review
nouns
pronouns
verbs
practice
1. Writing is __________.

a.) an innate talent
b.) a form of art
c.) the product of inspiration
d.) a process
d. Writing is a process.
2. The writing process is:

Prewriting
Organizing
Writing
Expressing
Rereading

a.) True
b.) False
b. False

The process of writing is:

Prewriting
Outlining
Writing
Editing
Rewriting
3. The acronym that describes five characteristics
    of good writing is __________.


                               a.) POWER
                               b.) STRONG
                               c.) SOLID
                               d.) PROVE
c.) SOLID

Five characteristics of good writing are:

Standard
Organized
Likeable
Imaginative
Detailed
4. Once you've finished writing a paper,
     it's time to print it and turn it in.

a.) True
b.) False
b. False

After you write a paper, you still need to edit it and rewrite it.
5. The goal is "Introduction to College Writing" is to:

a.) teach you to write in the way that is correct
b.) get you to stop using slang words
c.) turn you into a member of "the grammar police"
d.) train you to write like people did in the good old days
e.) show you the standard, expected conventions of       
      writing in academic and professional settings
e. The goal of "Introduction to College Writing" is to
    show you the standard, expected conventions of
    writing in academic and professional settings.
What is a noun?

Noun

	a word that names a person, 
      place, thing, or idea

dog
man
egg
table
street
justice
satisfaction

history
assessment
partisanship
cacophony
postmodernism
thermodynamics

Nouns
St. Louis
Sam Bradford
Rams
Busch Stadium
World Series
Major League Baseball

Maryville University
Forest Park
Irish
Motorola
Nike
Drake
Adele

Nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing need to begin with capital letters.

Nouns can be singular, meaning one, or plural, meaning more than one.

Most nouns form the plural 
by adding –s or –es. 

However, certain nouns (including those ending in –y, those ending in –f or –fe, and hyphenated nouns, like attorney-at-law) do not follow this simple pattern.

What is a pronoun?

Pronoun

a word that
replaces a noun

he
she
it
we
they
who

him, his
her
its
us, our
them, their
whom, whose

A pronoun must agree with the noun it refers to in number.

Both must be singular (one) or plural (more than one).

    The Johnsons sold their house.

If a pronoun refers to a singular noun, it must also match that noun in gender: he for masculine nouns, she for feminine nouns, and it for genderless nouns.

	Mike likes his coffee hot.

Be careful with pronoun usage in the following types of sentences:

Those with more than 
one subject or object: 

	Lula and I work together. 
	Lula works with Joe and me.

Be careful with pronoun usage in the following types of sentences:

Those presenting comparisons: 

	Collette drives faster than I. 
	Collette likes Tina more than me. 

Be careful with pronoun usage in the following types of sentences:

Those with who or whom. 
Who is always a subject; whom is always an object. 

Rick is the man who works at my company. 
Rick is the man to whom I sent the memo.

What is a verb?

Verb

a word that tells action

dances
reads
jumped
graduated
will overcome
have reached

is
was
will be
do
did
did not
What is verb tense?

Verb tense tells when an action happened: 
in the past, in the present, or in the future. 

Present tense: Rick hikes every weekend. 
Past tense: He hiked ten miles last weekend. 
Future tense: He will hike again on Saturday
Types of verbs:

Most verbs in English are regular verbs that follow standard rules about what endings to use to express time. 

Irregular verbs do not follow the regular pattern for endings.

The present tense is used for actions that are happening at the same time that they are being written about (the present) and for things that happen all the time. 

Present-tense, regular verbs end either in –s, or they have no ending added. 

The past tense is used for actions that have already happened. 

An –ed ending is needed on all regular verbs in the past tense. 

The past participle is a verb that is used with a helping verb, such as have. 

For all regular verbs, the past-participle form is the same as the past tense form. It uses an –ed ending. 

Past tense: I visited my cousins. 
Past participle: I have visited my cousins. 

Irregular verbs do not follow the regular pattern for endings. 

The following are some common irregular verbs: 

be, bring, do, get, give, go, have/has, make, say, see, speak, take, write.

Irregular verbs do not use the –ed ending for the past-tense form. 

They show the past tense with a change in spelling or in some other way. 

Present Tense

I begin today.
You sleep very soundly.
I let the dog in today.
Past Tense

I began yesterday.
You slept very soundly last night.
I let the dog in yesterday.