ATI TEAS: ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE PT.2

nothing

imperative sentence

can also be complete sentences as long as the subject and predicate are present. typically used when making a request or giving a command. (EX:finish your homework !)

mood

feeling the author is trying to communicate to the reader

tone

how the author makes the reader feel, regardless of intent

brainstorming

when you come up with ideas yourself or with a group

stream-of-consciousness

when you just (up) start reading without stopping to think about what you are going to write

mind mapping

when you create a visual map of your ideas

conferencing

when you talk to someone else about your writing. a good time to get feedback

revision

when you make changes to your writing based on the feedback you received. you might add, delete, or rearrange information in your piece

editing

when you check for grammar, spelling, and other conventions of standard English. also an excellent time to check for sentence fluency and overall clarity.

prefix

a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. do not change a word’s parts of speech (happy and unhappy are both still adjectives)

suffix

a group of letters that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning

inflectional suffix

when a suffix is added to a word to show grammatical function but does not change the essential meaning. (EX: -s being added to cats)

derivational suffix

when a suffix is added to a word to create a new word with a different meaning (EX: -ful being added to hate to make hateful)

root word

a word that can stand alone as a complete word. does not need a prefix or a suffix to be a complete word