ENC 1101 MIDTERM

what are the 8 parts of speech?

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective

what are the FANBOYS?

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What three months are not abbreviated?

May, June, July

What do you use to cite a YouTube video?

Timestamp

What do you use to cite a poem?

Line numbers ex. (Lines 11-16)

How many hyphens are needed to show two different works by the same author?

Three

5(6) is written...

vol.5, no.6

Three boolean search terms

and, or, not

What two instances are (an, a, the) capitalized in a title

After a colon, or the first word of the title.

PP. stands for...

page range

When you have three or more authors you..

use "et al."

An article title, song name, etc. are:

In quotation marks

An album name, research database, etc. are:

Italicized (underlined)

An antecedent is...

always going to be a noun

What are the antecedents:

John swept Kara off her feet with his million-dollar estate.

John, Kara

How do you make a noun plural?

add an s

(with the exception of words like moose, mice, etc.)

How do you make a verb singular?

add s or es

Indefinite pronouns:

Every, each

A simple sentence has...

a subject, verb, and predicate

How do you make a sentence complex?

Add a subordinator

"I feel GOOD" is...

an adjective

"I feel WELL" is...

an adverb

Direct Object

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

Indirect Object

noun affected by the action of the transitive verb, but is not the primary object.

Signal words

A verb introducing a quote, EX. ______ writes, ""

Chickens lay eggs is a(n) ______ verb

Transitive

People lie down is a(n)______ verb

Intransitive

What four ways can a run-on sentence be corrected?

1. Period, 2. Semi-Colon, 3. Comma + Fanboys, 4. Subordinate Conjunction

What is the past tense of the intransitive verb "lie"

lay

Does a journal title get italicized?

Yes

"Wow! That was cool" uses what part of speech before the main clause?

Interjection

A semi-colon...

divides two independent sentences that are closely related in subject matter/

A comma follows..

transition words