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Midterm Review

Midterm Review. Works Cited. Anzaldua , Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera : The New Mestiza . San Francisco: Spinsters/ Aunt Lute, 1987.

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Midterm Review

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  1. Midterm Review

  2. Works Cited Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Spinsters/ Aunt Lute, 1987. Christie, John S. "Fathers and Virgins: Garcia Marquez's FaulknerianChronicle of a Death Foretold." Latin American Literary Review 13.3 (Fall 1993): 21-29. Astin, Alexander W. Achieving Educational Excellence. Washington: Jossey-Bass, 1985. Jones, V.S., M.E. Eakle. A History of Newspapers. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge UP, 1987. Metheny, N.M., and W. D. Snively. Nurses' Handbook of Fluid Balance. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967.

  3. Works Cited Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Spinsters/ Aunt Lute, 1987. Astin, Alexander W. Achieving Educational Excellence. Washington: Jossey-Bass, 1985. Jones, V.S., M.E. Eakle, and C.W. Foerster. A History of Newspapers. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge UP, 1987. Metheny, N.M., and W. D. Snively. Nurses' Handbook of Fluid Balance. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967.

  4. Correct these fragments: When I was young I had a favorite form of transportation. A bus which traveled to the beach. When I was young my favorite form of transportation was a bus which traveled to the beach. There were some great rides at the amusement park. Was open from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. There were some great rides at the amusement park which was open from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.

  5. Read each sentence aloud. Put S before each complete sentence and F before each sentence fragment. • 1.______ Dancers dance. • 2.______ Reliable as mother, wife, and secretary. • 3.______ Do you remember? • 4.______ The campers who kept the cleanest cabin. • 5.______ Even if we fly, we will be late. • 6.______ Having worked outdoors all his life. • 7.______ Wanting to please her parents, she had tea ready on their arrival. • 8.______ Sad to hear of the many occurrences of vandalism. • 9.______ Painting in a studio with bad lighting. • 10._____ As soon as the police arrived, the fighting stopped.

  6. Comma Splices When a comma alone separates two independent clauses. Comma splices MUST be corrected. The computer is an invaluable tool, it links together millions of people.

  7. Correct these comma splices: Paul went swimming during the storm, he nearly drowned. Mary killed her husband with a leg of lamb, no one will ever know because the evidence was eaten.

  8. Run-on Sentence Consists of two or more independent clauses with no punctuation or connector between them. Run-on sentences MUST be corrected. We headed off to the game during the rain the rain stopped before we got there.

  9. Ways to correct run-on sentences: • Create two sentences • Add a comma and a conjunction (and, but, or) • Use a semicolon (the two sentences must be closely related) • Use a connecting word (because, then, when, if)

  10. Correct these sentences: Night was falling the sun was setting. A diamond won’t dissolve in acid intense heat can destroy it.

  11. Correct these sentences • Learning is not child’s play we cannot learn without pain. • Mama had not been consulted therefore, she made no comment. • Jim had done research, taken notes, and made an outline but he didn’t feel ready to begin writing.

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