w12-1 eng-119

questions that will be on final exam

• thesis development
  • 5 q on thesis development
    • what will make the best idea too broad-too narrow
    • has to be a complete sentence
• support
  • 3 q on support
  • general idea, ideas that would fit under that idea
• prewriting
  • 15 q on prewriting-will probably shrink
    • did not cover much in class, should research
• run-ons
  • 5 q
• irregular verbs
  • 3 q
  • present-tense-past participle find which one is correct
• subject-verb agreement
  • 3 q
• documenting sources
  • 3 q
• commas
  • 6 q
• types of essays
  • 3 q
  • classification/division
  • covered the rest in test
• writing process
  • 3 q
  • prewriting, drafting, revising(big changes), proofreading(grammar, transitions, spelling)
• effective word choice
  • 10 q
  • slang, pretentious, cliches, wordiness
• fragments 5 q
• commonly confused words 5 q
• pronouns - 12 q
  • types, agreements
• subject verb agreement
• major errors in grammar is a good chapter to read for test

• lecture w12-1 pronouns

• subject pronouns
  • I/we(plural) 1st
  • you/you(plural) 2nd
  • he/she/it/they(plural) 3rd
• agreement
  • gender
    • billy lost his camera
  • number
    • the girls forgave their teacher
  • someone left their backpack
    • someone is singular, their is plural, this sentence is incorrect
    • someone left his/her backpack is correct
• object pronouns
  • always follow a verb or preposition
  • me/us(plural) 1st
  • you/you(plural) 2nd
  • her/him/it/them(plural) 3rd
  • e.g. my brother is taller than me I.
  • e.g me the boys and the boys I are playing
  • e.g the police arrested kaddy and I me.
  • e.g It's me I who broke the window.
  • to understand errors it can be useful to check pronouns one at a time to check for grammar.
• possessive pronouns(not going to be on quiz/exam)
  • never have an apostrophe
• reference
  • They are putting up decorations at the mall.
    • They does not have a reference noun, the sentence is incorrect.
  • Jill told Theresa she's fat
    • she is not clearly defined because of the two nouns
      • corrections:
        • Jill told Theresa, "you're fat".
        • Jill told Theresa that Theresa is fat.
  • I like watching movies that scare you.
    • you is general, it should be me.