Conventions in Writing: Grammar Video LESSONS
Lesson #1: Dependent Clauses
Dependent clauses, like the name suggests, rely on other elements in a sentence. Independent clauses, on the other hand, can stand alone. Learn more in this lesson. Click on the link below to watch the video. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/independent-dependent-clauses-subordination-coordination.html
Dependent clauses, like the name suggests, rely on other elements in a sentence. Independent clauses, on the other hand, can stand alone. Learn more in this lesson. Click on the link below to watch the video. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/independent-dependent-clauses-subordination-coordination.html
Lesson #2: Commas: Correct Usage & Basic Rules
Think you know commas? You may be surprised. Even the most experienced writers have problems remembering all the rules. Learn the basics of comma usage in this first of two lessons on the comma.Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/punctuation-using-commas.html
Think you know commas? You may be surprised. Even the most experienced writers have problems remembering all the rules. Learn the basics of comma usage in this first of two lessons on the comma.Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/punctuation-using-commas.html
Lesson #3: Comma Usage: Avoid Confusion in Clauses & Contrasting Sentence
Parts
Learn more about comma usage from the pros! There are just too many ways to use the comma (it's a basic punctuation mark, after all) to fit in one sentence. Watch here to learn about some of the more common traps students fall into when trying to put commas in the right place. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/comma-usage-avoid-confusion-in-clauses-contrasting-sentence-parts.html
Learn more about comma usage from the pros! There are just too many ways to use the comma (it's a basic punctuation mark, after all) to fit in one sentence. Watch here to learn about some of the more common traps students fall into when trying to put commas in the right place. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/comma-usage-avoid-confusion-in-clauses-contrasting-sentence-parts.html
Lesson #4: Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
Sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences are grammatical and stylistic bugs that can seriously derail an otherwise polished academic paper. Learn how to identify and eliminate these errors in your own writing here. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/sentence-fragments-comma-splices-and-run-on-sentences.html
Sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences are grammatical and stylistic bugs that can seriously derail an otherwise polished academic paper. Learn how to identify and eliminate these errors in your own writing here. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/sentence-fragments-comma-splices-and-run-on-sentences.html
Lesson #5: Punctuation: Using Colons, Semicolons & Periods
Periods, colons, and semicolons all have the ability to stop a sentence in its tracks, but for very different purposes. In this lesson, learn how and why we use them in our writing. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/punctuation-using-commas-colons-semicolons-periods.html
Periods, colons, and semicolons all have the ability to stop a sentence in its tracks, but for very different purposes. In this lesson, learn how and why we use them in our writing. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/punctuation-using-commas-colons-semicolons-periods.html
Lesson #6: Parallelism: How to Write and Identify Parallel Sentences
Sentences that aren't parallel sound funny, even if they look perfectly correct at first glance. Learn what makes a sentence parallel, how to revise a sentence to make it parallel, and how to write beautiful, balanced sentences of your
own. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/parallelism-how-to-write-and-identify-parallel-sentences.html
Sentences that aren't parallel sound funny, even if they look perfectly correct at first glance. Learn what makes a sentence parallel, how to revise a sentence to make it parallel, and how to write beautiful, balanced sentences of your
own. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/parallelism-how-to-write-and-identify-parallel-sentences.html
Lesson #7: What Are Personal Pronouns?
Pronouns are great for making sure debaters don't have to keep repeating the other guy's name over and over again, but they have many other uses too! In fact, pronouns, you could say, make reading readable. In part one, we'll cover personal pronouns and how they're used before moving on to more esoteric varieties. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-are-pronouns.html
Pronouns are great for making sure debaters don't have to keep repeating the other guy's name over and over again, but they have many other uses too! In fact, pronouns, you could say, make reading readable. In part one, we'll cover personal pronouns and how they're used before moving on to more esoteric varieties. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-are-pronouns.html
Lesson #8: Pronouns: Relative, Reflexive, Interrogative & Possessive
In this lesson, we'll look at relative, reflexive, interrogative and possessive pronouns. We'll do this by antagonizing our friend Gary with the whos, whats, whoms, and whichevers that make up these pronouns. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/pronouns-relative-reflexive-interrogative-possessive.html
In this lesson, we'll look at relative, reflexive, interrogative and possessive pronouns. We'll do this by antagonizing our friend Gary with the whos, whats, whoms, and whichevers that make up these pronouns. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/pronouns-relative-reflexive-interrogative-possessive.html
Lesson #9: How to Identify the Subject of a Sentence
Don't pass over this lesson! You may think you know how to find subjects and verbs in a sentence, but picking them out can be harder than you think. Identifying subjects and verbs is the first step to unlocking nearly everything else about English composition. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/how-to-identify-the-subject-of-a-sentence.html
Don't pass over this lesson! You may think you know how to find subjects and verbs in a sentence, but picking them out can be harder than you think. Identifying subjects and verbs is the first step to unlocking nearly everything else about English composition. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/how-to-identify-the-subject-of-a-sentence.html
Lesson #10: Verb Tense & Subject-Verb Agreement
Learn all about verb tense and subject-verb agreement in our first lesson on this tricky topic. We'll look at examples to help you understand this concept. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/verb-tense-subject-verb-agreement.html
Learn all about verb tense and subject-verb agreement in our first lesson on this tricky topic. We'll look at examples to help you understand this concept. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/verb-tense-subject-verb-agreement.html
Lesson #11: What Are Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers?
I have this recurring nightmare where all my modifiers are misplaced or dangling and everybody's laughing at me. Don't let this happen to you! Learn why modifiers are important and why putting them in the right place is even more so.
When you're writing, you're the king of your kingdom, but your kingdom is an island. All those clues that you give and receive in everyday conversation are gone, so all of the information a person gets to understand what you're trying
to get across has to be there on the page, and it has to be ordered in a way that makes sense. You can create any kind of argument or reality that you want on the page, but it's your responsibility to make the reader understand you, or
your thoughts and feelings won't have their intended effect. One way you can better ensure that your thoughts and feelings make sense and have their intended effects is to recognize dangling and misplaced modifiers.
So, what's a modifier? A modifier is a word, phrase or clause that modifies (or describes) another word. So, an adjective or an adverb are modifiers because they change the meaning or add detail to another word or
words -- as in 'the tin man (adjective) and the cowardly lion (adverb). 'Tin and cowardly are the modifiers. But this is English! So it's going to get a lot trickier than that, but also funnier. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-dangling-modifier.html
I have this recurring nightmare where all my modifiers are misplaced or dangling and everybody's laughing at me. Don't let this happen to you! Learn why modifiers are important and why putting them in the right place is even more so.
When you're writing, you're the king of your kingdom, but your kingdom is an island. All those clues that you give and receive in everyday conversation are gone, so all of the information a person gets to understand what you're trying
to get across has to be there on the page, and it has to be ordered in a way that makes sense. You can create any kind of argument or reality that you want on the page, but it's your responsibility to make the reader understand you, or
your thoughts and feelings won't have their intended effect. One way you can better ensure that your thoughts and feelings make sense and have their intended effects is to recognize dangling and misplaced modifiers.
So, what's a modifier? A modifier is a word, phrase or clause that modifies (or describes) another word. So, an adjective or an adverb are modifiers because they change the meaning or add detail to another word or
words -- as in 'the tin man (adjective) and the cowardly lion (adverb). 'Tin and cowardly are the modifiers. But this is English! So it's going to get a lot trickier than that, but also funnier. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-dangling-modifier.html
Lesson #12: Sentence Agreement: Avoiding Faulty Collective Ownership
A common error occurs whenever a writer uses wording that suggests that a lot of people own or use just one thing, hen really they all own or use their own separate things. This video will explain how to identify and fix this type of error. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/sentence-agreement-avoiding-faulty-subject-verb-agreement.html
A common error occurs whenever a writer uses wording that suggests that a lot of people own or use just one thing, hen really they all own or use their own separate things. This video will explain how to identify and fix this type of error. Once you have finished the video, take the quiz by clicking on the tab marked QUIZ.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/sentence-agreement-avoiding-faulty-subject-verb-agreement.html
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