Clarity is the objective of any writing, and the organization of any expository writing is
extremely important to clarity. - ANS IS When judging the
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whether it is a promotional piece or a personal letter, you should look for a clear and logical
delivery of ideas.
Things to ask yourself about your writing. - ANS IS *Does each piece of writing contain a topic
statement in the first paragraph?
*Does each paragraph have a topic sentence?
*Are related ideas grouped in the same paragraph?
*Do all sentences in the paragraph support the topic sentence? Is there a clear progression
from one idea to the next, from one paragraph to the next (perhaps using first, next, then, &
finally)
*Do all the paragraphs support the topic sentence?
Expository - ANS IS Intended to explain or describe
Singular - ANS IS (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing
Adjective Verb - ANS IS A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming
the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen
Subject - ANS IS A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
Plural - ANS IS A plural word form
Compound subject - ANS IS A type of subject where two or more individual noun phrases are
coordinated to form a single, larger noun phrase
Noun phrase - ANS IS Compound subjects cause many difficulties in the proper usage of
grammatical agreement between the subject and other entities (verbs, pro nouns, etc)
Independent clause - ANS IS (Main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a
simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by
itself
Independent clauses - ANS IS Are clauses that express a complete thought. They can function as
sentences.
Dependent clauses - ANS IS Do not express a complete thought & cannot function as sentences
Noun - ANS IS is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we assume, can
be named, and that name is a noun.
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