do and say whatever you want whenever you want to say it.
D
I’m sick and tired of irresponsible drivers in their gas-guzzling vehicles not caring about what’s important in life.
E
Hybrid cars allow people to make smart environmental decisions every time they start up their vehicles.

Explanation

B, “You can’t believe,” directly addresses the reader in a conversational way, which is too informal for a formal e-mail. C uses the sweeping phrase “Everyone knows” and an overly broad claim about doing or saying anything. D is strongly emotional and uses loaded language such as “sick and tired” and “gas-guzzling.” A and E express opinions in comparatively neutral, formal language.

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