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Grammar, Mechanics, and Conventions

English II

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Know traditional grammar rules for…

 

Subject-verb agree= ment        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        172-184

Pronoun-antecedent agreement     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         184-190

Sentence fragment<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:4'>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;    156-164

Comma splice/run-o= ns        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;          164-172

Commas, periods, c= olons, semicolons     &nb= sp;            =             2= 65-314        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3.2.1-3.2.4; 3.2.11

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Know how to punctuate…

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With quotation mar= ks and other punctuation    &n= bsp;            300-307               =             &nb= sp;       3.7.2-3.7.7

Titles of works (i= ncluding your own papers)    &nb= sp;            = 302; 323; 340      = ;            &n= bsp;      3.6.1-3.6.6; 4.5

Quotations from po= ems and plays      &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;    301-302        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3.7.3-3.7.4;

Parenthetical page= /line references     &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;     414-423        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 6 (esp.6.1-6.3)

Possessives        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   296-300        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3.2.7

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Follow Literary Conventions:

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Use the literary p= resent tense.      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           11= 2; 230      &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  3.7

In the opening par= agraph, cite the author’s full  &nb= sp;                  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  3.4.1-3.4.2; 3.6.6

     name and the com= plete title(s) of the work(s)

     being analyzed. Thereafter use only the

     author’s l= ast name; for longer titles, use a

     consistent abbreviation in the body of the essay. = ;  

Include a “W= orks Cited” entry at the end of the &= nbsp;          426-428<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:3'>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 5

     paper to clarify= which edition of the text(s) you

     are using and to= give credit to any additional

     sources. To save paper, you do not need a

     separate page fo= r the “Works Cited” section.

Integrate quotatio= ns accurately, grammatically,     = ;        304-305        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3.7

     and gracefully.<= o:p>

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Meet Expectations for Format and Quality:

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Word-process all f= ormal out-of-class essays using     &= nbsp; 444-447        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 4.1-4.5

     appropriate font= -style and size. Use double-

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Spell-check and ca= refully proofread your work. Be    &= nbsp;   30; 326; 402-406     &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  1.9.3; 4.8; 2

     sure your essay contains no plagiarism.

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Avoid Confusing Easily Confused Words= . Refer to “Glossary of Usage” in Rule for Writers (531-544). Below = are some of the most common:

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Accept/Except        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;       Advice/Advise        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Affect/Effect        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;      All ready/Already

All together/altogether    =             &nb= sp;            Allusion/Illusion        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  Choose/Chose        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Cite/Site/Sight        &= nbsp;

Conscience/Conscious        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         Everyday/Every day =             &nb= sp;   Incidence/Incidents        &= nbsp;         Its/It’s=

Lead/Led        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;    Lie/Lay        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  Loose/Lose        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         Maybe/ May be

Passed/past        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Principal/Principle        &= nbsp;          Quiet/qu= ite/quit        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;    Their/There/They’re

Then/Than        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;   To/Too/Two        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       Weather/Whether        &= nbsp;           We= re/We’re/Where

Who’s/Whose        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Your/You’re

 

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