Stage 2

Question 0

What are some effects of the fact that academic writing is formal?

Answer 0

You cannot use slangs or contractions, and you should write complete sentences and organize them in a certain way

Question 1

Academic writing

Answer 1

Wiring used in schools

Question 2

Paragraph

Answer 2

Group of relate statements that a writer develops about a subject. The fists sentence tells the specific point, or idea, of the topic; while the onto support that point

Question 3

Capitalization rules

Answer 3

First word in a sentence (My …..)
Pronoun I
Abbreviations and acronyms formed from the first letters of words (USA, IBM, UN, etc.)
Proper nouns (names of deities such as God, Allah, Shiva or names of people and their titles President George Bush [not titles without name, except when nouns such as prime minister or president are referring to one person clearly])
Name of specific groups of people (nationalities, races, ethnic groups), languages and religions (Asian, Japanese, Muslin, Hispanic, Caucasian)
Name of specific places on a map (NYC, North Pole, Indian Ocean, etc)
Name of specific geographic areas (Middle East), but the direction of the compass.
Names of days, months and special days (Monday, January, Independence Day) but no seasons
Names of specific structures such as buildings, bridges, dams, etc. (Golden Gate Bridge, White House, Taj Mahal)
Names of specific organizations (government agencies, business, schools,etc,). State Department, Harvard University, French Students Club, Bank of Canada, etc.)
Name of schools subjects with course numbers only (except languages). Business Administration 312, chemistry, French literature .
First, last and all of the important words in titles of book, magazines, etc. War and Peace, Jingle Bells, etc.

Question 4

Sentence

Answer 4

Group if words that contains at least one subject and one verb, along with it expressing a complete though.

Question 5

Simple sentences

Answer 5

Only have one subject-verb pair. It tells who or what did something.
Possible formulas (V S, S S V, S V V, S S V V)

Question 6

Do subjects and verbs agree in number?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

When a sentence begins with the word there + be, the subject follows

Answer 7

the verb be.

Question 8

Prepositional phrase

Answer 8

group of words that begin with a preposition, they can come between a subject and a verb but are not part of the subject.

Question 9

Words that are always singular

Answer 9

One, neither, much, each, either, nothing, anyone

Question 10

Words that are always plural

Answer 10

Both, several, and many

Question 11

Words that can be singular or plural depending in the prepositional phrase

Answer 11

Some, all, most, a lot and none

Question 12

Fragment

Answer 12

An incomplete sentence without either the subject or the verb, they are sentence errors.

Question 13

Process of writing

Answer 13

Prewriting (chose a topic and collect ideas [Listing Prewriting technique in which you make a list of words or phrase that come into you mind about a topic])
Organizing (organize ideas in an outline)
Writing (just be the words down on paper first without stopping to fix mistakes)
Polishing, revising an editing (attack the big issues of content and organization in the revision and work on smaller issues of grammar, punctuation and mechanics in the editing.

Question 14

Narration

Answer 14

Story writing.

Question 15

Time order

Answer 15

Used to organize sentences.

Question 16

Time order signals

Answer 16

Signal the order in which events happen.

Question 17

Time order signals words

Answer 17

finally, first, later, meanwhile, next, now, soon, etc.

Question 18

Time order phrases

Answer 18

At last, at 12:00, after a while, after that, np score beginning, etc.

Question 19

Folktale

Answer 19

Traditional stories that have been passed down orally from one generation to thee next until someone finally writes it down.

Question 20

Compound sentences

Answer 20

Sentences formed from two simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Question 21

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 21

And, but, so, or for, nor, yet

Question 22

And

Answer 22

Joins sentences that are alike

Question 23

But

Answer 23

Joins sentences that are opposite or show contrast.

Question 24

So

Answer 24

Joins sentences when the second sentence expresses the results of something described in the first sentence.

Question 25

Or

Answer 25

Joins sentences that give choices or alternatives.

Question 26

Comma rules

Answer 26

Comma after a time order signal that comes at the beginning of a sentence (before the subject; exceptions: then, soon and now.)
Comma before the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
Comma between the items in a series of three or more.
Comas in dates written as month day year
Place names

Question 27

Free writing

Answer 27

Prewriting technique that consist on writing freely without stoping on an specific amount of time. You write sentence without taking into account if their are correct or not.

Question 28

Paragraph

Answer 28

Group of related sentences that develop one main idea (the topic of the paragraph)

Question 29

Parts of the paragraph

Answer 29

Topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence.

Question 30

Topic sentence

Answer 30

Tell what topic the paragraph is going to discuss. It is usually the first sentence in a paragraph and it’s neither too general nor too specific, since it should only tell something about the content of the paragraph but none of the details.

Question 31

Supporting sentences

Answer 31

Give details about the topic (explain the topic by giving more information about it; they list the main points of the paragraph).

Question 32

Concluding sentences

Answer 32

Summarize ten main points or restate the topic sentence with different words.

Question 33

Topic sentence: the most _________________ in a paragraph. Two parts ____________ and ________________.

Answer 33

Important: topic and controlling idea

Question 34

Topic

Answer 34

Name the subject of the paragraph

Question 35

Controlling idea

Answer 35

Tells what the paragraph will say about the topic (it specifies the topic to a very specific point or points).

Question 36

Signal phrase

Answer 36

Introduce examples (either at the beginning of a sentence or infront of just one word or phrase)

Question 37

Signal phrase followed by a comma

Answer 37

For example, and for instance.

Question 38

Signal phrases with no comma because the go in form of a word or phrase

Answer 38

Such as

Question 39

Conclusion sentence signals

Answer 39

The end of the paragraph and remiss the reader of the main idea.

Question 40

Conclusion signals

Answer 40

Followed by a comma: all in all, in brief, in conclusion, Indeed, in short, etc.
No comma: it is clear that, these examples show that …

Question 41

Remind the reader of the main idea in a confusion by

Answer 41

Repeating the idea in the topic sentence with different words. Or by summarizing the main point or points of the paragraph.

Question 42

Apostrophe

Answer 42

Make contractions, make nouns and some pronouns possessive and make letters of the alphabet plural .

Question 43

Contractions

Answer 43

An apostrophe shows where are letters missing in a contraction.

Question 44

Possessives

Answer 44

Show ownership (us the phrase “of the” or use an apostrophe + s). Apostrophe + s is more often used when living things are the owner! when you are given the name of the owner or when you make indefinite pronouns possessive; while the of the phrase is used for non living things.

Question 45

Rule for possessives

Answer 45

Use apostrophe +s with singular nouns and plural nouns that do not end in s, with indefinite pronouns and in abbreviations.
Use apostrophe alone in plurals ending in s

Question 46

Plurals of letters of the alphabet

Answer 46

Apostrophe + s .

Question 47

Outline

Answer 47

Plan that helps a writer organize their thoughts, and ensure that they don’t leave out anything important