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Pronouns - Agree with the noun they represent (antecedent) in gender and number Nominative Case - Type of Pronouns (I, you, she, he we, you, they) Objective Case - Type of Pronouns (me, you, her, him, us, them) Possessive Case - Type of Pronouns (my, mine, your, yours, his, her, its, our, ours, their, theirs) Compound personal pronouns - Type of Pronouns (myself, yourself, etc) Relative Pronouns - Type of Pronouns (who, that, which, what) "Pay special attention to who, which changes its form to indicate case (who, whose, whom) Interrogative Pronouns - Type of Pronouns (who, which, what) Indefinite Prounouns - Type of Pronouns (all, any, both, each, either, everybody, none, one several, some, someone) Subordination - How you make one idea subordinate to another idea Modifier - A descriptive phrase or word Coordination - How you connect ideas together Idiom - A phrase without a literal meaning Adjective - Modifies a noun Diction Errors - Incorrect word choices Idiom Errors - Expressions that are not always clear from the meaning of the words (Kick the Bucket) Past/present participle - I have played/I am playing Illustration - Evidence, data, facts, quotes, etc "support your topic" Analysis - Explain, interpret, and contextualize the illustrations that have been made Restatement or Restriction - makes the subject more specific. Usually follows the thesis sentence. Affect When you're talking about the act of changing -- the verb -- you'll use "affect." - To influence, to change Effect When you're talking about the change itself -- the noun -- you'll use "effect." - To accomplish (verb) a result (noun) All right - Alright vs all right? which is spelled correctly Disinterested - Impartial Uninterested - Not interested Eminent - Outstanding, Distinguished Respectively - Each in the order given Well - An adverb when referring to how an action is performed Ensure - To guarantee; to make safe Insure - To provide insurance against loss Farther - Describes DISTANCE Further - Additionally; suggests quantity or degree Antecedent - A noun which is referred to using a pronoun