Fanboys Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PART 1 Conventions of Standard Written English - --- Syntax - The arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses to form a sentence. Clauses - Ideas joined together by a conjunction Parallelism - Occurs when phrases or clauses within a sentence contain the same structure. Subordination and Coordination: Two types of clauses - - Coordinate clause (independent) - Subordinate clause (dependent) Coordinate clause - when you connect two independent clauses that are of equal importance. - connect...

Conjunction - Answer-FANBOYS- For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Noun - Answer-Person, place or thing Subordinating conjunctions - Answer-Conjunctions that join dependent clauses to independent clauses. Ex: I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie. Adverbs - Answer-Describe: how? when? where? to what extent? why? Direct Object - Answer-Receives the action of the transitive verb. Ex: Alice poured the *lemonade* Proper Nouns - Answer-Name *specific* places, people, or ideas....

ACT Prep Exam 21 Questions with Verified Answers How do you find the mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Add up all the numbers in a data set and divide by the total number of items. How do you find the median? - CORRECT ANSWER Put the numbers in order and find the middle number. How do you write "it is" with an apostrophe? - CORRECT ANSWER It's How long do you have on the English section? - CORRECT ANSWER 45 minutes How long do you have to take the math section? - CORRECT ANSWER 60 minutes...

Grammar PRAXIS 5039 Latest 2024 Graded A+ Common noun A general name for a person, place, or thing: chair, house, cat Proper noun a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea: Julie, David Abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic: love, bravery Concrete noun A thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted: paper clip, bread, person Compound nouns nouns made up of two or more words: brother-in-law Reflexive or intensive pronouns myself,...

ACT Review Exam 45 Questions with Verified Answers Why is it important to KISS when taking the ACT? (What does it stand for?) - CORRECT ANSWER Keep it simple, stupid... When the ACT offers you long, wordy answers, be cautious. The simplest approach may not ALWAYS be right, but it's a goodie most of the time List the FANBOYS words - CORRECT ANSWER For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so FANBOYS words are also called A. Coordinating conjunctions B. Subordinating conjunctions C. Adverb...

ACT/SAT prep Exam 44 Questions with Verified Answers Reading method - CORRECT ANSWER e passage 4, then 3 or 2, then 1 Reading question - CORRECT ANSWER question e through any ambiguous language in the question/add question words to make the question direct 3. go to the passage and find your restatements restatement with answer choices use yes/no Reading question words - CORRECT ANSWER who, what, when, where What does Humor mean in the ACT/SAT - CORRECT ANSWER When humor is used in ...

ACT English Rules/Reminders Latest 2023 with Verified Solutions Introductory phrase = Comma Use a comma when it separates introductory words from rest of sentence Ex. After seven weeks of studying, I raised my ACT score by five points. BTW (by the way) Phrases = comma hug Use commas to set off words or phrases that are nonessential to the integrity of the sentence...oh, by the way FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Independent, (FANBOYS) Independant Use comma when it separates 2 independ...

i before e except after c - ANSWER-words like: believe, fierce fiend, and friend. unless after c: receive, receipt, or ceiling exceptions: codeine, leisure, and seizure Double the final consonant - ANSWER-words like: blurred, planned, splitting. exceptions: bleeding, plowed, vomited. both correct: traveling, travelling, canceled and cancelled, modeled and modelled plural rules - ANSWER-on regular words just add s ex: apples, cars, nurses. words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z add es ex:...

Introductory phrase = Comma Use a comma when it separates introductory words from rest of sentence Ex. After seven weeks of studying, I raised my ACT score by five points. BTW (by the way) Phrases = comma hug Use commas to set off words or phrases that are nonessential to the integrity of the sentence...oh, by the way FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Independent, (FANBOYS) Independant Use comma when it separates 2 independent clauses and you see either for, and nor, but, yet, so...

ACT Study Guide Exam 42 Questions with Verified Answers English: Comma rule 1 - CORRECT ANSWER Separates introductory words from the main part of the sentence Comma rule 2 - CORRECT ANSWER Hug words that are nonessential Comma rule 3 - CORRECT ANSWER Separates 2 independent clauses w a fanboy word between them Independent, (fanboys) independent Comma rule 4: The adjective test - CORRECT ANSWER If you can say the word and between the adjectives, they need a comma Semicolon ...