Kitchen Sink
is your position on the issue. It is the point you are trying to get your audience to accept.
Claim
Which is correct
A. I have a wide variety of supernatural powers, but wish I had the power to go out in the daylight.
B. I have a wide variety of supernatural powers but wish I had the power to go out in the daylight.
B
Which is correct
A. The student’s planned to study together, but they watched a movie instead.
B. The students planned to study together, but they watched a movie instead.
B
type of narration:
usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group)
First person
means that pronouns must agree in number and gender with the nouns they are replacing. For example, when we write a sentence about a girl named Sophia, we would use she as the pronoun to refer to her.
pronoun aggreement
is a vital part of the essay planning process. It provides a structure for the writer to connect ideas in support of the thesis/claim. It also provides the writer with a space to manipulate ideas easily without needing to write complete sentences or paragraphs.
outline
Which is correct
A. I find that a little fear is the best seasoning, for my food, so I often sneak up on my husband while he cooks and frighten him.
B. I find that a little fear is the best seasoning for my food, so I often sneak up on my husband while he cooks and frighten him.
B.
Fix it:
The cat's were sunbathing on the hood of my car.
Remove the apostrophe in cat's.
Narrative Style that
is a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you. The reader is immersed into the narrative as a character involved in the story. The narrator describes what "you" do and lets you into your own thoughts and background.
Second person
means that it is clearly understood to which noun the pronoun refers.
Pronoun reference
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
coordinating conjunction
Fix it:
The Icelanders's homes are not made of ice.
Remove the final s from Icelanders's to show plural possession.
the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the pronouns he, she, or they.
Third person
occurs when one writes about several different people or things and then uses a pronoun like he, she, or it, but the audience has no idea to which noun he, she, or it refers.
common pronoun reference error
What is the acronym used to remember coordinating conjunctions
FANBOYS
The student would not take a break from studying.
The correct way to contract would not is
wouldn't
is a word that describes a noun
Adjective
this change is new, you may find some people who disagree, but most academics now agree that “the singular ________” is correct.
They
What are the 4 methods to fixing a run on sentence?
period
semicolon
comma and coordinating conjunction
subordinating conjunction
How many things are in a series?
3 or more
Fix it:
The puppy wasn't feeling well, so we took its temperature.
The sentence is correct as is
because
although
after
while
since
What are subordinating conjunctions
noun the pronoun refers
referent