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Useful Essay Tips

Useful Essay Tips. 1. Grammar Goofs:. possesive form. your:. you're:. contraction of you are. its:. possesive form. it's:. contraction of it is. there:. position; points out. their:. possesion. they're:. contraction of they are. to:. preposition; directional. too:.

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Useful Essay Tips

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  1. Useful Essay Tips 1. Grammar Goofs: possesive form. your: you're: contraction of you are. its: possesive form. it's: contraction of it is.

  2. there: position; points out. their: possesion. they're: contraction of they are. to: preposition; directional. too: adding; more than enough. two: numeral adjective.

  3. where: direction; location. were: linking/helping verb. wear: action verb. Conjunctions Used to connect words, phrases, & clauses. NEVER start with!

  4. Common Conjunctions and, or, for, nor, if, but, so, also, because, however, therefore, consequently, yet, & moreover. I love ice cream and pizza. I went to the mall and to the grocery store. I am allergic to ice cream, but I eat it anyway.

  5. Punctuation Pointers colons - : Use for listing numerous elements. You will need the following ingredients: flour, sugar, spices, & milk.

  6. semi-colons - ; Used to connect clauses. September is my favorite month of the year; December is my second favorite. commas - , Use with a list of elements. I like Science, Math, Physics, and Spanish class.

  7. quotation marks - " " For use when quoting something a person says. “I think Math class is the best,” said one of my friends. paranthesis: , ( ), or ( ). • He was telling the truth, • (or so I thought), about the • aliens.

  8. 2. I love avocado pizza (obviously). Subjects & Predicates: Happy Harmony Subjects and predicates, (verbs), must agree in number. singular verb singular subject

  9. ** Plural nouns generally end In ‘s’ or ‘es’. Ex. horses, cats, dogs Plural verbs DO NOT end in ‘s’ or ‘es’. Ex. have, lift, run John every morning. runs every morning. They run

  10. Are you in the correct tense? Your paragraphs and essays need to be in the correct tense.Some writers tend to “time travel” in their paragraphs; theydon’t use a consistent tense. Past, Present, Future Future Perfect. Past Perfect, Present Perfect,

  11. WRONG Yesterday, I run to my friend’s house because he will have gotten the new X -Box game by the time I had got there.

  12. RIGHT Yesterday, I ran to my friend’s house because he had gotten the new X-Box game. He had gotten it before I got there.

  13. Proper Prepos(itions) in: at rest, position within. into: motion, change of position. beside: next to, at the side of. besides: in addition to.

  14. at: at rest, presence in. to: motion towards. between: in the middle of 2 things. more than 2. among: from: getting something from someone. off: away from.

  15. Introductions & Conclusions Inroductions * 5-7 sentences. *about general topic, not sub-topics. *has interesting "hooks". *thesis statment is LAST. *DOESN'T start with: This my essay on..

  16. WRONG This is my essay on important things that happened to me. 3 really important things have happened to me, they are going into junior high, getting taller & getting smarter. Junior high is tough, but I really like it. It’s fun. That’s why it’s really important.

  17. RIGHT Have you ever thought about the experiences that make us the way we are? These years are very important, and if you aren’t careful, you’ll miss them. I will always remember my experiences, because they make me the person I am today. My 13th b-day, passing 8th grade, and my first date are three things that have impacted me the most.

  18. Conclusions * 5-7 sentences. *about general topic, not sub-topics. *can REWORD thesis, NOT copy. *DOESN'T end with: This was my essay on..

  19. WRONG This has been my essay on really important things. I hope you liked it, cause I thought it was fun. Do you have any important things? RIGHT As you can see, these three things have really had an impact on my life. I’ll probably never be the same because of them. As the saying

  20. goes, “carpe diem”, or seize the day. You never know when something big will happen to you, and impact your life.

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