Links for grammar
Semicolon: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm
Comma splice: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm#splice
Cliches: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm#cliches
Commas: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
Misplaced modifiers: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/modifiers.htm#misplaced
Concise writing: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm
Tense consistency: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/consistency.htm
Which/that: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious/that.htm
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/engl_102/suasive.htm
Codes:
[
] = omit everything in brackets; your sentence is wordy, repetitive or
redundant.
/sp = spelling
/pr = proofread more carefully..this
seems to be just a careless error.
Carefully reread your work before submitting it.
/ss = sentence structure; either
phrasing is awkward, subjects are missing, or wording is inappropriate. Always read the sentence out loud to
see/hear the errors.
/xyl = examine your logic. What you state is just not so.
C&E/ cause and effect. Your effect was not brought about by the
cause you attribute it to. Reexamine
the meaning in your sentence and think more clearly about your assertion.
/agr = your verb does not agree with
your subject.
/antecedent = your pronoun does not
agree with its antecedent, the noun to which it is referring.
Do not use ‘you,’ which is second
person and not appropriate for formal discourse. Use the 1st or 3rd person..We/us/our or
he/she/it/they
/do not say I think or I
believe...its obvious
3) Why does Miller include such extensive
background information about seventeenth-century Salem and its inhabitants?(b)
To whom is this information addressed? Explain
Miller explains the background information to
give to reader an extensive understanding and setting of where the play will
take place and what society was like at that time period. Miller tries to get
the reader to understand that the world was a lot different back then than it
is now.
I think Miller writes the story directly for the
reader.
4) What information is conveyed about the play's
basic situation in the first three paragraphs of stage directions?
The first three paragraphs of the stage
directions tells the reader the town in which the play will take play was small
and the inhabitants were a closed minded society.
7) What do Reverend Parris's comments and actions
reveal about his motivations?
Reverend Parris's comments reveal that he is not
a very motivated person at all. Parris is a widowed man and does not have very
much of an outlook on life. Parris's one and only concern is the life of his
daughter Betty.
9) What is Putnam's motive for asking Tituba
whether she saw Sarah Good or Goody Osburn in the woods?
Putnam believes that Sarah Good and Goody Osburn
are the reason for the deaths of her children. Putnam has lost six of her
children and Osburn has been midwife to three of them. Putnam believes that is
they were in the woods while the dancing was going on she is a witch and the
reason her children have died.
Slanting, Slogans, and Clichés
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To slant one's vocabulary means to choose words that will elevate or denigrate the subject in the minds of the readers. Consider the words highlighted in red in the table to the right. Each of those highlighted words expresses not only the facts about the occupation under discussion but also expresses the writer's feelings about that occupation.
Slanted diction does not apply just to people though. We express our feelings about any subject through our choice of vocabulary. In a discussion of film, words like cinema, film, and flick express the writer's underlying feelings about the significance of film as art. Words reveal our emotional attitude toward the subject in addition to the factual information we have to share about the subject. This is why diction is one of the major components of tone.