PCC EN 126 Mrs. Reynolds Final Exam with all Correct &
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Fragment definition ✔Correct Answer-A separated sentence part that does not express a complete
thought
Run-on definition ✔Correct Answer-Two or more sentences written incorrectly as one sentence
Unity definition ✔Correct Answer-Oneness of thought and of purpose
How do you achieve clarity? ✔Correct Answer-1. Don't put unrelated ideas into the same sentence
2. Make sure the relationship between ideas is immediately clear
3. The length of a sentence does not necessarily affect its unity
4. Don't introduce so many details that the central thought of the sentence is obscured
What is excessive coordination? ✔Correct Answer-Using too many compound sentences, stringent
together independent clauses together with "and's", "so's", "and so's", and "and then's"
Ways to fix coordination ✔Correct Answer-1. Subordination
2. Division (divide compound sentence into two or more sentences)
3. Avoid false coordination (Do not use a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or) to join an adjective
clause to an independent clause
What is subordination? ✔Correct Answer-1. Changing a compound sentence into a complex
sentence (making one of the independent clauses into a dependent clause)
2. Subordinate ideas that indicate time, place, manner, cause, purpose, result, condition, concession,
or degree
What ideas should you subordinate? ✔Correct Answer-1. Ideas that indicate time, place, manner,
cause, purpose, result, condition, concession, or degree
2. Details stating size, color, cost
3. Predications containing pronouns and the verb "be"
4. Combining the related ideas of two or more independent clauses
What is a predication? ✔Correct Answer-A part of a sentence which, with the subject, expresses a
complete thought
Adjective phrases and clauses, in most instances, should come ______ the words they modify
✔Correct Answer-After
An adverb phrase or clause that modified a _______ may be placed before or after the word it
modifies ✔Correct Answer-Verb
An adverb phrase or clause that modifies an ______ or an ______ is usually placed after the word it
modifies ✔Correct Answer-Adjective, adverb
, What is a squinting modifier? ✔Correct Answer-A modifier placed between two words that it
might modify, causing confusion
What is a dangling modifier? ✔Correct Answer-A phrase or elliptical clause that does not sensibly
modify any other words in a sentence
True/False? Participial phrases may come before the words they modify, or they may be placed at the
end of a sentence ✔Correct Answer-False: after, beginning
Kinds of dangling modifiers ✔Correct Answer-1. Dangling Gerund phrase
2. Dangling infinitive phrase
3. Dangling elliptical clause
4. Dangling participle phrase
Ambiguous reference definition ✔Correct Answer-When two antecedents are possible for the
same pronoun
I removed the plastic lids from the cans and threw them away ✔Correct Answer-Ambiguous
reference
By using a good carnauba wax, your car will really shine ✔Correct Answer-Dangling gerund phrase
To run a four-minute mile, excellent condition is required ✔Correct Answer-Dangling infinitive
phrase
When one month old, my grandmother died ✔Correct Answer-Dangling elliptical clause
Hanging on a nail in the closet, he found his tie ✔Correct Answer-Dangling participle phrase
We would like to have honest political leaders, but some of our leaders do not seem to know what it
is ✔Correct Answer-Implied reference ("it" is vague)
Broad reference definition ✔Correct Answer-When the pronouns "it", "that", "this", or "which" are
used to refer vaguely to a clause rather than to some definite noun or pronoun
He persistently refused counsel from ungodly students, which greatly aided his spiritual progress
✔Correct Answer-Broad reference
In this book it says that walking is an excellent exercise ✔Correct Answer-Indefinite use of "it"
How to achieve clear and logical construction ✔Correct Answer-1. Don't omit necessary verbs
2. Don't omit necessary articles (a, an, the)
3. Don't omit necessary prepositions and conjunctions
True/False? Ideas that are logically parallel should be structurally parallel; that is, they should be
stated in the same grammatical form ✔Correct Answer-True
What are conjunctions that balance parallel items? ✔Correct Answer-1. and
2. but
3. or
4. either/or
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Fragment definition ✔Correct Answer-A separated sentence part that does not express a complete
thought
Run-on definition ✔Correct Answer-Two or more sentences written incorrectly as one sentence
Unity definition ✔Correct Answer-Oneness of thought and of purpose
How do you achieve clarity? ✔Correct Answer-1. Don't put unrelated ideas into the same sentence
2. Make sure the relationship between ideas is immediately clear
3. The length of a sentence does not necessarily affect its unity
4. Don't introduce so many details that the central thought of the sentence is obscured
What is excessive coordination? ✔Correct Answer-Using too many compound sentences, stringent
together independent clauses together with "and's", "so's", "and so's", and "and then's"
Ways to fix coordination ✔Correct Answer-1. Subordination
2. Division (divide compound sentence into two or more sentences)
3. Avoid false coordination (Do not use a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or) to join an adjective
clause to an independent clause
What is subordination? ✔Correct Answer-1. Changing a compound sentence into a complex
sentence (making one of the independent clauses into a dependent clause)
2. Subordinate ideas that indicate time, place, manner, cause, purpose, result, condition, concession,
or degree
What ideas should you subordinate? ✔Correct Answer-1. Ideas that indicate time, place, manner,
cause, purpose, result, condition, concession, or degree
2. Details stating size, color, cost
3. Predications containing pronouns and the verb "be"
4. Combining the related ideas of two or more independent clauses
What is a predication? ✔Correct Answer-A part of a sentence which, with the subject, expresses a
complete thought
Adjective phrases and clauses, in most instances, should come ______ the words they modify
✔Correct Answer-After
An adverb phrase or clause that modified a _______ may be placed before or after the word it
modifies ✔Correct Answer-Verb
An adverb phrase or clause that modifies an ______ or an ______ is usually placed after the word it
modifies ✔Correct Answer-Adjective, adverb
, What is a squinting modifier? ✔Correct Answer-A modifier placed between two words that it
might modify, causing confusion
What is a dangling modifier? ✔Correct Answer-A phrase or elliptical clause that does not sensibly
modify any other words in a sentence
True/False? Participial phrases may come before the words they modify, or they may be placed at the
end of a sentence ✔Correct Answer-False: after, beginning
Kinds of dangling modifiers ✔Correct Answer-1. Dangling Gerund phrase
2. Dangling infinitive phrase
3. Dangling elliptical clause
4. Dangling participle phrase
Ambiguous reference definition ✔Correct Answer-When two antecedents are possible for the
same pronoun
I removed the plastic lids from the cans and threw them away ✔Correct Answer-Ambiguous
reference
By using a good carnauba wax, your car will really shine ✔Correct Answer-Dangling gerund phrase
To run a four-minute mile, excellent condition is required ✔Correct Answer-Dangling infinitive
phrase
When one month old, my grandmother died ✔Correct Answer-Dangling elliptical clause
Hanging on a nail in the closet, he found his tie ✔Correct Answer-Dangling participle phrase
We would like to have honest political leaders, but some of our leaders do not seem to know what it
is ✔Correct Answer-Implied reference ("it" is vague)
Broad reference definition ✔Correct Answer-When the pronouns "it", "that", "this", or "which" are
used to refer vaguely to a clause rather than to some definite noun or pronoun
He persistently refused counsel from ungodly students, which greatly aided his spiritual progress
✔Correct Answer-Broad reference
In this book it says that walking is an excellent exercise ✔Correct Answer-Indefinite use of "it"
How to achieve clear and logical construction ✔Correct Answer-1. Don't omit necessary verbs
2. Don't omit necessary articles (a, an, the)
3. Don't omit necessary prepositions and conjunctions
True/False? Ideas that are logically parallel should be structurally parallel; that is, they should be
stated in the same grammatical form ✔Correct Answer-True
What are conjunctions that balance parallel items? ✔Correct Answer-1. and
2. but
3. or
4. either/or
