COLLEGE COMPOSITION CLEP STUDY GUIDE EXAM-90 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Syntax how words are put together to form sentences Coordination How you connect ideas together Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Subordination How you make one idea subordinate to another idea Modifier A descriptive phrase or word Comma Splice When two complete sentences are tied together with a comma Two independent clauses containing a comma Sentence Fragment An incomplete sentence Simple sentence One independent clause Run-on Sentence Two sentences put together without appropriate punctuation Two independent clauses that are not separated by conjunction or proper punctuation 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 When the subject & verb of a sentence don't go together Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement When the pronoun doesn't match its antecedents Antecedents Going before, preceding A noun which is referred to using a pronoun Idiom A phrase without a literal meaning , Comma ; Semi-colon : Colon ? Question mark ! Exclamation point {} Ellipses " " Quotation marks Noun Person place or thing Verb An action Tell what the subject does or what is done to it Adjective Modifies a noun Nominative Case I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they Objective Case me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them Possessive Case My, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs Compound Personal Pronouns myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Relative Pronouns Who, that, which, what Interrogative Pronouns Who, which, what A pronoun used to start a sentence (who, what, which, whom and whose Participle A noun which is used as an adjective Indefinite Pronouns All, any, both, each, either, everybody, none, one, several, some, someone Correct Comma Splice Put a period in between the two sentences Use a comma with a Conjunction Use a Senmicolon to attach two sentences Correct Run-On Sentence Break it up into two sentences Use a semicolon in between the two independent clauses Insert a comma and a conjunction between the two word groups Correct Sentence Fragment Combine the dependent clause with the independent clause Correct Sentences Remember must have subject, a verb and a sense of completeness in each sentence Phrases should be phrases in structure Diction Errors Incorrect word choices Idiom Errors Expressions that are not always clear from the meaning of the words (kick the bucket) Base Form of Verbs I play Verb Form with -s He/she/it plays Past Tense Verb I played Past Participle Verb I have played Present Participle I am playing Topic Sentence The first sentence introducing the subject of a paragraph Restatement or Restriction The second sentence can restate or restrict what was written in the first sentence, making the subject more specific