English 110 Midterm Writing/Grammar
Quiz
3 Reasons - Answer Inform, Entertain, Influence
4 Elements - Answer Writer, Reader, Message, Means
3 Parts - Answer Lead, Body, Kicker
3 Stages - Answer Pre-writing, Composing, Revising
What is a preposition? - Answer a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or
pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in "the
man on the platform," "she arrived after dinner," "what did you do it for ?"
What is a prepositional phrase? - Answer A prepositional phrase will begin with a
preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause - the object of the
preposition. "After the tasty dinner" After = Preposition. the tasty = modifiers. dinner =
noun.
What is a subject? - Answer The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or
idea that is doing or being something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can
find the verb. Ask the question, "Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the answer to
that question is the subject.
What is an adverb? - Answer Adjectives may also follow the word they modify:
Examples: That puppy looks cute. The technology is state-of-the-art.
What is a pronoun? - Answer A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each,
few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the
place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her, the pronouns he and
her take the place of Joe and Jill, respectively.
Quiz
3 Reasons - Answer Inform, Entertain, Influence
4 Elements - Answer Writer, Reader, Message, Means
3 Parts - Answer Lead, Body, Kicker
3 Stages - Answer Pre-writing, Composing, Revising
What is a preposition? - Answer a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or
pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in "the
man on the platform," "she arrived after dinner," "what did you do it for ?"
What is a prepositional phrase? - Answer A prepositional phrase will begin with a
preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause - the object of the
preposition. "After the tasty dinner" After = Preposition. the tasty = modifiers. dinner =
noun.
What is a subject? - Answer The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or
idea that is doing or being something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can
find the verb. Ask the question, "Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the answer to
that question is the subject.
What is an adverb? - Answer Adjectives may also follow the word they modify:
Examples: That puppy looks cute. The technology is state-of-the-art.
What is a pronoun? - Answer A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each,
few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the
place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her, the pronouns he and
her take the place of Joe and Jill, respectively.
