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Sentence Style
Parallelism
Items in a series
Paired ideas
Repeated words
Needed Words
Compound structures
That
Comparisons
a, an, and the
Problems with
modifiers
Limiting modifiers
Misplaced modifiers
Awkward placement
Split infinitives
Dangling modifiers
Shifts
Point of view
Tense
Mood and voice
Indirect to direct
questions, quotations
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Word Choice
W2 Wordy sentences
Jargon
Pretentious language
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Slang, regionalisms,
nonstandard English
Levels of formality
Sexist language
Offensive language
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Redundancy
Unnecessary repetition
Empty or inflated phrases
Simplified structure
Reducing clauses to
phrases, phrases to words
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Connotations
Concrete nouns
Misused words
Standard idioms
Clichés
Figures of speech
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Grammatical Sentences
agreement
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Standard forms
Words between subject and
verb
Subjects with and
Subjects with or, nor
Indefinite pronouns
Collective nouns
Subject after verb
Subject complement
Who, which, that
Plural form, singular
meaning
Titles, company names,
words as words, etc.
G2 Verb forms, tenses, and
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G3 Pronouns
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M6 Paraphrasing
adverbs
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Adjectives
Adverbs
Good and well; bad and badly
Comparatives, superlatives
Double negatives
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Subordinate clauses
Phrases
Other word groups
Acceptable fragments
G6 Run-on sentences
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thesaurus
The dictionary
The thesaurus
moods
Irregular verbs
Lie and lay
-s endings
-ed endings
Omitted verbs
Tense
Subjunctive mood
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G1 Subject-verb
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Who and whom
G5 Sentence fragments
W6 The dictionary and
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G4 Adjectives and
Obsolete or invented words
W5 Exact language
Sentence emphasis 147
Coordination and
subordination
Choppy sentences
Ineffective coordination
Ineffective subordination
Excessive subordination
Special techniques
Sentence variety
Sentence structures
Sentence openings
Inverted order
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Mixed Construction 144
Mixed grammar
Illogical connections
Is when, is where,
reason…is because
W1 Glossary of usage
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Versus passive verbs
Versus be verbs
Actor as agent
M1
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Revision with conjunction
With semicolon
By separating sentences
By restructuring
Multilingual Writers and
ESL Challenges
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Verbs
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Form and tense
Passive voice
Base form after modal
Negative forms
Conditional sentences
With gerunds or infinitives
M2 Articles
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Articles and other noun
markers
The
A or an
For approximate amounts
With general nouns
With proper nouns
M3 Sentence Structure
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Linking verb with subject
and complement
Omitted subjects
Repeated nouns, pronouns
Repeated objects, adverbs
Mixed constructions
Adverb placement
M4 Using adjectives
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Participles
Order of adjectives
M5 Prepositions and
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Pronoun-antecedent
agreement
Pronoun references
Pronoun case (I vs. me, etc.)
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at, in, on
Noun or gerund after
preposition
Adjective + preposition
Verb + preposition
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effectively
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Using synonyms
Understanding meaning
Using own words
Punctuation and
Mechanics
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The comma
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Independent clauses
Introductory elements
Items in a series
Coordinate adjectives
Nonrestrictive elements
Transitions, parenthetical
expressions, etc.
Direct address, yes/no,
interrogative tags,
interjections
He said, etc.
Dates, addresses, titles,
numbers
P2 Unnecessary commas 296
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Compound elements
Between verb and subject or
object
Before or after a series
Cumulative adjectives
Restrictive elements
Concluding clauses
Inverted sentences
Other misuses
P3 The semicolon and
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the colon
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Semicolon with independent
clauses
Semicolon with series
Misuses of the semicolon
Colon with list, appositive,
quotation, summary
Conventional uses of the
colon
Misuses of the colon
P4 The apostrophe
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Possessive nouns, indefinite
pronouns
Contractions
Plurals of numbers,
letters, etc.
Misuses
Quotations marks
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Direct quotations
Quotation within quotation
Titles
Words as words
With other punctuation
Misuses
P6 Other marks
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End punctuation [ . ? ! ]
Dash, parentheses, brackets
Ellipsis mark
Slash
hyphenation 316
Spelling rules
Words that sound alike
Common misspellings
Compound words
Hyphenated adjectives
Fractions and numbers
Prefixes and suffixes
To avoid ambiguity
End-of-line breaks
P8 Capitalization
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Spelling out numbers
Using numerals
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Sentence Patters
Subjects
Verbs, objects, and
complements
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B3 Subordinate word
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groups
Prepositional phrases
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Drafting a thesis
Sketching an outline
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Drafting an introduction
Supporting your
interpretation; avoiding
simple plot summary
Observing conventions L-14
Referring to authors, titles,
and characters
Using the present tense
Using MLA style to format
quotations
L5 Integrating quotations
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Titles of works
Other terms
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Inappropriate abbreviations
Basic Grammar
interpretation
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Reading actively
Forming an interpretation
L3 Writing the paper
numbers
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Titles with names
Familiar abbreviations
Conventional abbreviations
Units of measurement
Latin abbreviations
Plural of abbreviations
B1 Parts of speech
Writing about Literature L-1
L2 Planning the paper
Proper nouns
Titles with names
Titles of works
First word of sentence
First word of a quoted
sentence
First word after colon
P10 Italics
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Sentence structures
Sentence purposes
L1 Reading to form an
P9 Abbreviations and
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Verbal phrases
Appositive phrases
Absolute phrases
Subordinate clauses
B4 Sentence types
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P7 Spelling and
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Distinguishing between the
author and a narrator or
speaker
Providing context for
quotations
Avoiding shifts in tense
Indicating changes in a
quotation: using brackets
and ellipsis mark
Enclosing embedded
quotations in single
quotation marks
Using MLA style to cite
passages from the work
L6 Using secondary
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L7 Sample papers
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sources
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Documenting sources
Avoiding plagiarism
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An analysis of a poem
("Ballad of the Landlord," by
Langston Hughes)
An analysis of a short story
("A Jury of Her Peers," by
Susan Glaspell)