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CLEP English Composition study guidePronouns - ANS Agree with the noun they represent (antecedent) in gender and number
Nominative Case - ANS Type of Pronouns (I, you, she, he we, you, they)
Objective Case - ANS Type of Pronouns (me, you, her, him, us, them)
Possessive Case - ANS Type of Pronouns (my, mine, your, yours, his, her, its, our, ours,
their, theirs)
Compound personal pronouns - ANS Type of Pronouns (myself, yourself, etc)
Relative Pronouns - ANS Type of Pronouns (who, that, which, what) "Pay special attention
to who, which changes its form to indicate case (who, whose, whom)
Interrogative Pronouns - ANS Type of Pronouns (who, which, what)
Indefinite Prounouns - ANS Type of Pronouns (all, any, both, each, either, everybody, none,
one several, some, someone)
Subordination - ANS How you make one idea subordinate to another idea
Modifier - ANS A descriptive phrase or word
Coordination - ANS How you connect ideas together
Idiom - ANS A phrase without a literal meaning
Adjective - ANS Modifies a noun
Diction Errors - ANS Incorrect word choices
Idiom Errors - ANS Expressions that are not always clear from the meaning of the words
(Kick the Bucket)
Past/present participle - ANS I have played/I am playing
Illustration - ANS Evidence, data, facts, quotes, etc "support your topic"
Analysis - ANS Explain, interpret, and contextualize the illustrations that have been made
, Restatement or Restriction - ANS makes the subject more specific. Usually follows the
thesis sentence.
Affect
When you're talking about the act of changing -- the verb -- you'll use "affect." - ANS To
influence, to change
Effect
When you're talking about the change itself -- the noun -- you'll use "effect." - ANS To
accomplish (verb)
a result (noun)
All right - ANS Alright vs all right? which is spelled correctly
Disinterested - ANS Impartial
Uninterested - ANS Not interested
Eminent - ANS Outstanding, Distinguished
Respectively - ANS Each in the order given
Well - ANS An adverb when referring to how an action is performed
Ensure - ANS To guarantee; to make safe
Insure - ANS To provide insurance against loss
Farther - ANS Describes DISTANCE
Further - ANS Additionally; suggests quantity or degree
Antecedent - ANS A noun which is referred to using a pronoun
Denotation - ANS Literal meaning of a word
Connotation - ANS The implied meaning of a word (using context)
Pronoun - ANS A word that takes place of a noun
Participle - ANS A noun which is used as an Adjective
Superscript - ANS A letter or Symbol printed above the text line
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