Hacker Generic LC Active versus passive verbs

Active versus passive verbs

Hacker Generic LC Apostrophes

Apostrophes to show possession

Apostrophes in contractions

No apostrophes for plurals

No apostrophes for possessive pronouns

Hacker Generic LC Articles and types of nouns for multilingual writers

Articles and types of nouns

When to use the

When to use a or an

When not to use a or an

When to use a quantifier such as more or some

When not to use articles

Articles and proper nouns

Hacker Generic LC Capitalization

Capitalizing proper nouns

Capitalizing titles with names

Capitalizing titles of works

Hacker Generic LC Commas

Commas with introductory elements

Commas with nonessential elements

No commas with essential elements

Comma and concluding adverb clause

Hacker Generic LC Argument: Arguable claims

Writing an effective thesis statement

Reading sources critically

Supporting your claims with specific evidence

Using counterarguments

Hacker Generic LC Argument: Persuasive appeals

Identifying ethical, logical, and emotional appeals

Using ethical, logical, and emotional appeals

Hacker Generic LC Argument: Reasoning and logical fallacies

Understanding logical fallacies

Treating opposing views fairly

Hacker Generic LC Argument: Topic, purpose, and audience

Exploring a subject

Understanding an assignment

Understanding purpose and audience

Hacker Generic LC Coordination and subordination

Using coordination

Using subordination

Hacker Generic LC Critical reading

Reading actively and critically

Evaluating arguments

Hacker Generic LC Modifiers

Dangling modifiers

Misplaced modifiers

Limiting modifiers

Awkwardly placed modifiers

Hacker Generic LC Nouns and pronouns

Identifying nouns

Identifying types of pronouns

Identifying a pronoun's antecedent

Using possessive pronouns

Using subject, object, and possessive pronouns

Making nouns plural

Hacker Generic LC Parallelism

Balancing parallel ideas

Balancing parallel ideas presented as pairs

Hacker Generic LC Patterns of organization

Recognizing patterns of organization

Developing the main point

Making paragraphs coherent

Hacker Generic LC Prepositions and conjunctions

Identifying prepositions

Prepositional phrases

Conjunctions

Hacker Generic LC Prepositions for multilingual writers

Prepositions showing time and place

Common adjective + preposition combinations

Common verb + preposition combinations

Hacker Generic LC Pronoun agreement and pronoun reference

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Clear pronoun reference

Hacker Generic LC Quotation marks and italics

Using quotation marks for direct quotations

Using punctuation with quotation marks

Capitalizing quotations

Quotation marks with titles

Using italics

Hacker Generic LC Run-on sentences

Recognizing run-on sentences

Revising with a comma and a coordinating conjunction

Revising with a semicolon

Revising by making separate sentences

Revising by restructuring the sentence

Hacker Generic LC Semicolons and colons

Using a semicolon between independent clauses

Using a semicolon with items in a series

Avoiding misuses of the semicolon

Common uses of the colon

Avoiding misuses of the colon

Hacker Generic LC Sentence fragments

Understanding sentence fragments

Revising subordinate clause fragments

Revising phrase fragments

Revising fragmented compound predicates, lists, and examples

Hacker Generic LC Shifts

Shifts in verb tense

Shifts in person and number

Shifts in mood and voice

Shifts from indirect to direct questions or quotations

Hacker Generic LC Sentence structure for multilingual writers

Linking verb between subject and complement

Using a subject in every sentence

Not repeating a subject or topic

Not repeating subjects, objects, and adverbs

Placement of adverbs

Order of adjectives

Present participles and past participles used as adjectives

Hacker Generic LC Subject-verb agreement

Standard subject-verb combinations

Agreement when words come between subject and verb

Agreement with subjects joined with and

Agreement with subjects joined with or or nor

Agreement with indefinite pronouns

Agreement with collective nouns

Agreement when the subject follows the verb

Agreement when a subject complement follows the verb

Hacker Generic LC Topics and main ideas

Focusing on a main point

Hacker Generic LC Verbs

Irregular verbs

-s (or -es) endings in present tense

Sequence of tenses with infinitives and participles

Verb tenses

Subjunctive mood

Verbs in the passive voice

Hacker Generic LC Verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Verbs, objects, and complements

Types of verbs

Identifying adjectives

Identifying adverbs

Using adverbs

Using adjectives

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

Hacker Generic LC Verbs Multilingual

Verb forms and tenses in the active voice

Verbs in the passive voice

Verb forms with modals

Negative verb forms

Verbs in conditional sentences

Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives

Hacker Generic LC Word choice

Avoiding wordiness

Using specific, concrete nouns

Avoiding sexist language

Avoiding slang

Avoiding clichés

Using figures of speech

Hacker Generic LC Working with sources (APA)

Selecting and previewing sources

Using quotations appropriately

Using signal phrases to integrate sources

Understanding what sources to cite

APA in-text citations

Integrating summaries and paraphrases

Hacker Generic LC Working with sources (MLA)

Using quotations appropriately

Using signal phrases to integrate sources

MLA in-text citations

Integrating summaries and paraphrases

Synthesizing sources

Understanding plagiarism