ELA

14 cards·by Jaelynn Hoggard

Do not begin sentences with conjunctions, For, and, nor, but, or, so,yet,

Fanboys= Beginning

Never end a sentence with a preposition, Example: The squirrel ran a marathon.

Prepositions= End of sentence

Use pronouns Infrequent, Examples: He, she, it, they, you him, her, us, them.

He, she, we, they

Incorrect Pronouns: A person must go to the store, because they don't have food.

A person= they, A person= he/she

When writing a paper, keep the verb tense the same throughout.

Research on paper, Present Tense, Present Tense, Present Tense

Incorrect: We is going to the mall., Correct: We are going to the mall.

Subject, verb

Make sure to keep parallel structure in writing.

Lines

Make sure you only (and always) put apostrophes on contractions and possessive forms of nouns. Example: I'm, can't, mrs. johnson's class.

Apostrophes

Questions end with a question mark, and statements end with a period Do not be tricked! Incorrect: I wonder what the weather is outside.

Question Mark ?, Period .

All papers must havee a thesis statement.

Thesis Statement

The first sentence of any body paragraph is the topic sentence. It introduces what will be disscussed in the paragraph.

Body paragraph

Indent 1st line of paragraph with this and /or a transition i & is difficult to tell when you are going.

Transitions, Transitions

Do not overuse exclamation points. Only use them in dialogue or interjections

Exclamation Points

Lingo/Slang is not acceptable in papers. "U", "R", "Y", "CUZ", "kinda", "sorta", etectera may not be used in any papers.

Lingo/Slang