ANSWERS
Creating a unified paragraph - ANSWERmaking sure every sentence relates to the main
idea; identify, relate, eliminate, connect, clarify, rewrite
Identify - ANSWERidentify a topic sentence
Relate - ANSWERread each sentence to see how it relates to the main idea
Eliminate - ANSWERget rid of sentences that don't relate to the main idea
Connect - ANSWERcheck to see how your sentences fit/flow together
Importance of comparison and contrast - ANSWERShows differences or unexpected
similarities, not stating the obvious
In-text citation - ANSWERacknowledging a source's information within parentheses
(author last name page number)
Regular verb - ANSWERhave four forms: a base form, an -s form (third person singular
in the present tense), an -ing form (present participle), and an -ed form (past participle)
(ex. work/works/working/worked)
Irregular Verb - ANSWERnot as predictable, past form and past participle form differ
from regular, a verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed
ending, (ex. write, writes, writing, wrote, written)
Purpose of verb tenses - ANSWERthe tense of a verb shows the time of an action when
the action of the sentence takes place, provides information of time
Simple Verb Tense - ANSWERwalk/walks, walked, will walk
Progressive Verb Tense - ANSWERam/are/is walking, was/were walking, will be
walking
Perfect Verb Tense - ANSWERhave/has walked, had walked, will have walked
Perfect Progressive Verb Tense - ANSWERhave/has been walking, had been walking,
will have been walking
Clarify - ANSWERclear up the relationship between each sentence and the main idea
by using examples and details