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Peter Lobo March 13, 2007 English 112 Section 71 Penguin Points Citation Identity: the collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known. Penguin: Use quotation marks to enclose someone else’s words repeated verbatim. Fix: “Identity: the collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known”. (Identity 2.0 .com) Ending Sentences with Prepositions All my life, I have been a rather impatient person; as I have grown older, it is something I have come to terms with. Penguin: A class of words that indicate relationships and qualities, usually used to begin a prepositional phrase, not formal to end a sentence with. Fix: All my life, I have been a rather impatient person; as I have grown older, it is something I have come to accept. Omission I pleaded with the ski instructor to take us all the way up, but he was stubborn, and assured me that the group wasn’t ready for that as this was a first time for most of us. Penguin: Using apostrophes to signal omitted letters is a way of approximating speech in writing. They can make your writing look informal and slangy, overuse can become annoying. Fix: I pleaded with the ski instructor to take us all the way up, but he was stubborn, and assured me that the group was not ready for that as this was a first time for most of us. Exaggeration We rode the chairlift to the top for what seemed like hours, and I was more than excited. Penguin: Similar to hyperbole, exaggeration is used to speed up recognition or stress importance. Fix: The chairlift ride to the top, which seemed to take hours, excited me and even built butterflies in my stomach. Diction I caught on quick, and throughout the day my father would stop by and almost taunt me, or throw it in my face that, while I was on this little hill, he was exploring and speeding through the vast area that was the mountain; through my eyes anyways. Penguin: Diction is word choice, the wrong diction in a sentence can really ruin it I caught on quick, and throughout the day, my father would stop by and check in. In my eyes it seemed as though he was throwing in my face the fact that while I was on this little hill, he was exploring and speeding through the vast area that was the mountain. Period/Comma Usage After a long process of fitting, trying things on, and drinking hot chocolate to warm up. Penguin: Fragments are incomplete sentences. They are punctuated to look like sentences, but they lack a key element. Fix: After a long process of fitting, trying things on, and drinking hot chocolate to warm up, I was finally ready to go out on to the bunny slope, a trail made for beginners, and learn to ski.