Tuesday Test

list & define 7 parts of speech:

• nouns - name persons, places, things
• verbs - show action
• adjectives - describe nouns
• adverbs - describe verbs
• prepositions - join with nouns to form phrases
• conjunctions - introduce dependent clauses
• determiners - quantify and qualify nouns

list & define 7 punctuation symbols:

• period - marks the end of a sentence
• comma - shows a seperation of words
• semi colon - seperates two sentences so closely linked, it would be impractical to seperate with a period
• colon - precedes a list of items
• parenthesis - information not critical to the sentence
• apostrophe - marks a contraction
• quotation marks - shows the begginning and end of a quotation

note 33 grammar rules:

• a sentence needs a noun subject and a verb
• use may for permission
• use can for ability
• use I in the subject portion
• use me in the object portion
• use who before a verb
• use whom after a preposition or before a noun
• when separating a word, split it at the syllables
• two or more adjectives before a noun, separate with commas
• capitalize all proper nouns
• capitalize the names of particular items
• a pronoun requires and antecedent
• an antecedent is the noun a pronoun replaces
• a quotation requires attribution, who said it
• a gerund is an -ing word used as a noun (swimming)
• an apostrophe marks possession
• add 's to singular nouns to show possession (boy's)
• add s' to plural nouns (boys')
• use a before words beginning with a consonant
• use an before words beginning with a vowel
• a lot is informal and should be avoided
• between involves two things
• among suggests three or more
• use well as an adverb
• use good as an adjective
• use imply for the speaker
• use infer for the listener
• lie means rest or recline
• lay means to put to rest
• than is used for comparison
• then means next
• nouns & verbs are placed on horizontal lines when diagramming a sentence
• the remaining parts of speech go on diagonal lines

identify 15 avoidables:

    AVOID

• overused prepositions
• which
• there are, there is
• slang
• overused non-specific words
• unsupported statements
• stale openings
• a lot
• sentence ruts
• unnecessary tense changes
• second person (you) writing
• wasting well as a sentence opening
• placing rhetorical questions near the beginning

    TRIM

• this
• dead verbs

list 7 discourse verbs:

• seems
• appears
• suggests
• displays
• evidences
• keynotes
• indicates

list 3 parts of a sentence:

• subject
• predicate
• object

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