MTEL writing subtest Questions & Answers Correct 100%(GRADED A+)

modifiers - ANSWER words that act to describe or qualify another word in such a way that it changes the other word's meaning. ex. hot pan, tall glass, skinny girl misplaced modifiers - ANSWER a phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word. ex. "Allenby's troops included 200 rangers mounted on camels and D.H. Lawrence". subject-verb agreement - ANSWER The person and number of the verb must match the person and the number of the subject noun(s) or pronoun(s). ex. The doctors operate on their patient vs. The doctor operates on his patient. sentence fragment - ANSWER A sentence that does not include a independent clause, so it cannot stand alone. ex. If you are very quiet pronoun-antecedent agreement - ANSWER ****when the pronoun agrees in number (referring to singular or plural) and person (referring to first, second, or third person) with its antecedent. relative pronouns - ANSWER a word that "relates" to the word that its relative clause modifies. ex. The person "who" phoned me last night is my teacher. who, whom, whose, which, that homonyms - ANSWER words that have the same sounds and spellings but different meanings ex.