1. Warm Up 9-8-2015 To Influence the Result People often mix up effect and affect. Effect is primarily a noun meaning “result,” and affect is usually a verb meaning “to influence.” Write the following sentences and fill in the blanks with affect or effect: 1.The factory owner’s huge donation did not _____ the senator’s vote against the Clean Air Act. 2.Scientists are still determining the long-term _____s of smoking. 3.Scientists study how smoking _____s the lungs. 4.A cause-and-_____ relationship exists between exercise and weight loss. 5.The story of his childhood _____ed me deeply. 6.What _____ do you think George’s arrival will have on Vera?

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3. Warm Up 9-10-2015 Fill in the blank with the correct word – “affect” or “effect” 1.I did not know that antibiotics could _____ people so quickly. 2.Plastic surgery had an _____, not only on her appearance, but on her self-esteem. Connotation v. Denotation 3.__________ is a word’s literal or dictionary definition. 4.__________ are the feelings and emotions that are associated with a word. Active & Passive Voice 5.When the subject completes the action in a sentence, the verb is in __________ voice. 6.When the subject receives the action, the verb is said to be in __________ voice.

4. Warm Up 9-11-2015 After watching the footage of the events that took place eleven years ago today, on September 11 th, 2001, write one paragraph about the events that took place as objective nonfiction and write another paragraph about the events as subjective nonfiction.