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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

People go to websites to get the information they desperately need.  They could be looking for an answer to a nagging question.  They might be looking for help in completing an important task.  For recent graduates, they might be looking for ways on how to prepare a comprehensive resume that can capture the attention of the hiring manager

Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

Thus, he sought our assistance in improving editing and proofreading his resume. 

In revising his resume, iwritegigs highlighted his soft skills such as his communication skills, ability to negotiate, patience and tactfulness.  In the professional experience part, our team added some skills that are aligned with the position he is applying for.

When he was chosen for the real estate agent position, he sent us this thank you note:

“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

Final Exam - English 1A

Did your primary textbook, They Say/I Say have 3 editors, which made it challenging for the Works Cited entry for homework?

 

  1. True
  2. False

 

This is a picture of ____________________, the author of An Anthropologist on Mars.

  1. Dr. Oliver Sacks
  2. Dr. Seuss
  3. Dr. Pepper
  4. Dr. Dolittle

 

The Traditional method of Argument and Persuasion is also called the ________________ method, named after the philosopher who wrote about the format in the 20th Century.

  1. Toulmin
  2. Disorganized
  3. Creative
  4. Truthful

 

The grammar error found twice in this sentence:

I was late for class, I parked in the Campus Security spot, I am in trouble.

is called a ___________________________.

  1. Comma splice.
  2. Lost verb.
  3. Hanging clause.
  4. Comma chameleon.

 

 

Question 5

5 / 5 pts

This diagram illustrates the __________________ ________________ used by a student for an Argument & Persuasion paper about the Vietnam War.

 

  1. Toulmin Method
  2. APA Format
  3. Disorganized Method
  4. Method Man

 

Tourette’s Syndrome is a disabling disease that includes uncontrollable movements or “tics,” and verbal outbursts, first described by Dr. ______________ in 1884 in France.

 

  1. George de la Tourette
  2. Oliver Sacks
  3. Jonas Salk
  4. Bob Saget

 

Always avoid using the _________ person in college writing.

  1. Second person or “you”
  2. confusing
  3. silly
  4. charming

 

This is an example of a good in-text citation using the MLA Format:

Dr. Mehmet Oz writes in his medical advice website that people should drink 8 glasses of water a day, according to Dr. Oz (www.yahoo.com).

  1. True
  2. False

 

The surgeon with Tourette’s Syndrome that Dr. Oliver Sacks visited in Canada in An Anthropologist on Mars was named ___________________.

 

  1. Dr. Carl Bennett
  2. Dr. Gregory House
  3. Dr. Dre
  4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter

 

This is a picture of _____________________________.

  1. Jesus Christ.
  2. Ronald McDonald.
  3. The Burger King.
  4. President Obama.

 

 

Dr. Carl Rogers, 20th Century psychologist, believed that to communicate effectively with others of differing viewpoints, it was important to first recognize ________________________________________.

  1. the opposing point of view
  2. the other person is lying
  3. the many reasons for your opinion
  4. how stubborn people who disagree with you are

 

 

This is a picture of ________________________, who is the subject of the title story in An Anthropologist on Mars.

  1. Temple Grandin
  2. Angelina Jolie
  3. Jimmy Kimmel
  4. Kim Kardashian

 

Temple Grandin, whose story provides the title for An Anthropologist on Mars, did not speak until she was age ____________ because of her autism.

 

  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 27
  4. 48

 

Are these Temple Grandin’s favorite animals?

 

  1. True
  2. False

 

Tourettes Syndrome and Autism are contagious or infectious diseases, like the common cold, the flu and measles.

 

HOW is it possible that in the past, students have gotten a similar question wrong?

  1. True
  2. False

 

When you are reading and come across a word you do not know, you should always ________________________.

  1. Look the word up in the dictionary
  2. Guess its meaning based on the rest of the sentence
  3. Skip over quickly
  4. Don’t worry about it; the author was dumb enough to use a word that isn’t important enough for you to learn

 

_______ and Kim Kardashian went to the party with ______ and Khloe.  (select the letter with the correct subjective and objective pronouns).

  1. He and him
  2. Him and him
  3. Him and he
  4. He and he

 

The Works Cited list in a college paper should be in alphabetical order, listed by author’s last name.

  1. True
  2. False

 

A sentence with two independent clauses joined together with no punctuation is called a ___________________ sentence.

  1. fused
  2. death
  3. short
  4. dumb

 

In the past, physicians thought that people with disabilities like autism or Tourette’s syndrome should _____________________ because they had nothing to offer others and could not care for themselves.

  1. be institutionalized (put in a hospital)
  2. euthanized (killed)
  3. given menial jobs
  4. sent to Disneyland

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