Do I want to entertain?
Do I want to persuade?
Do I want to inform?
What are questions to ask yourself when you consider your purpose for writing?
100
You can write a paragraph about the term "happiness." The way that you interpret the term is unique, and you would bring your own opinions, experiences, and impressions to your paragraph.
What is a Definition Paragraph?
100
This is the "-ing" form of a verb, acting as a noun.
What is a gerund?
100
The verb tense shown in "She was wrapping the presents."
What is Past Progressive?
100
Simply means that the subject and verb agree in number.
What is subject-verb agreement?
200
This is your intended reader.
What is audience?
200
The supporting ideas can be developed point-by-point or topic-by-topic.
What is a Comparison and Contrast Paragraph?
200
This tells you who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
200
Words such as deer, fish, moose, and sheep.
What are nouns that remain the same in both singular & plural forms?
200
Writers use this tense to indicate that an action was completed at a past time.
What is the simple past tense?
300
For many college assignments, this is your audience.
Who is your instructor?
300
A sample topic sentence would be:
"Fast food, which I eat for many reasons, has had some negative effects on my health."
What is Cause and Effect Paragraph?
300
This expresses an action or state.
What is a verb?
300
Words that show concepts such as time, place, direction, and manner. Some common ones are "about, around, at, before, behind, between, and with."
What are prepositions?
300
An example is "There is many stories about Elvis Presley."
What is a subject-verb agreement error?
400
These are also known as exploring strategies.
What are prewriting strategies?
400
Uses specific examples to clarify the main point. This pattern is frequently used in college writing because you must support your main idea with examples.
What is Illustration Paragraph?
400
This is a word, phrase, or clause that describes or modifies nouns or verbs in a sentence. To use it correctly, place it next to the word(s) that you want to modify.
What is a modifier?
400
A phrase that contains both a subject and a verb.
What is a complete sentence?
400
"like two peas in a pod" and "green with envy" are examples of this
What is a cliche?
500
Freewriting, Brainstorming, and Clustering.
What are the three most common prewriting strategies?
500
In the topic sentence of this paragraph, you should convey a dominant impression about the subject.
What is a descriptive paragraph?
500
It gives more specific information about how, when, where, and to what extent an action or event occurred. They often end in "-ly."
What is an adverb?
500
In a sentence that expresses a command, this is the unstated subject.
What is "you?"
500
number, size, color, and type
What is the order to follow when placing two or more adjectives together?