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Part II: Conventions - Grammar/Punctuation/Mechanics


 * 1) A - missing comma after Nora
 * 2) D - should be past tense - avoid tense shifting
 * 3) D - should be in past tense - avoid tense shifting
 * 4) A - have not "of"
 * 5) D - have not "of"
 * 6) C - me not I
 * 7) D - cliche
 * 8) B - should be in past tense - avoid tense shifting
 * 9) B - they not you - proper pronoun use - don't shift to 2nd person
 * 10) A - well not good -- adverb needed to modify the verb "did"
 * 11) C - "12 noon" is redundant
 * 12) D - "novels were read" is passive voice - make the subject DO something rather than sit passively
 * 13) A - need comma after Liz, when addressing someone directly, pause after or before name
 * 14) A - how can you almost watch something? (misplaced modifier)
 * 15) B- "has been invaded" is passive voice/passive verb rather than active verb or the subject DOING something
 * 16) D - me not I -
 * 17) C - properly punctuate movie titles with an underline or italics - NO quotes
 * 18) B - passive voice/passive verb rather than active verb or the subject DOING something

__19. E - not a run on / properly punctuates two independent clauses/complete thoughts__ __20. C - not a cliche and makes sense__ __21. D - no passive voice or confusion / most clear__ __22. B - no misplaced modifier__ __23. A - parallel construction__

_ 24. FRAG 25. FRAG 26. SENT 27. FRAG 28. FRAG 29. SENT 30. SENT 31. FRAG 32. SENT 33. FRAG

__34. The two energetic boys and their little sister **played**.__ __35. The man with the diminutive (tiny) dog on a leash **ran through the park**.__ __36. **I** ran through the twisting trails.__ __37. The cantankerous (grouchy and mean) old woman **died**.__ __38. **She often** shouted at the children frolicking in front of her house.__

__39. FRAG__ __40. SENT__ __41. SENT__ __42. FRAG__ __43. FRAG__ __44. SENT__ __45. FRAG__ __46. SENT__ __47. FRAG__ __48. SENT__ __49. FRAG__ __50. The sun's rays are powerf ul. P ut on some sunblock.__ __or The sun's rays are powe rful; p ut on some sunblock.__ __or The sun's rays are powerfu l, so you should put on some sunblock.__

__51. It is important to realize that the length of a sentence really has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or no t; being a run-on is a structural flaw that can plague even a very short sentence.__ __or__ __It is important to realize that the length of a sentence really has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or n ot. Be ing a run-on is a structural flaw that can plague even a very short sentence.__

__52. This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it ; y ou should start studying right away.__ __or This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it. Y ou should start studying right away.__ __or This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it, so you should start studying right away.__

__53. Right after the winter holidays and during those three weeks before class begins in January, it is cold. __

__54. Matt ran. (Sentence is fine as is.)__

__55. Comma splice -- separate 2 independent clauses with a semi-colon or period and a capital or a conjunction after the comma__

__G4MS REVIEW:__

__1. Drawn by the scent of the fish, the wild dogs sat on a hill, barking (delayed adj) .__ __2. I awoke with a start, chilled to the bone (delayed adj) .__ __3. Quick as a flash (opening adj), the boy leaped forward and grabbed the ball from Charles Wallace's hand, then darted back into the shadows.__ __4. Full of fear (opening adj), the rabbit paddled and struggled to get his head up above the water.__ __5. Her eyes glared, sharp and bright (delayed adj), form beneath arched black wings of brows.__ __6. A woman of fifty or so, plump with frizzy gray hair (delayed adj), came toward them.__ __7. She sat there, very still and white and thoughtful .__ __8. Overhead (opening adv), the branches rustled.__ __9. Deep and dark (opening adj), the night fell.__ __10. He ate while his blanket, still damp (delayed adj), steamed in front of the fire.__ __11. Up, up (opening adv), we climbed, never resting for a moment.__ __12. In the fishpond, the hippo belched, noisily (delayed adv) .__ __13. The three clouds rose up together, smoothly (delayed adv) .__ __14. The dog barked once, severely (delayed adv) .__ __15. The painting was striking, its colors bursting off the canvas, raucously (delayed adv) .__

**Amid the ferns (OADV)**, Gina saw the head of an animal, **enormous** (**DADJ**) , and partially hidden in the bush. Then two large dark eyes turned towards her, **coldly** (**DADV**). She deciphered that it was a moose, **larger than anything she'd ever seen before** (**DADJ**). And just then, its head pulled away, **abruptly** (**DADV**). Gina tiptoed, **sideways** (**DADV**), and **simultaneously** (**DADV**), she held her breath. The animal then began moving forward, just looking around, **calmly** (**DADV).**