Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1. Reread certain chapters to gain a better understanding of what you are writing.
2. Take more time to write a better thesis statement.
3. Reread the entire essay to check for gramatical errors.
4. Restate the thesis in the conclusion at the end of the essay.
5. Study the structure of the paragraphs before the essay.
6. Take more time to get down the extra details.
7. Read the entire page when taking a quote to get a good understanding of what the quote actually means.
8. Each body paragraph should represent a part of the thesis.
9. The conclusion should wrap up the entire essay.
10. There should be topic sentences at the beginning of each body paragraph.
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. It was awkward when he described the shriveled genitals.
2. It was very interesting when he describe the reaction from the tralfamadorians when he brought up the issue of war.
3. It was disgusting when the author told us about the diseases in the concentration camp.
4. I didnt like how the book jumped around from place to place.
5. It was frustrating that there didnt seem to be a present day in the book.
6. It was uncomfortable when Billy said he had a wet dream thinking about Montana Wildhack.
7. I liked the Tralfamadorians view on death that it wasnt really the end of your life.
8. I thought it was funny that the Tralfamadorians were so interested in Billy and Montana mating.
9. I thought it was cute when Valencia wanted to lose weight to look better for Billy.
10. I thought it was mean that Roland Weary beat up his friends when he was bored of them.
11. I thought it was odd that Roland Weary conidered him and the scouts to be the three muskateers.
12. It was interesting that the Tralfamadorians thought that time was the 4th dimension.
13. I didnt think it was a coincidence that Billy Pilgrim was the only one to suvive the plane crash.
14. I thought there wasnt enough suspence in Valencia's death.
15. I found it interesting that the song affected Billy so much.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time, the 4th dimension.
2. Death is not the end of your life.
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Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
