Combining Sentences =]

1.Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

• Samuel L. Clemens, who  is known as Mark Twain and lived in Hartford for several years, was the author of the American novel "Huckleberry Finn".

2. Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

• Mark Twain is living in a very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook farm with his neighbor Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

3.Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

• The windows and a balcony, that today reminds people of a steamboat piloted by Twain on Mississippi when his a youth, overlook the porch.

4.Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

• Although Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, first used commercially in nearby New Haven, he never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to .

5.Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

• Mark Twain lost a fortune investing in his beloved industrial inventions and one of these was the elaborate Paige typesetter  that was developed at the same time as the much simpler and less expensive Linotype machine.

6.Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

•  The death in Hartford home caused by spinal meningitis of Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, made him leave the house and Hartford because he never felt the same about the house again and returned only once to Hartford during the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
  

Indian Food

The author was able to state specific places, cuisines, food and others and was able to detail them concretely although he used some vague words. He stated specific places in India and their cuisine counterpart and gave concrete descriptions of it. Take this for instance, "Kashmiri cuisines reflect strong Central Asian influences." He was able to give concrete description to it by giving supporting details. "In Kashmir, mostly all the dishes are prepared around the main course of rice found abundantly in the beautiful (the word beautiful is vague/neutral) valley.” Another example is, “In the Eastern India, the Bengali and Assamese styles of cooking are noticeable... A special way of preparing the delicacy known as 'Hilsa' is by wrapping it in the pumpkin leaf and then cooking it.” He specified what part of India (Eastern India) and gave a supporting detail why the Bengali and Assamese styles of cooking are noticeable.

Calories in Filipino Foods

Dr. Philip Chua's "Calories in Filipino Foods" tell us that people nowadays are more health conscious and that food plays a great impact in our health. That is why, we are also interested to know how much calories are contained in a certain portion of each food items we choose to eat. And the way he presents these ideas is very concrete and specific. He made use of specific numbers like in a 30-minute typing activity on a computer an average of 30 calories is burned. He was also very specific in giving information and facts. Instead of saying that by consuming a serve of dinuguan you will get 500 calories and by drinking a glass of beer you will get about 50 calories, he said that 1 cup dinuguan has 124 calories and an 11ounce of beer has 163 calories. Therefore, it is more concrete and specific. As well as in giving his examples he uses familiar, simple or ordinary situations and representations that make it easier for the readers to imagine concretely what he wants to convey. =) 

Comm 1 - Assignment (TF 10:30 - 12:00)

[POSITIVE]

Nostalgia for Kerala (and its food)

By: Pete Cherches

Ernakulam is not particularly interesting, but it is the best location as far as traveling logistics are concerned.

The dancers have perfect control of all face and body muscles, and the make-up is striking and elaborate.

Luckily we had seats with an unobstructed view.

It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti.

 It's my favorite part of India

[NEGATIVE]

Turn out the lite

By: Anderson Digby

Lite is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children.

He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish.

The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage.

The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.

Which is precisely what has been happening to food and much else on a grand or rather a pathetic scale.