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* “misplaced modifier” = incorrectly placed modifiers | * “misplaced modifier” = incorrectly placed modifiers | ||
** ex. “Steve badly ripped his shirt” (instead of “Steve ripped his shirt badly”) | ** ex. “Steve badly ripped his shirt” (instead of “Steve ripped his shirt badly”) | ||
=== Homophones === | === Homophones === | ||
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** ex." dogs bark, trees have bark | ** ex." dogs bark, trees have bark | ||
** not generally included on the SAT | ** not generally included on the SAT | ||
=== Idiomatic words === | === Idiomatic words === | ||
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* HOWEVER, on the SAT Writing section, students can use elimination techniques to eliminate down to the correct idiomatic expression | * HOWEVER, on the SAT Writing section, students can use elimination techniques to eliminate down to the correct idiomatic expression | ||
* see this video for demonstration of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7QK_ex0jQ&list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlpDypu0__dsv5y6EZS5NpmH&index=1&t=4s on elimination techniques with idiomatic & vocabulary questions (by Michael Bromley)]] | * see this video for demonstration of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7QK_ex0jQ&list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlpDypu0__dsv5y6EZS5NpmH&index=1&t=4s on elimination techniques with idiomatic & vocabulary questions (by Michael Bromley)]] | ||
=== Synonyms === | |||
* use for elimination | |||
* if two possible answers do or mean the same thing (i.e., are synonymous)... | |||
** since they can't both be right, they are both wrong | |||
== Parts of speech == | |||
* See [[Parts of speech]] for full treatment | |||
=== adverbs === | |||
* adverbs usually end with -ly and act to qualify or further describe a verb (“She ran quickly”) | |||
* other adverbs include, very, much, more, many | |||
+== Verbs ==+ | |||
* verbs are the center of a sentence | |||
* verbs also act as descriptors to add information to a sentence | |||
** ex.: "On my way to to the store, I saw my friend" v. "Going to the store, I saw my friend" | |||
*** both express the same idea using different grammatical forms | |||
* multiple verbs: | |||
** one or more verbs an act upon one subject | |||
** if so, they must maintain “parallel” tense (past, present or future) | |||
** ex.: | |||
*** “He went to the store, bought food, and returned home.” | |||
* for SAT Writing, | |||
* maintain subject-verb agreement (i.e. singular subject = singular verb form) | |||
** identify the correct noun as subject, as test will try to confuse subject nouns from relative nouns | |||
** transitive v. intransitive verbs: | |||
** transitive verbs require an object: | |||
*** ex. “She offers” must be followed by an object (“she offers help” | |||
** transitive verbs often include an indirect object: | |||
*** ex. “She offers help” may include an indirect object (“she offers them help | |||
** intransitive verbs require a preposition or adverb: | |||
*** ex. w/ preposition: “She arrived” requires a preposition: “She arrived at the house” (note how “She arrived house” is incorrect, thus requiring a preposition) | |||
*** ex. w/ adverb: “She arrived at the house late” (late = adverb bc it modifies the verb “arrive” – how did she arrive? she arrived late.) | |||
== Vocabulary == | |||