Writing/Grammar

 Writing and Vocabulary
Grammar and Syntax

Writing Tutorials*
  1. Generating Ideas
  2. Introduction and Thesis
  3. Paragraph Structure
  4. Paragraph Development
  5. Concluding Paragraph
  6. Revising and Editing
  7. Writing the Research Paper
Before Writing**
  1. Overcoming Writer's Block
  2. Freewriting
Essay Structure**
  1. Action Verbs for Thesis Statements
  2. Outlining (Interactive Persuasion Map)
  3. Transitions
  4. Conclusions
Style**
  1. Tone
  2. Abstract, Concrete, General, and Specific Terms
  3. Eliminating Wordiness
  4. Writing Concise Sentences
  5. Rewriting Bloated Sentences
  6. Passive Constructions
Orthography**
  1. Spelling Rules and Suggestions
  2. List of Commonly Misspelled Words 
  3. Spelling Quiz I
  4. Spelling Quiz II
  5. Commas (5 exercises)***
  6. Apostrophes 
Vocabulary**
  1. Easily Confusable Terms
  2. Free Rice Vocabulary
  3. Its/It's, Their/There/They're
  4. Word Choice (14 exercises)***




















    * From Writing Tutorials at John Jay College.
    **From Guide to Grammar and Writing at Capital Community College.
    *** From Grammar Bytes by Robin L. Simmons. 

    Grammar and Syntax Tutorials*
    1. Verb Forms
    2. Verb Tense
    3. Nouns and Articles
    4. Subject-Verb Agreement 
    5. Word Forms
    6. Sentence Structure
    7. Sentence Combining
    8. Editing Exercises
    Quizzes**

    Run-on Sentences
    1. Avoiding Run-on Sentences
    2. Avoiding Run-on Sentences II
    3. Repairing Run-on Sentences
    Comma Splices
    1. Avoiding Comma Splices
    2. Avoiding Comma Splices II
    3. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences (5 exercises)***
    Fragments
    1. Avoiding Fragments
    2. Avoiding Fragments II
    3. Avoiding Fragments III
    4. Repairing Sentence Fragments
    5. Fragments and Run Ons
    6. Fragments (7 exercises)***
    Subject-Verb Agreement
    1. Subject-Verb Agreement
    2. Subject-Verb Agreement II
    3. Subject-Verb Agreement III
    4. Subject-Verb Agreement (5 exercises)***
    Parallelism
    1. Parallel Structures
    2. Parallel Structures II
    3. Parallel Structures III
    4. Parallel Structure (6 exercises)***
    Verb Endings
    1. Final -s Word Endings
    2. Final -s Word Endings
    3. Final -ed Verb endings
    Pronouns
    1. Pronoun Agreement (5 exercises)***
    2. Pronoun Reference (5 exercises)***
    3. Pronoun and Tense Consistency
    Articles
    1. Articles I
    2. Articles II



    * From Grammar Tutorials at John Jay College.
    **From Guide to Grammar and Writing at Capital Community College.
    *** From Grammar Bytes by Robin L. Simmons.


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