711 Chapter 1
Exercise 1.1 -
The only thing to fear is fear itself; together we stand divided we fall.
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.
In the beginning God created the heaves and the earth.
Exercise 1.2
Ambiguous – I often find versus from the Bible to be ambiguous.
Ambivalent – My husband is often ambivalent to what he would prefer for dinner.
Healthy – To maintain a healthy body one should always eat breakfast.
Healthful – Oatmeal is a healthful breakfast choice.
Conscience – My conscience sometimes tells me no when I want to ignore calls from my mother.
Conscious – I’m very conscious of my image when I go to the pool.
Apprise – I apprise people on the functions the copy machine at work every week.
Appraise – One should always get an appraisal on land before they purchase it.
Disinterested – Stephanie is disinterested in the color of her bedroom walls.
Uninterested - Mark is uninterested in what Beth has to say.
Affect – I’m sure this writing assignment will have an affect on my grade.
Effect – The effect of the fire was the increased temperature in the house.
Exercise 1.3
Frustrated by the latest offer labor leaders went on strike.
Walking in the room she said nothing, sat down and looked at me.
Exercise 1.4
Faster than a speeding bullet
Near miss
Crisis situation
An unlikely event
Exercise 1.5
Cyberspace, much like regular space, is a maze that one can easily get lost in searching for the right information.
The World Wide Web, like a spider’s web, can cause people to get wrapped up and never find the way to what they were looking for.
Exercise 1.6
The Delta promise is to have many flights on time with convenient connections and well-balanced in-flight meals.
Movie heroes always have money, a pretty girl, high fashion taste and arrive two seconds after the bad guy leaves.
Telephones in the movies are always knocked over when picked up, responsible for waking up a character, ring three times or less, and never returned to cradle correctly.
Exercise 1.7
Drank too much. Wrecked car. Busted.
