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Exam Review /Study Tips for Advanced Composition, Sp. 2016
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Advanced Composition Content Outline
This is an alpha-numeric outline.
Content Outline
I. Novel Overview
A. MLA Style
B. MLA Citations
II. Grammar Review
A. Clauses
B. Phrases
C. Sentences
1. Fragments
2. Run-ons
3. Comma Splice
D. Active Voice
E. Passive Voice
F. Conjunctions
III. Writing Process
A. Steps
B. Coherent
C. Variety
D. Writing and Editing
IV. Descriptive Writing
A. Sensory imagery/words
B. Descriptive words and phrases
C. similes
D. metaphors
E. cliches
F. "Story of an Hour"
G. Peer-editing
V. Narrative Writing
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Note-taking
VI. Persuasive Writing
A. "A Modest Proposal"
B. Transitions
VII. Informative /Expository Writing
A. Compare/contrast
B. Colonial New England
C. Revising sentences
D. Combining Sentences
E. Sentence practice
VIII. Writing Resumes and Letters
A. Resume
B. Letters
1. Personal letters
2. Business letters
3. Letter of Complaint
4. Personal Resume
The Writing Process
Transitions
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