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Less 1 Business Eng
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coordination | The equal presentation of two ideas that have the same weight w/in the same sentence |
| Compound Subjects | At least two subjects joined by a coordinating conjuction that relate to one verb |
| Compound Verb | Two verbs joined by a coordinating conjunction that relate to one subject |
| "and" "or" "yet" "so" "or" "nor" "for" and "but" | Coordinating conjunctions in compound subjects and compound verbs |
| Chocolate and peanut butter are my two weaknesses. | Compound Subject |
| Suzanne left early for work but arrived late because of heavy traffic | Compound Verb |
| Compound Sentence | A comma and coordinating junction connect two complete sentences |
| Subordination | The less important of two phrases in a sentence is indicated by the dependent word that begins the phrase |
| Subordination is like coordination in that two ideas are joined together, but the key difference is | that one of the two ideas is not a complete thought, otherwise called a dependent clause |
| Subordination Conjunction | "Although" "Since" "Unless" "Because" "How" "Whether" |
| Simple Sentence | Has two fundamental parts: Subject and a verb |
| The woman laughed. | Simple Sentence |
| Three basic types of sentences | Simple Sentence, Complex Sentence, and Compound Sentence |
| Parallelism | Arranging details in the same way within a sentence. |
| Gerund | A verb that ends in "ing" |
| Infinitives | A verb that is preceded by the word to. |
| Adjetive | A word that describes a person, place or thing. |
| Verb tense | A variation of a verb that reflects time. |
| Revising Sentences | Watch verb tense, Ensure pronoun consistency, Use specific words, use the active voice, eliminate wordiness, use a variety of sentence starters. |
| Prounoun | A word that replaces a noun. |
| The toddler threw the bowl on the ground | Active Voice, the subject is doing the action |
| The bowl was thrown on the floor by the toddler | Passive Voice, the subject is being acted upon |
| Prespositional Phrases | A phrase or clause that starts with preposition which indicates space, direction, time or location. |
| Common errors to look for while editing | Fragments, eliminate run-on sentences, use correct verb tenses, ensure subject-verb, eliminate modifier errors, ensure pronoun agreement, proper capitilization and punctuation, eliminate slang & unnatural language, |
| Transitional words | A word that creates flow within and between sentences. |
| Primary forms of verb tenses | past, present, future,past participle, and present participle |
| Two kinds of verbs | Regular & Irregular |
| Irregular verb | must be memorized such as Choose, chose |
| Regular verb | ends in ed (ex. baked) |
| Past particle | is the same as a regular verb except it is combined with have (I have baked) |
| Present particles | regular verbs with "ing" on the end of them (baking) |
| A singular subject always matches | with a singular verb.` |
| Indefinite Pronound | A general pronoun that is usually always singular, except for the word "both" |
| Two types of modifier errors | Misplaced and dangling |
| Misplaced modifier | A word or phrase that has been problematically placed in a sentence, making the meaning unclear to the reader. |
| Dangling modifiers | A descriptive word or phrase that usually begins a sentence and does not have a clear meeting about who or what it describes. |
| The colon | : primary job is to introduce. It presents information in a list, direct quotations and explanations. |
| The semi-colon | ;links two complete thoughts in one sentence. It provides a longer break than a comma. |
| Homonyms | Words that sound identical to one or more words but has a different spelling and a different meaning. |
| Paragraph | A sequences of sentences that addresses one topic. |
| Every paragraph has the same layout | 5 spaces from left of margin on the 1st line. Includes a topic sentence expressing a general theme and main point about theme. Contains at least 3 sentences, usally more. |
| Topic Sentence | Usually the initial sentence of each paragraph in the body that outlines the main supporting details. |
| 4 rules for a topic sentence | write a statement, not an announcement.more detailed than a regular sentence. a sentence that is more than a specific detail. contains only one idea. |
| two strategies in which to structure this information within a paragraph | Deductive order, Inductive order |
| Deductive Order | Strategy used to structure a paragraph that begins with a topic sentence followed by the supporting details. the most common of the two orders. |
| Inductive Order | begins with the supporting details followd by the topic sentence |
| Essentials of planning a paragraph | Purpose, audience, topic |
| 3 General purposes of a paragraph | To inform, To pursuade, To entertain |
| Approaches of writing | Exposition, Description, Narration, Argumentation |
| Exposition | Gives an explanation about a specific topic |
| Description | Provides details to paint a picture for the reader |
| Narration | Recounts events of an experience |
| Argumentation | Seeks to inform and prove a specific position on a topic |
| Tone | The manner in which the writer expresses perspective and feelings |
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RobynTerry
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