English and Grammar

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English Review of Types of Fiction
English Review of Types of Fiction 269 187 Deborah

Overview There are many different types or genres of fiction.  Some of the most common types include adventure fiction, historical fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and horror.  Some people…

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English Review of Paragraphs
English Review of Paragraphs 150 150 Deborah

Overview Individual sentences express complete thoughts, and individual paragraphs support main ideas.  The development of paragraphs flows naturally to the development of arguments to support a central idea. Paragraph Length…

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English Review of Sentences
English Review of Sentences 150 150 Deborah

Overview A sentence is a group of words that form a complete thought.  There are different types of sentences depending on what they contain. Complete Sentence Students are often asked…

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English Review of Basic Writing Structures
English Review of Basic Writing Structures 150 150 Deborah

Overview Writers use basic structures to put their ideas in order and present them. Some of those basic structures include chronological, sequential, comparative, causal (or cause-and-effect), categorical, and evaluative. Chronological…

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English Review of Transitions
English Review of Transitions 150 150 Deborah

Overview One of the ways to help the reader understand the points made or the direction the argument is going is by the use of transitions.  Transition words and phrases…

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English Review of Spelling
English Review of Spelling 150 150 Deborah

Overview Although sounds many sound the same in English, they may be spelled differently.  Therefore, many words that sound similar may be spelled very differently, and any English spelling rule…

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English Review of Expressing Numbers
English Review of Expressing Numbers 150 150 Deborah

Overview Rules for how numbers are expressed in print depend on the formality of the writing task.  When writing is very formal, such as in a book or essay, numbers…

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English Review of Word Division
English Review of Word Division 150 150 Deborah

Overview Although it is always better to avoid dividing words, English has rules about dividing words by syllables if necessary.  Words of one syllable cannot be divided.  Words are often…

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English Review of Compounds and Hyphens
English Review of Compounds and Hyphens 150 150 Deborah

Overview Compound words in English are words that are joined into one word such as airplane, footnote, and notebook.  Hyphens may be used to join adjectives used before the nouns…

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English Review of Dashes and Parentheses
English Review of Dashes and Parentheses 150 150 Deborah

Overview Dashes are often used as punctuation to note a change in direction, while parentheses are used to set off material within a sentence.  Both dashes and parentheses can have…

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