college writing
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- How do you achieve coherence in a paragraph or essay?
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1. Repeat important words
2. Synonym or substititution
3. Transitional expressions - Types of sentence errors
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Comma splice
run-on sentence
fragment - Run-on
- sentence with no punctuation
- Fragment
- Not a complete thought
- comma splice
- fragment or joining of independent clauses with imporper comma placing
- Ways to fix run on or comma splice
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Separate into two setntences
co-ordinating conjunction
subordinating conjunction
semi colon
semi colon and conjunctive adverb - Types of fragment sentences:
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Relative clause fragment
ing fragment
prepositional phrase fragment
appositive fragment
infinitive phrase fragment - What is an essay?
- Group of paragraphs about one subject
- The body of a paragraph should contain?
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Facts
examples
supporting details - steps for writing an essay:
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narrow the topic
Write thesis stmt
Generate ideas for body
ordering and linking - things to avoid when writing an essay:
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Avoid announcement
avoid too broad a topic - Plagerisim
- Not giving credit to an author whose words or ideas you have used
- Direct and Indirect quotes
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Stress a key idea
Catchy intro
Add interest
Expert opinion - Direct Quote
- Verbatium
- Indirect Quote
- paraphrase
- Introduction paragraph
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Thesis stmt
Grab the readers attn. - Six methods of introduction
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single sentence
Start general go specific
Begin with illistration
Suprising fact or idea to grab reader attn.
Begin with contradiction that most people believe
Direct quote - Three methods of conclusion
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call to action
End with final point
End with question - Four types of titles
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no nonsense descriptive title
Two part title
Rhetorical question
method of development used in essay - Pronoun
- Take the place of noun
- Antecedent
- Word that the pronoun refers to
- Collective nouns
- Represent group of people but considered singular
- personal pronouns
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Subjective
Objective
Possessive - Subjective pronouns
- I, You, he, she, it
- objective pronoun
- me, you, him, her
- Infinative
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Verb prefaced by "to"
"to live", "to eat" - compund constructions
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two nouns
two ponouns
noun and a pronoun
Never use "myself" as a substitute for "I" or "me" - comparisons
- Can be subjective, objective, or possessive pronouns that complete comparisons
- reflexive pronouns
- some did something to him/ herself
- intensive pronoun
- Emphasizes the noun or pronoun it refers to
- Adjective
- Describe or modify noun / pronoun
- adverb
- describe or modify verb
- Comparitive
- two persons or things
- Supurlative
- Compare three or more persons or things
- Three things to keep in mind when reviewing an essy or paragraph
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subject
audience
Purpose - Every sentence must contain
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subject
Verb
complete thought