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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.  

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

Being scrupulous in research and note-taking is the beginning of avoiding plagiarism
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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. 

New York was once called Nieuw Amsterdam and before that Mannahattan. Pigtown,in central Brooklyn, is now called Wingate as such rebranding is nothing new.

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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. 

Phillip Kasinitz a sociologist at City University of New York claims that Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, which is in fact a flat) and Rambo (Right after the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), mercifully failed to stick. He continues that at a certain point they got too silly and the resident objecte.
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d). It is thus a kind of fraud: deceiving others to gain something of value.

Gaining something of value by deceiving others is a kind of fraud.

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e). Plagiarists are seen not only as dishonest but also as incompetent, incapable of doing research and expressing original thoughts.
Apart from being seen as incapable expressing his original thoughts and doing research plagiarist are seen not only as dishonest but also incompetent.
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3. Look up and write the definitions of the words below.  Choose two of the words to write sentences.

Recrudescence: The revival of material or behavior that had previously been stabilized, settled, or diminished.
Scrupulous: Careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
Deliberate: Done intentionally and consciously.
 Brand: The act of changing the dimension of something that existed so that it appears as new.  
Plagiarize: The act of copying somebody’s works and presenting it as yours without his/her consent or citing. 
 Inalienable: Not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied.
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?  

The Manhattan Community College in Borough is one of the seven Colleges at City University of New York. The College was founded in 1963.The College initially offered mainly business-oriented and Liberal Arts degrees for those individuals to enter the business world or exchange program to a four-year college. The original campus was found all spread all over Manhattan. The current school was built in 1983.The current student enrollment is 26000.My role as an academic Writer of the community is to make sure that the face of Manhattan Community College is well presented in my ideas and my thoughts as a writer. As writer a writer my beliefs should be critical to the college fraternity because I write mainly to give the view and the opinions of Borough Community College and its environs.
The current president of Borough Manhattan Community College is Dr.Antonio Perez. The president has been described by many as a visionary leader with 26 years of experience as a chief executive officer. The president has dedicated himself to making the institution one that is recognized globally for excellence in teaching, scholarship, learning and service to the student and the community around the college
The school is currently advertising itself under motto “Start Here. Go Anywhere,” The motto echoes the underlying unspoken philosophy of the Borough college where they believe that individual who start at borough has the high chances of ending in some great career anywhere in the world. Borough College gives the foundation of success irrespective of the education discipline that you are undertaking. The college provides the New York labor market with not just employers in fact in many cases Borough alumni end up being entrepreneurs or small business owners. Such success can only be attributed to the philosophy that the Borough fraternity believes in.
In summary, Borough community college is a college that provides international standards of education in Manhattan community. The integration between the students and the community at Borough as crystallized in the development of such a beneficial interpersonal relationship between the two. Hence presenting the face of Borough community college us a success that it is what writers at Borough should strive to do.