English and Grammar

Core Intuitions – Why We Are All Smart

Core Intuitions – Why We Are All Smart 150 150 Suzanne

Educators have been influenced by the theory of multiple intelligences for a few decades now. This theory, which was developed by Howard Gardner in 1983, suggests that we all have…

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MLA, APA and Chicago Manual of Style – When to Use Each Style

MLA, APA and Chicago Manual of Style – When to Use Each Style 150 150 Suzanne

In professional and scholarly pursuits, professors and practitioners within their respective disciplines often deduct points – credibility, even – if written information presented them is not organized according to the…

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Fictive Learning: How and Why We Learn

Fictive Learning: How and Why We Learn 150 150 Suzanne

The brain is structured in such a way that different parts of the brain take on different roles in learning. In general, higher-order learning and thinking occurs in the frontal…

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Paragraphs – Form and Functions

Paragraphs – Form and Functions 150 150 Suzanne

Sentences grouped together form a paragraph. The English word ‘paragraph’ is an amalgam of the two greek words ‘para’ and ‘graph’ – meaning, respectively, ‘beside, or near,’ and ‘writing.’ For…

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The Subjunctive Tense: How It Gets Used

The Subjunctive Tense: How It Gets Used 150 150 Suzanne

Grammar is making a comeback. State-by-state assessments of students in English/Language Arts are causing the teaching of grammar to return to the classroom. Each rule can be a little tricky;…

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

Active Voice vs. Passive Voice 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

In English grammar, voice shows whether the subject of a sentence is doing the action, or having the action done to it. The voice of a verb describes the relationship…

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Building a Better Sentence

Building a Better Sentence 150 150 Suzanne

It is with each sentence that a thought is conveyed. To build your words into a more complex, well-expressed thought, understanding how a sentence works will benefit both writing and…

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Phrases and Phraseology: The Basics

Phrases and Phraseology: The Basics 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

A phrase is a group of related words within a sentence without both subject and verb. A phrase functions as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective or preposition in a sentence.…

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Revising Essays, or Don’t Hand In a First Draft

Revising Essays, or Don’t Hand In a First Draft 150 150 Suzanne

Writing, writing, writing. In high school, learning how to write takes on a whole new meaning, necessity and importance. Students learn all about the writing process throughout their early years,…

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Grammar: Understanding Past Perfect Continuous

Grammar: Understanding Past Perfect Continuous 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

We use past perfect continuous to talk about longer actions or events that happened before or up to another action or event in the past. There are also other uses.…

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