Grammar Pre-Assessment

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n. 1. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. 2. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

Learn SAT Vocabulary in Context

The best way to improve your SAT vocabulary skills is to read SAT-level material like The New York Times or your favorite novel. As you read, follow these steps:

1. When you come across a word you don't know, pause.
2. Write down the word.
3. Look up the word's definition, and write down the definition.
4. Make a mental note about how the your newly learned word was used.
5. Continue reading, and repeat steps 1-4 for any other new words.

As you are finding words while you read, you'll be amazed at how many unfamiliar words you come across! By following the above method you'll retain SAT vocabulary words much better than if you were to memorize words from a list.

"Are We Hard-Wired for War?" New York Times

"Climate Panel's Fifth Report Clarifies Humanity's Choices" New York Times

Grammar

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Semi-Colons: A Zoom-In Study

Study these excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Be able to teach to others why the semi-colons are appropriately placed.

Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation.

BY Eric K. Auld

1. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.

2. A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave.

3. A question mark walks into a bar?

4. Two quotation marks “walk into” a bar.

5. A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to drink.

6. The bar was walked into by the passive voice.

7. Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They drink. They leave.

LANGUAGE OF INTERPRETATION

Try to determine how well you can define these academic words and terms by going to the Quizlet that Dr. Carolyn created.