Use Grammar to Enhance Clarity in Writing Flashcards
Types of Transitions
Agreement, opposition, cause, effect, examples, conclusion, chronology, location
Diction
The style of writing determined by word choice
Imperative sentence
A complete sentence that conveys a command, instruction, or request and has the implied or understood subject “you”
Progressive tense
A verb tense indicating that the action described is currently happening
Perfective tense
A verb tense indicating that the action described has been completed
Mood
How the elements in a text, such as word choice, make the reader feel
Tone
An author’s implied or explicit attitude toward a topic
Subject-verb agreement
Matching like numbers of subjects and verbs: singular with singular, plural with plural
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
requires pronouns to match the number, person, and gender of their antecedents
