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TSI Writing: Which Revision Adds More Sarcasm to the Text? 1 Views
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Which of the following revisions more accurately portray the writer's use of sarcasm in sentence 11?
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Okay sy reading shoppers let's just jump into the next
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question so we don't have to skin that's Awesome writing
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by shakespeare again Yeah it's fine in contacts Which of
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the following revisions more accurately portray the writers use of
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sarcasm like we just did right there in sentence eleven
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reproduced below Okay so here's sentence eleven right here The
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gourmet lunch options that our cafeteria claims to currently have
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do not incite student interest Shit Hey not awesome grammar
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there but we'll think about this and we're going to
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skim the answer's here I'm easily lumps of lettuce Or
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what is that where that come from Currently the garment
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login and claim new insights And we'll know that the
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opposite gourmet lunch options would be better served Prison inmates
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Okay Uh gourmet longtime cafeteria coming All right well let's
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think about this Mastering sarcasm is not a skill learned
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overnight We hear it's mob seem to think that's how
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it happens Apparently there's a way to use sarcasm as
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a rider without getting in trouble for running your mouth
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off And that's what this questions asking to do simply
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placing quotes around gourmet lunch tells the reader that while
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the office out of what is written is what is
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meant like it's not gourmet it's just lunch that's the
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definition of sarcasm right there so it's d right there
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that's the answer Well it seemed loser ball while creating
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more detail or sensory images is a great idea for
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revision but not when the goal is to use sarcasm
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as persuasive tactic so get rid of a also personification
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spruces up in essay like gourmet lunches really can't claim
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to do things like they're not human beings or pets
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who talk but isn't the same a sarcasm so get
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rid of b writing with a harsh tone is where
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writer might get herself into trouble Yeah what may seem
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sarcastic often comes out of off color or just mean
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like you're a mean girl right in this you know
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it would be bad but we wouldn't recommend telling it
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like it is for this type of reason We're only
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trying to be nice in this country Step up get
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in line there's a participation trophy ready for everybody Help
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yourself Good job everyone's a winner You see the sarcasm 00:02:06.73 --> [endTime] there Yeah all right we're smoked
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