QE Review

Question 1

Parallelism

Answer 1

placement of EQUAL ideas in words, phrases, or clauses of similar types.

Question 2

Faulty parallelism

Answer 2

UNEQUAL grammatical structures to express RELATED ideas

Question 3

Faulty coordination

Answer 3

2 or more INDEPENDENT and UNEQUAL clauses are connected by “AND”

Question 4

Direct object

Answer 4

word or phrase that receives the action of the verb

Question 5

Compound conjunction

Answer 5

a phrase used to connect two words or phrases together within a sentence.

Question 6

Coordinating conjunction

Answer 6

FANBOYS

Question 7

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 7

Connects dependent clause to independent clause

Question 8

Modifiers

Answer 8

words, phrases, and clauses that affect and often ENHANCE THE MEANING of a sentence

Question 9

Compound subject

Answer 9

2 individual nouns combined with “and” or “or”

Question 10

Appositive phrase

Answer 10

Phrase that identifies or explains the noun next to it

Question 11

Gerund

Answer 11

A noun form of a verb ENDING IN -ING

Question 12

Preposition

Answer 12

Shows relation to noun

Question 13

Noun clause

Answer 13

A clause (with a subject and verb) acting as a noun

Question 14

Stringy sentences

Answer 14

Repetitive use of “and”

Question 15

Correcting faulty parallelism

Answer 15

Rewrite so ideas are expressed in the same grammatical structure

Question 16

Adverb clause

Answer 16

Clause functioning as an adverb

Question 17

Infinitive phrase

Answer 17

Infinitive form (VERB BEGINNING WITH TO)

Question 18

Correcting faulty coordination

Answer 18

Putting unrelated ideas into separate sentences or less important ideas into subordinate clause or phrase