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Mood and Voice
Indirect and Direct
Point of View
Subordinate
Coordinate
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What are the three moods in English?
Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive
100
What is an indirect question?
An indirect question reports a question without asking it
100
How many different points of view are there?
There are three different points of view
100
What is Subordination?
Gives emphasis on two or more unequal ideas by combining sentences of unequal importance in clauses or phrases
100
What is Coordination?
Coordination draws attention equally to two or more ideas
200
What is the indicative mood used for?
For facts, opinions, and questions
200
What is a direct quotation?
Direct quotations presents the exact words of a speaker or writer
200
What is the first person ("I") point of view used for?
Informal letters and writing based primarily on personal experience
200
Should you use subordination for major ideas?
No, if you subordinate major ideas readers might miss it
200
Join them with a semi-colon and an adverb
What is one way to coordinate independent clauses?
300
What is active voice?
Occurs when the subject is doing the action
300
What should you use to punctuate a direct question?
Direct questions get punctuated with question marks
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What are the three different points of views?
First person, Second person, or Third person
300
What is the best technique for combine ideas that are of equal importance?
Coordination
300
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Words used to grammatically connect equal elements (and, so, but, or, nor, for, so, yet)
400
What is a subjunctive mood?
Subjunctive moods are used in certain contexts to express wishes or conditions contrary to fact
400
What is an indirect quotation?
Reports someones' words without quoting word for word
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What is the third person point of view used for?
Used for academic and professional writing
400
What is another way to coordinate independent clauses?
With a comma and a coordinating conjunction (e.g. and, but, or, for, so, etc.)
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What is passive voice?
Passive voice occurs when the subject receives the action
500
What punctuation do indirect questions get?
Indirect questions get punctuated with period marks
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What is the third person point of view?
Emphasizes the subject and can be "he, she, they, it, one, or any noun)"
500
What is the best technique for combining short choppy sentences?
Subordination
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What are correlative conjunctions?
Connects grammatically equal elements - but come in pairs (e.g. either...or, neither...nor, not only...also, whether...or, both...and)