lecture 3.1

Question 1

Strategies for revising sentences

Answer 1

1. use parallelism
2. use a consistent point of view
3. use specific words
4. use active verbs
5. use concise words
6. use varied sentences

Question 2

use parallelism

Answer 2

by balancing the items in a sentence you will make the sentence clearer and easier to read

Example:
My Job includes checking inventory, initialing orders, and calling the suppliers.

Question 3

use a consistent point of view: verbs

Answer 3

verbs do not shift verb tenses unnecessarily

Question 4

use a consistent point of view: pronouns

Answer 4

do not shift point of view unnecessarily

Example: one of the fringe benefits of my job is that I can use

Question 5

use specific words

Answer 5

To be an effective writer, you must use specific words rather than general words.

general: the dog ran down the street
specific: the mangy stray loped down broadway, dodging cars, and startled pedestrians

Question 6

Specific Sentences

Answer 6

1: use exact names (not “the boy,” but “Vince.”)
2: use lively verbs (not “ate,” but “slurped.”
3: use descriptive words (not “the car”, but “the rickety old Buick.”
4: Use sense descriptions (“ Vince slurped his ice-cold

Question 7

use Active Verbs

Answer 7

Prefer the active voice
when the subject receives the action, the verb is in the passive voice

when the subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb the verb is in the active voice
hakim bought the notebook

Question 8

use concise words

Answer 8

prefer concision
wordiness–using more words than necessary is often a sign of lazy or careless writing
too wordy: in this paper, I am planning to describe the hobby that I enjoy of collecting old comic books
revision: I enjoy collecting comic books

Question 9

vary your sentences

Answer 9

effective writing i

Question 10

adding a second complete thought

Answer 10

transform simple sentences (which can be monotonous) greg worked on the engine –

Question 11

adding a dependent thought

Answer 11

transform simple sentences ( which can be monnotonus)-

the library was very quitet.

Question 12

beginning with an opening word or phrase

Answer 12

transforms simple sentences (which can be monotonous)–

paul was concerned

Question 13

placing adjectives or verbs in a series

Answer 13

transforms simple sentences (which can be monotonous )

the truck bounced off a gaurdrail it sideswiped a tree. it plunged into

Question 14

editing sentences

Answer 14

after revising, check for mistakes in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, usage, and spelling
edit according to the conventions of written English aka sentence skills

Question 15

proofreading

Answer 15

check the edited draft of your paper for typos and other careless errors

Question 16

use the four bases

Answer 16

1) unity
advance a single point 
2) support 
support your point with specific evidence
3) coherence
organize and connect the specific evidence  
4) sentence skills 
write clear, error-free sentences.

Question 17

regular verbs

Answer 17

every verb has four principal parts

p

Question 18

present tense

Answer 18

shout is in the present tense
the past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding -d or -ed to the present
so he past tense of shout is shouted

Question 19

the past participle

Answer 19

the past participle is the form of the verb used with the helping verbs 
have 
has 
had
or 
some forms of be

Question 20

the present participle

Answer 20

1

Question 21

irregular verbs

Answer 21

throw these rules out the window except thank goodness for the present participle which can still be formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb.

Question 22

irregular verbs

Answer 22

irregular verbs can otherwise be tricky for example the verb “bite.” that’s the present tense