Zusammenfassung der Ressource
English
- Five passages, 2 question formats
- Underling assigned numbers, and boxed numbers.
- punctuation: 10, grammar: 12, sentence structure: 18.
- Correct misplaced punctuation marks.
- Grammar targets an incorrect word.
- Sentence structure: run-ons, fragments, placements.
- Rhetorical skills: strategy: 12, org.: 11, & style: 12
- Strategy: revising a passage to improve.
- org: rearranging a sentence, fix coherency.
- style: choose appropriate words for clarity.
- 6 english strategies.
- Skim the paragraph (if you have time)
- Choose the shortest answer.
- Don't be too influenced by an answer.
- Don't pick an answer that complete redoes a sentence.
- Be comfortable with NO CHANGE.
- Apostrophe: possessive always gets an 's unless it ends with an s.
- Don't forget contractions.
- Sub-verb agreement: when a verb is underlined, match it to its subject.
- In most cases the sub. & verb are separated.
- Sometimes the sub & verb are together.
- Pronoun-noun: when you see an pro noun make sure it agrees with the noun.
- Remember someone, everyone, or everybody needs a sing. pronoun.
- Sentence structure: runons/fragments, misplaced modifiers, and parallelism.
- Watch for long sentences.
- Redundancy: Shortest, when in doubt take it out,
- Parallelism: different forms are used to express = ideas.
- Make sure the modifier is close to the word it's changing.
- Transitions b/w paragraphs.
- Add evidence
- Tone questions
- Paragraph org. & sentence org.
- Ask yourself does it belong here, does this sound right, and does it make sense?
- When in doubt, take it out.
- Commas: use commas for lists, or small pauses.
- Use commas to separate nonessential words, phrases, or clauses.
- Use a comma to separate FANBOY cunjunctions