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2 Complete Subject
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| the topic of a sentence---who or what is being written about |
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| what is told about the subject or what the subject does |
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| 4 By asking what does the subject do you can locate the what? |
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| the subject after all of the modifying words and word groups have been removed |
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| 6 What may consist of one or more helping verbs plus the key verb? |
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| 7 by asking who or what does what, you can find the ______ being written about |
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| 8 Verbs accompanied by helping verbs are called? |
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| 9 A verb ending in -ing may function as the _________ of a sentence |
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| 10 A sentance with a compound subject says something about __________ things or people |
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| 11 A snetence with a compound predicate contains _________ which work together to make a statement about the subject of the sentence |
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| 12 ___________ is when a singular subject is used with a singular predicate or when a plural subject is used with a plural predicate |
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| 13 ________ and ________ are words and groups of words that show the relationship between one statement and another |
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| Transitional words, transitional phrases |
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| 14 When one of the transitional words or phrases is placed at the very beginning of a sentence, the word or group of words should be separated from the rest of the sentence by a ________ |
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| 15 When introductory words and phrases clarify the ideas within the sentence they introduce, they are set off by ________ |
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| 16 How long are introductory phrase? |
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| 17 When 2 or more adjectives are placed before or behind a noun and each adjective modifies the noun equally but separetly, place a ________ between them unless they are already separated by a conjunction. |
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| 18 Use a ____________ to separate each word or phrase in a series, including the conjunction that separates the last two items in the series |
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| 19 If the interrupting word or phrase could be placed in parentheses, it is a___________word and should be set off by commas |
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| 20 When two or more closely related simple sentences are properly connected, the resulting sentence is called a _______________ |
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| 21 A clause is a meaningful group of words with both a ______ and a _____. |
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| 22 An ________________ is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence. |
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| 23 Any of the following connectors may be used to join closely related simple sentences in a compound sentence:_____... |
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| A comma plus a conjunction; a semicolon; and a semicolon plus a conjunctive adverb, and a comma |
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| 24 Conjunctions are FAN BOYS; |
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| for, and, nor, but, or yet, so |
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| 25 A complex sentence includes on ______________ and one or more ________________ |
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| independent clauses; dependent clauses |
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| 26 An ___________ is a group of words that can stand alone as a simple sentence. |
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| 27 A ____________ is also a meaningful group of words that contains a subject and predicate, but it can not stand alone as a simple sentence |
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| 28 A dependent clause includes three main elements: ? |
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| a signal word or phrase; a subject; a predicate. |
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| 29 Relative pronouns are: |
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| that, which, what, who , whom |
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| 30 A relative pronoun can function as a _______ and the subject of a dependent clause. |
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| 31 A phrase is a meaningful group of words that does not contain a _____ and _____ |
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| 32 the main idea of a ______________ is communicated in the independent clause and lesser ideas are subordinated in dependent clauses |
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| 33 When a dependent clause introduces a sentence, place a comma at the end of the dependent clause to separate it from the independent clause that follows it |
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| 34 If a dependent clause that interrupst the independent clause in a complex sentence is essential to the sentence, do you surround it with commas? |
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| 35 If the interrupting dependent clause is not need, do you enclose it with a pair of commas? |
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| 36 When part of a clause is absent but understood, it is called ___________ |
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| 37 Every pronoun must rename a specific noun which is called__________ |
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| 38 The antecedent must agree with the pronoun in __________ and ____________ |
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| 39 A ____________ is part of a sentence punctuated as if it were a complete sentence. |
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| 40 A ______________ consists of two or more independent clauses, or sentence, that have been connected without any punctuation |
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| 41 A______________ is a faulty connection in which two independent clauses or sentences are mistakenly joined with a comma but no conjunction |
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| 43 The beginning portion of any paper is referred to as the ______________ which prepares readers for what is to be explained or argued in the body. |
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| 44 The last sentence of the introduction is the ____________ |
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| 45 The thesis sentence is often considered the most important sentence of the entire paper because? |
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| it states the main idea for the whole paper |
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| 46 Your ideas for papers come from three realms of experience: ? |
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| personal experience, reading, discussion |
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| 47 ____________ develop some part of the thesis statement |
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| 48 A ________ of a body paragraph contains the central point to he whole paragraph and connects the body paragraph to the thesis |
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| 49 Every topic sentence needs a ____________ which limits the scope of the body paragraph |
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| 50 A _________________ is any sentence in a body paragraph that directly elaborates upon the controlling idea of the topic sentence |
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| 51 A ______________ is any sentence that further explains, argues , illustrates, or in anyway elaborates upon or supports the primary support sentence |
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| secondary support sentence |
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| 52 Primary and secondary support sentences work together to form ____________. |
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| 53 A body paragraph should contain at least ______ sentences. |
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| 54______________ is achieved by repeating grammatical construction. |
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| 55 An __________ is a short narrative of some interesting or humorous incident that deals with a particular subject. |
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| 56 The first person-I, me, my, mine, we, our, and ours-may be used whenever the example is a __________being reported to illustrate a particular point. Otherwise, its use is to be avoided in academic writing. |
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| 57 the second person-you, your, yours-should always be avoided, unless you are ____________. |
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| 58 An ______ fully explains the ideas presented in the topic sentence by using examples. |
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| 59 When you write a ______________, you attempt to explain what something is or what something is like. |
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| 60 An _________definition takes an entire paragraph or more. |
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| 61 A _______________ paragraph stresses how two or more things are alike or how they are different |
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| 62 An _____compares a difficult idea to a more familiar and understandable idea that has similar characteristics |
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| 63 An analysis paragraph divides a subject into various parts or classification: ______order or__________order |
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| chronological; structural |
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| 64 A ____________paragraph ansers the question what happened, what happens, or what will happen, or why something happens. |
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| cause-and-effect paragraph |
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| 65An ___________paragraph starts broad and ends with a specific thesis statement. |
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| 66 An introductory paragraph does what? |
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| attracts attention, narrows focus, states thesis |
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| 67 Introductory techniques are what? |
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| an anecdote, a statement or fact, a quotation, a rhetorical question |
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| 68 A ____________ paragraph begins with a restatement of the thesis. |
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| 69 In a conclusion you have to____________,___________,_____________. |
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| restate thesis, summarize major ideas, tie back to introduction |
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| 70 An _______ paper is a complete composition that explains a concept, an event, a movement, or a process in depth and requires the writer to be very knowledgeable about the topic because of its depth |
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| 71 A ___________________ is composed of an opening sentence, a thesis sentence which gives direction to the whole paper, a topic sentence for each body paragraph, and a restatement of the thesis for the concluding paragraph. |
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| thesis-topic sentence outline |
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| 72 In an argumentative paper, the writer takes a strong position on some controversial issue by following a__________ argument strategy |
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| 73 in an argumentative paper the thesis must take a ____________ and be ____________ |
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| 74 Any sentence or paragraph that raises arguments against the position you have taken in your thesis is ______ |
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| 75 Any sentence or paragraph that supports your position in your thesis of an argumentative paper is _____ |
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| 76 If you make a con statement, make it before any accompanying pro statement. Always end on_________ |
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| 77 To __________ means to admit that your opponents are correct or at least partially correct in some claim they make. |
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| 78 Before using an online source for research purposes a writer must ___________, ___________, _________. |
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| verify who the source is, credibility, when was published |
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| 79 A ____________ contains every source referred to; a _______________ contains only sources actually referred to in your paper. |
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| 80 ___________ are used to gather information that you will later use in your paper, keeping your research guide in front of you at all times. |
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| 81 ________________ means to condense the material you are reading, stating the essential ideas in your own words, always shorter than original passage. |
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| 82 When _______________, you must write the original passage in your own words, frequently longer than the original passage. |
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| 83 Quoted material must be copied ________ as it is written, word for word. |
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| 84 If you intentionally steal another person's thoughts, ideas, words, or data and use them as your own, you are |
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| 85 Two major ways to document borrowed information are ________ and ___________. You don't need to memorized them, but you do need to be able to follow them exactly |
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| 86 A _____________paper explains and interprets literature, art or music. |
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| 87 Critical analysis papers follow the same structure as any ______________ |
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