PARTS OF SPEECH
Adjectives and Adverbs |
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Introduction to Adjectives (Khan Academy) Introduction to the adjective and its uses (includes with practice exercises). (Video) Introduction to Adverbs (Khan Academy) Introduction to the adverb and its uses (includes with practice exercises and links to additional videos about adverbs). (Video) The Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Explanation of the differences between adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives and Adverbs (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Overview of adjectives and adverbs (includes practice exercises). Exercise: Adjective or Adverb? (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Practice exercises. |
Articles |
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Introduction to Articles (Khan Academy) Introduction to articles and their uses (includes with practice exercises and links to additional videos about articles). (Video) Using Articles (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of the rules for using articles. Exercise: Articles Exercise 1 (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Practice exercises. |
Conjunctions |
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Conjunctions (Capital Community College) Detailed description of the different types of conjunctions and their uses, along with tips for revising common errors. Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Discussion of how to identify and use conjunctions (includes practice exercises). |
Nouns |
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Introduction to Nouns (Khan Academy) Introduction to the different types of nouns (includes practice exercises and links to additional videos about nouns). (Video) Count and Noncount Nouns: Basic Rules (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Explains the basic rules of pairing and using adjectives with countable and uncountable nouns and some other basic rules. Exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Links to practice exercises. |
Prepositional Phrases |
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Prepositional Phrases (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Explanation of how to recognize prepositional phrases in a sentence. (Video) Introduction to Prepositions (Khan Academy) Introduction to prepositions and prepositional phrases and their uses (includes practice exercises and links to additional videos about prepositions). (Video) Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of types of prepositional phrases. Exercise: Prepositions (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Practice exercises. |
Pronouns |
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Introduction to Pronouns (Khan Academy) Introduction to pronouns and their uses (includes practice exercises and links to additional videos about pronouns). (Video) Using Pronouns Clearly (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Explanation of correct pronoun usage. Subject and Object Pronouns (Khan Academy) Introduction to subject and object pronouns, with review of subjects and objects (includes practice exercises and links to additional videos). (Video) Pronoun Case (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Discussion of pronoun case. Choosing the Correct Pronoun Case (Capital Community College Foundation) Practice exercises focused on pronoun case. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Khan Academy) Explanation of pronoun-antecedent agreement (includes practice exercises). (Video) Relative Pronouns: Introduction and General Usage in Defining Clauses (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of relative pronouns. Gender-Inclusive Language (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Guidance regarding gender-inclusive language, including gender-inclusive pronoun use. |
Verbs |
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Introduction to Verbs (Khan Academy) Introduction to verbs and their uses (includes practice exercises and links to additional videos about verbs). (Video) Linking Verbs (Khan Academy) Explanation of linking verbs and their uses. (Video) Helping Verbs (Khan Academy) Explanation of helping verbs and their uses (includes practice exercises). (Video) Introduction to Verb Tenses (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Comprehensive discussion of the six basic verb tenses with links to additional information about verbs. Verb Tenses (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Discussion of the three verb tenses used most often in academic writing. Verb Tense Consistency (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Discussion of verb tense consistency with practice exercises. |
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Types of Clauses |
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Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Comprehensive discussion of independent and dependent clauses.. Phrases and Clauses (Khan Academy) DIscussion of the differences between phrases and clauses (includes practice exercises). (VIdeo) |
Types of Sentences |
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Sentence Patterns (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Discussion of sentence parts and patterns. The Four Sentence Types (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Explanation of the four basic sentence structures (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex). (Video) Sentence Types (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of the four basic sentence structures (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex). Three Types of Sentence (Khan Academy) Discussion of the three types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, and Imperative) (includes practice exercises). (Video) How Parts of Speech Function in a Sentence (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Overview of sentence structure (with links to additional videos). (Video) |
SENTENCE ISSUES
Comma Splices, Run-On Sentences, and Fused Sentences |
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Comma Splices (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Explanation of comma splices and how to correct them. (Video) Run-ons and Comma Splices (Khan Academy) Explanation of run-ons and comma splices. (Video) Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-ons (St. Cloud State University) Illustrates the three sentence errors and provides diagrams modelling ways to revise. Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices (Capital Community College) Explanation of run-ons and comma splices (includes practice exercises). Exercise: Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Practice exercises. |
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers |
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Dangling Modifiers and How to Correct Them (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Explanation of strategies to revise dangling modifiers. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers (St. Cloud State University) Explanation of how to correct dangling and misplaced modifiers. |
Fragments |
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Sentence Fragments (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of the different types of sentence fragments. Sentence Fragments (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Discussion of fragments and how to correct them. (Video) Recognizing Fragments (Khan Academy) Explanation of how to identify and correct fragments (includes practice exercises). (Video) Sentence Fragments: Exercise 1 (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Practice exercises (with links to additional exercises). |
Parallelism |
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Parallel Structure (Khan Academy) Discussion of parallel structure (includes practice exercises). (Video) Parallel Structure (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of parallel structure (word, phrase, and clause level). Parallel Form (Capital Community College Foundation) Detailed description of parallelism, the different errors and revision strategies (with links to practice quizzes). |
Subject-Verb Agreement |
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Khan Academy) Explanation of subject-verb agreement (includes practice exercises). (Video) Making Subjects and Verbs Agree (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Guidelines regarding subject-verb agreement. Subject-Verb Agreement (Capital Community College Foundation) Overview of subject-verb agreement (with links to practice quizzes). |
PUNCTUATION
Apostrophes |
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The Apostrophe (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Detailed explanation of apostrophe usage. Apostrophes (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Overview of apostrophe usage (with link to practice exercises). |
Colons |
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Colon Rules (St. Cloud State University) Overview of usage rules for colons. Linking Function of the Colon (Khan Academy) Explanation of colon usage (with link to practice exercises). (Video) Semi-colons, Colons, and Dashes (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Explanation, in list format, of usage rules for semicolons, colons, and dashes. |
Commas |
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Meet the Comma (Khan Academy) Explanation of comma usage (includes practice exercises). (Video) Comma Rules (St. Cloud State University) Overview of comma rules. Rules for Comma Usage (Capital Community College) Detailed discussion of comma usage (with links to practice quizzes). Comma Use (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Multiple links to videos and handouts (with links to practice exercises) discussing comma use. Commas (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of comma rules with example sentences and practice exercises. |
Dashes and Hyphens |
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Dashes (Khan Academy) Explains four uses for dashes with example sentences in a video, included with practice exercises. Punctuation - Hyphens and Dashes (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Explanation of the differences between dashes and hyphens. Hyphen Use (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Detailed discussion of hyphen usage. Semi-colons, Colons, and Dashes (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Explanation, in list format, of usage rules for semicolons, colons, and dashes. |
End Punctuation |
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Three Ways to End a Sentence (Khan Academy) Discussion of end punctuation(includes practice exercises). (Video) End Punctuation (Hippocampus NROC Collection) |
Quotation Marks |
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How to Use Quotation Marks (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Thorough explanation of quotation mark usage. Quotation Marks (Capital Community College) Overview of quotation mark usage (with links to practice exercises). |
Semicolons |
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The Semicolon (Purdue Online Writing Lab) Overview of ways to use semicolons. (Video) Semicolons (Hippocampus NROC Collection) Detailed explanation of ways to use semicolons. (Video) Semi-colons, Colons, and Dashes (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Explanation, in list format, of usage rules for semicolons, colons, and dashes. |