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Action Verbs
*Describe what someone/something does
Titles of Poems
*Should be in quotes *Capitalize the first and last word *Capitalize all "in between words" except for FANBOYS, prepositions and articles
Titles of Books
*Should be italicized *Capitalize the first word and last word *Capitalize all "in between words" except for FANBOYS, prepositions and articles
THAMO
*Shows relationship between each complete thought T-therefore H-however A-also M-meanwhile O-otherwise
Prepositions
*Shows the relationship between a noun and other words in sentence *Give detail of where and when
Identifying Subjects
*Subject= part of the sentence that is doing or being *Work with verbs to form *Not always at beginning *Not always living *One or more words
Direct Objects
*Tells who? or what? about a verb (nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses) FOLLOWS THE VERB
SWABI
*Two complete thoughts into one S-since W-when A-after B-because I-if
FANBOYS
*Two complete thoughts into one F-for A-and N-nor B-but O-or Y-yes S-so
Cue Words
*Use a color to introduce a list after statements with "as follows," "the following," or "these." *Place : after a complete thought ONLY
Lists
*Use commas to separate three or more items in a series (even before and) *No comma for just two items in a series
ID Dependent and Independent Clauses
*complete thoughts express full ideas *incomplete thoughts can attach to complete thoughts to form a sentence
Pronouns as Subjects
*small words like "it" (PRONOUNS)
Dependent Clause
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb
Anyway and Anyways
Anyways is incorrect
Scene
a setting, location
All together
all in a group
Further
amount of time
Advice
an opinion
Long-Form Work
are italicized Ex. books, movies, TV shows (long or complete pieces of literature or artwork)
Already
before this time
Altogether
entirely
All Ready
fully prepared
Short-Form Work
go in quotation marks "" Ex. short stories, poems, articles, songs. (shorter works or compositions)
Site
location
Seen
past tense of "to see"
Farther
physical distance
Sight
seeing something
Advise
to give advice
Cite
to quote, five recognition
