PROJECT: CUTTING A PASSAGE FOR READING This assignment has you make cuts and appropriate interpretative marks in lines 22-203 of the play Everyman.
Here is your goal for this assignment:
Abridge a passage for oral reading
Read and follow carefully the instructions below.
Click on the link below to download the essay file.
Read the passage on the downloaded page carefully. Then, make appropriate cuts (delete lines) until the passage can be read aloud interpretively in two minutes, using proper pace, pauses, and expression.
Mark the passages and words with the symbols reviewed in lesson 13 based on the way that you wish to interpret the passage (/, //, and word underlining (Windows 3.1 users, capitalize words that would normally be underlined)). If you need to refer to the original passage again from time to time, it appears below.
Your teacher will evaluate your work based on the following:
Is the purpose of the cutting clear?
Is the action easy to follow or confusing?
Is the number of characters sufficient or are there too many to follow?
Does the cutting start in an interesting, straightforward place?
Does the cutting end in a logical, satisfying place?

? ? what can you explain this to me i am so confused

answer: the tobacco industry has traditionally been one of the most important industries in north carolina and a backbone of the state's agricultural heritage. yet as the north carolina economy continues to transition from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing and, increasingly, service-based economy, the industry faces new challenges, both at home and abroad

explanation:

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.