Author: vini

Borough of Manhattan Community College
City University of New York
ENG101  Section 1003
I.Jeanette Blyden, Adjunct Lecturer
Fall, 2017
Midterm Test

1.  Write a one-page summary of  the  article in the Economist Magazine entitled,  "Harlem Shuffle —Naming New York's Neighborhoods Some Names Stick. Others are too Silly "  Explain  the writer's  thesis  on the tradition of rebranding neighborhoods in New York City.  In your opinion to what extent,  is his argument valid that  rebranding  neighborhoods has not always been  successful?  Include supporting evidence for your claims or facts.  

Harlem has had very positive part in the history of United States. The residents of Harlem are very proud of the achievement that they have had in the city that they get upset with the recent attempts to rebrand the city.
Even though such rebranding has been attempted before in some places such as New York into Nieuw Amsterdam, Pigtown into winggate and Gas House district is now Stuyvesant. Yellow hook become Bay Ridge. Even though the neighborhood may chance residents maintain it should remain with the same name. The fact of rebranding dislike is the individual who has gone of court to seek   resident’s involvement before rebranding
The writer asserts that even though while renaming some new names may stick while the majority of the names remain silly. The author has opinion that rebranding names of the city may not be necessary because most of the names my not stick. The author assert that if indeed renaming has to take place some areas whose name are due to certain important fact should not be renamed at all
The author argument may that  rebranding has not totaling  been successfully is very true due to the fact  that from the same article the article the author named cities in which rebranding was attempted and failed terrible. A good example of such failed rebranding includes the naming of New York into Nieuw Amsterdam and before Manhattan. The name given to New York did not stay for as people did not identify with the new name.

2. Read the following sentences carefully. Select from your templates reference to rephrase the authorial claims, action or standard view below.  For example,    
         
Those in authority have and always will abuse their power. (Emma Goldman, The Maze)

Miss Goldman argues that people in authority have and always  will  abuse their power.
or,

Emma Goldman believes that people who are in authoritative positions, have always and will continue to abuse power. 

a). Avoiding  plagiarism begins with being scrupulous in your research and note-taking.

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b). Such rebranding is nothing new: New York was once called Nieuw Amsterdam and before that Mannahatta. Pigtown, in central Brooklyn, is now called Wingate. 

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c).  Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, which is in fact flat) and Rambo (Right after the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), mercifully did not stick. “None of these worked,” says Philip Kasinitz, a sociologist at City University of New York. “At a certain point they got too silly.” 
They also didn’t work, he says, because their residents objected. 

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d). It is thus a kind of fraud: deceiving others to gain something of value.

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e). Plagiarists are seen not only as dishonest but also as incompetent, incapable of doing research and expressing original thoughts.

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3. Look up and write the definitions of the words below.  Choose two of the words to write sentences.

recrudescence
scrupulous
deliberate 
to brand  
plagiarize
 inalienable 

4.  Write the third draft of your first essay — "My Role as an Academic Writer at the Borough of Manhattan Community College." Be sure to include important information about the college: when it was founded, the philosophy  its location, the name of the president;  its annual enrollment of students;   How important are your ideas and theses to this reading audience of the Borough of Manhattan Community College?