Writing 9 Final

Writing 9 with Shaffran at Summit Academy North High School

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By: London Carrington
Created: 2011-05-27
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Semi-Colon- a punctuation mark used to join independent clauses that are not already joined by a conjution

Ex. The swimmer was one of the fastest swimmers ever; he broke world records at the olympics.

Colon- a punctuation mark used before and extended quotation,explanation, example, or series and after the salutation in a formalletter

Ex. Their are 3 ingridients i put in my spaghetti: sausage, mushrooms, and peppers.

Comma- a punctuation mark used to separate words or group of words

Ex. It was hot outside, but i still went to play basketball.

Affect, Effect

This situation has bad cause and effect.
The bird dying affected me.

Accept, Except

I gladly accept your gift.
Everyone except him was reading quietly.

Past Tense- verbs completed in the past

I used to eat waffles every morning.

Present Tense- verb completed in the present

I am eating a hot dog.

Future Tense- verb completed in the future

I will be eating waffles.

Future Perfect Tense- talks about the past in the future

I wouldnt have did my homework today.

Active Tense- the subject of an active verb sentence performs the action of the verb

I threw the football.

Passive Tense- the subject of a passive voice sentenceis still the main character of the sentence, but something else performs theaction

They threw the football past me.

Common Nouns- A general noun is a Person, Place or thing

Ex. Food

Specific Noun- It is a specific person place or thing.

Ex. McDonalds

Recieve

Re-ceive

Scholarship

Scholar-ship

February

Feb-ru-ary

Mosquitos

mos- quito- es

Average

av- er- age

Occasion

occ- asion

Pleasant

pleas- ant

Tomorrow

tom- orrow

Excercise

ex- er- cise

Persuasive Writing-Types of persuasion

Editorials, Position papers & Persuasive Speeches

Adverb/Adjective- Characteristics of an adverb

many adverbs end in -ly. More precisely, they are formed by adding -ly to an adjective.

We suddenly heard a lot of screaming.

Adverb/Adjectives-Characteristics of an adjective

A word used to describe a noun or pronoun or to give a noun/ pronoun a more specific meaning.

About this deck

By: London Carrington
Created: 2011-05-27
Size: 33 flashcards
Views: 4

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