Civil and Environmental Engineering 3347A/B Final: 2008 Final

3.3 An American First

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this American novel was the first to sell over one million copies. What was its title?

To answer the question, correct the sentences below by replacing each underlined word with its antonym. Choose your answers from the words after the sentences. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words. Some letters are provided.

1. The use of robots has made the manufacturing process more wasteful.

2. A con artist can convince a skeptical person to buy just about anything.

3. The champions were a weak football team.

4. Being an experience chess player, the next move was uncertain to James.

5. Lindsay was sure that the cost for the modest party was excessive.

6. The events of the enjoyable story built to a confused conclusion.

7. After wearing a suit to work all week, Sean likes to wear formal clothes during the weekend.

Please refer to the second page attached for the antonym words.

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Step One:  Select a topic to write about and record it in the box below:

Step Two: Brainstorm about ideas about your topic that you should write about.

Step Three: Select three sub-topics that you are going to focus on. A strong paragraph will not try to cover everything about your topic. Instead, it will address three SUB TOPICS that are related or fit together logically.

Top Choices

• How to make a Tiktok video or Instagram page
• How to make a... (pick a specific food item)
• How a specific sport (choose one) is played
• How to ace a test

Step One:  Select a topic to write about and record it in the box below:

Step Two: Brainstorm about ideas about your topic that you should write about.

Step Three: Select three sub-topics that you are going to focus on. A strong paragraph will not try to cover everything about your topic. Instead, it will address three SUB TOPICS that are related or fit together logically.