Lesson Review

Lesson Review

By Pia Businos

*Vocabulary - Which is Which?

*Grammar - Do I Write Right?

*Paraphrasing & Citing Sources -

Is it Phrasing Without Plagiarizing?

​"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."

- Aristotle

Multiple Choice

Am I a Word?

ALRIGHT

• YES

• NO

​"Alright" is NOT accepted in formal or academic writing. The correct way of writing it is as two separate words: "all right."

Multiple Choice

Am I a Word?

ALOT

• YES

• NO

​You are probably confusing this with two different words: ALLOT (with double "L") and A LOT (as two words).

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*Allot (​single word, double "l") - To allocate, as in: "Allot 20% of your earnings to your savings."

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*A lot (two words) - Many, as in: "I used to see a lot of storks in our backyard."​

Multiple Choice

Which refers to a strategy to remember things?

• mnemonic

• pneumonic

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly spelled?

• Separate

• Seperate

• Seperete

​How do you separate "a rat" from a mouse?

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly spelled?

• Neccesary

• Necessary

• Neccessary

It is necessary for a shirt to have 1 collar and 2 sleeves.

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly spelled?

• Tomorow

• Tommorow

• Tomorrow

Tom has two "r"s to row.

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly spelled?

• Febuary

• February

• Febrary

It's crazy but it's

Feb + ru + a + ry​

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly spelled?

• Disapear

• Dissappear

• Disappear

The prefix is "dis" + root word is "appear".

• Subject-Verb Agreement

• Consistency of Verb Tenses

• Ambiguous Pronouns

• Misplaced Modifiers​

​GRAMMAR WATCH

When you have a group/ team/ committee​ working together, you regard them as a UNIT (singular).

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If the group of people are not working ​together, the implied subject is the group MEMBERS (plural).

Collective nouns are treated as singular subjects.

For either/or and neither/nor pairs, the subject CLOSEST to the verb determines the verb form.

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Observe parallel structures.

Pronouns take the place of nouns. They must agree with the noun that they are replacing.

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TIP: Before writing a pronoun, identify the noun you are replacing. Also, do not use a pronoun when you don't have a noun reference.

Write CONCISE sentences. Drop ​unnecessary words.

There are three types of incorrectly placed modifiers:

• squinting modifiers

• ​dangling modifiers

• misplaced modifiers

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​TIP: Place the modifier or modifying phrase beside the noun it is describing.

• In-text Citation

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​According to Author’s last name (Year), idea.

According to Owen et al. (2010), brain training may not work if insufficient time is devoted to it.

​Phrasing Without Plagiarizing

• In-text Citation

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​In Author’s (year of study), idea.

​In Owen et al.’s 2010 study, the effects of brain training is insignificant if the time for practice is insufficient.​

• If you need definitions, get key words only

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• Do NOT copy whole sentences even if you cite the source/s

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• Run your work through a plagiarism checker before submission