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What is the hero of punctuation?

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Semi colon

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What are the five different kinds of combining sentences?

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Punctuation
Coordination
Subordination
Reduction
Apposition
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What is a dash used for?

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Informal

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What are the three punctuation marks?

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Dash
Semi colon
Colon

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What is a colon used for?

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Add more info

Give examples

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What follows a colon?

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A clause or a dependent group of words

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What is a semi colon for?

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Alone or to connect clauses

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What do semi colons use to connect sentences?

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Conjunctive adverbs - however, moreover, therefore

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What is coordination?

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Two or more clauses which are combined as equal partners

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What is a clause?

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A sentence

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What does coordination use?

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Coordinating conjunctions - and, or, but, so

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What is and used for?

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Join clauses that contain additional info

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Or used for?

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Choices or alternatives

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13
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But used for?

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Opposing ideas

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So used for?

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Cause and effect

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What is subordination?

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Makes one sentence more important than the other

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What does subordination have?

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An independent clause

One or more dependent clauses

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What words does subordination use?

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Who, what, that, when, although, if

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What are the three types of subordination clauses?

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Noun, adverb, and adjective

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What is reduction?

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Reducing one sentence to a phrase

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Four types of reduction?

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Participial - describes subject
Gerund - ing and prep phrase
Infinitive - prep phrase about verb
Prepositional - prep phrase about noun

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What is apposition?

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Turns one sentence into a description about noun in commas

22
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What kind of process is a research paper?

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Cyclical

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Four steps of research paper

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Research
Information
Understanding
Outlining

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Step one of a research paper?

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Select and narrow a topic

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What are the parts of step one?

A

Select a topic
Develop a compelling question
Pre reading research
Narrow the topic

26
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Why is keeping track of your sources essential?

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To maintain the integrity of your paper

54
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What is irony of situation?

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A character’s actions bring about unexpected results

55
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What is a sequel?

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A story that comes after a story

56
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What is an allusion?

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An indirect reference to literature, history, art, music

57
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What is the main goal of a research paper?

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Starts when an individual is curious about something

58
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5 parts to a source card?

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Number, source, title, quote, page number

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Three types of notes?

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Summarize, paraphrase, directly quote

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