Polishing Syntax
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ibaredneck on January 18, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emphatic fragments | Cool. Refreshing. Inviting. |
| Comma splice | I called Anoop, he told me what to do. (Connecting 2 ind. clauses w/ a coma) |
| Fused Sentence | I usually drink too many band smoothies and get a stomach ache how about you? |
| Vague pronoun reference | Bobby told Viet to give back the goxing glove before he hit him with it. |
| Indefinite pronoun | This is not acceptable in formal writing. |
| Faulty parallelism | As soon as I get home I will complete my math portfolio, email my girl friend and my history essay needs to be written. |
| comma in compound sentence | Nick is going to the movie and then he is going to Crispers. |
| Padded syntax | Through interior monologue the author is able help make the reader aware of a character's thoughts. |
| Literary present tense | Raskolnikov rang the bell at Alyona's flat. |
| Faulty possessive pronoun | The extraordinary man theory and it's ramifications figure prominently in the novel. |
| split infinitive | Phillip is to never work in the kitchen area again. |
| Naked preposition | I have a window I like to lean out of. |
| Passive voice/E | There are 27 students in 7th period. |
| Tense shifts | The show opens with a musical number and involved fireworks. |
| Pronoun-antecedent agreement | Neither of the landladies reveals their personal opinions through interior monologues. |
| Who/whom | Sonia, who Raskolnikov loves, is alienated from society throughout most of the novel. |
| That/who | Katerina Marmeladov is the character that has consumption and ultimately dies. |
| Where/when | A primary example of interior monologue is where Raskolnikov is talking to Porfory. |
| Italicized titles | Crime and Punishment is a novel of psychological realism. |
| Contractions | Raskolnikov doesn't realize that he loves sonia until he is in prison in Siberia. |
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