| Grammar Essentials Performance-Based Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: • Examine nouns, pronouns, and verbs. • Identify adjectives and adverbs. • Identify prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. • Identify some important rules of grammar and some commonly made grammatical errors. • Identify grammar rules regarding correct punctuation. • Identify problematic sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, as well as effective methods of rewriting sentences so that they are clear and complete. • Identify methods for improving word choices. • Identify methods for building effective sentences. • Identify methods for editing text effectively. • Identify methods for avoiding some common errors made by overzealous writers who create hypercorrections in their own work. Course Content Lesson 1: Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs Identify Nouns Identify Pronouns Identify Verbs Lesson 2: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs Use Adjectives Use Adverbs Lesson 3: Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections Use Prepositions Use Conjunctions Use Interjections Lesson 4: Identifying Rules Monitor Sentences Monitor Modifiers Avoid Common Errors Lesson 5: Identifying Correct Punctuation Use Parentheses Correctly Use Commas, Semicolons, and Quotation Marks Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly Lesson 6: Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices Identify Sentence Fragments Identify Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Solutions Lesson 7: Improving Word Choices Identify Commonly Misused Words Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Lesson 8: Building Effective Sentences Identify the Goal Consider the Audience Consider the Context Lesson 9: Editing Effectively Use Correct Spelling Achieve Clarity Lesson 10: Avoiding Hypercorrections Avoid Hypercorrections Achieve Simplicity |
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