COLLEGE COMPOSITION MODULAR CLEP EXAM-38 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+

Syntax How words are put together Coordination How you connect ideas together Modifier A descriptive word or phase Run-on sentence Two sentences put together without appropriate punctuation Subordination How you make one idea subordinate to another idea Comma splice When two complete sentences are tied together with a comma Simple sentence One independent clause Sentence fragment An incomplete sentence Compound Sentence Two or more independent clauses without a dependent clause Compound complex sentence Two or more independent clauses with a dependent clause Subject-Verb agreement Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement When the pronoun matched the antecedents Antecedents Going before, preceding Idiom A phrase without literal meaning , Comma ; Semi-colon Whoever/Who? Subject pronoun, used to describe who is preforming the action of a verb. Works like I, he, she, we, and they. (Try to simplify and replace) Whomever/Whom? Object pronoun, function the same way as me, him, her, us, and them. Serves as direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition. I vs. Me Use I when the person speaking is doing the action; Use me when the person speaking is receiving the action of the verb in some way. Take out John. John and I went to the beach. I went to the beach. Me went to the beach. Nominative Case Pronouns I, you, she, he, we, you, they Objective Case Pronouns me, you, her, him, us, them Possessive Case Pronouns my, mine, your, yours, his, hers, its, ours, their, theirs Compound Personal Pronouns myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Relative Pronouns who, that, which what (who changes its form to who, whose, whom, whoever, whomever) Interrogative Pronouns who, which, what Indefinite Pronouns all, any, both, each, either, everybody, none, one, several, some, someone Ellipsis {} Noun Person, place, or thing Verb An action Adjective Modifies a noun; a word naming an attribute of a noun. Diction Errors Idiom Errors Expressions that are not always clear from the meaning of the words. Ex: Kick the bucket Modifiers Describe Words Verbs Tell what the subject does or what is done to it. Base form of verbs Verb form with -s Ex: He, she, it plays. Past Tense Verb Ex: I played Past Participle verb The form of a verb, typically ending in -ed in English, which is used in forming perfect and passive tenses and sometimes as an adjective. Ex: I have played.