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Top Writing Skills
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The Top Writing Skills (10th grade) Sentence Structure Sentence fragment Run on sentences Comma splice Subordination <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Parallel Structure <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Sentence Imitation <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Combined Sentences <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Inverted Word Order <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Clauses and their use <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Error Avoidance Usage <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Subject-Verb agreement <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Correct Verb Form <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Using Word Clues to understand Verb Tense <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Sequence of Verb Tense <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Avoiding Verb Tense Shift <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Dynamic Verbs <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Dropping the verb TO BE <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Subject and Object Pronouns <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Possessive Pronouns <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Pronoun Agreement <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Reflexive and Indefinite Pronouns <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Avoiding pronoun shift <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Nouns <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Prepositions <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Contractions <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Dialect Mechanics <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Capitalization <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Commas in a series <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Commas and clauses <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Commas and Prepositional Phrases <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Comma Details <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Avoiding too many commas <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Using apostrophes <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Homonyms Organization <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Topic sentences and paragraphs <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Unity and Coherence <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Joining and Dividing paragraphs <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Transitions within Paragraphs The Essay <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->What is an essay? <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Understanding and Breaking down a prompt <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Working Backwards from the prompt <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Cues for Expos/Persua Prompts <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Understanding the topic <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Brainstorming <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Complete Sentences <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Parts of a paragraph <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Description <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Word Choice <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Support and relevance <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Giving reasons <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Checking Organization <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Revising Mechanics <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Writing Body Paragraphs <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Writing concluding paragraphs <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Writing longer essays <!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Raising your score
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