A. Introduction: What Is a Sentence? - English Academic Writing (video teaching)

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A. Introduction: What Is a Sentence?

I. Understanding Sentence Basics

II. From Sentence to Paragraph

III. Types of Paragraphs

IV. From Paragraph to (Short) Essay

V. Types of (Short) Essays

VI. Advanced Academic Writing: Research Paper, Thesis & Dissertation

VII. Supplementary Unit

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A. Introduction: What Is a Sentence?

B. Basic Sentence Types, Components, and Word Order

1. sentence types

2. parts of speech and word order

C. Writing Sentences in Different Verb Tenses

D. Writing Sentences with Dependent Clauses

E. Some Other Important Writing Mechanics

1. subject-verb agreement

2. capitalization and punctuation

3. transitional words and connectors

4. avoiding sentence fragments, comma splices and run-on sentences

5. avoiding misplaced & dangling modifiers

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(Notes by Huifang Peng)
--the formation of a "simple" sentence

* correct syntactic/grammatical structure

--S + V (subject + verb--the fundamental parts of a sentence)

* correct punctuation and capitalization

--beginning a sentence with a capital letter
--ending a sentence with a period
--question marks for questions
--exclamation points for expressing surprise or strong emotion
--proper nouns with capital letters

* using proper modifiers and connecting words when needed.

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