FINAL EXAM

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FINAL EXAM

• Next week, the only class activity will be a
  final exam. It should not be too difficult if
  you have paid attention in class and reviewed
  your notes. Most students are usually done with
  it in less than an hour (although you have the
  whole class period, if you think you should need
  it.)

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• Sentence Structure There will be sentences on
  the exam that I will expect you to rewrite. You
  will be expected to eliminate comma splices,
  fragments and run-ons.

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• Sentence Structure For example We are going
  to see the show, Gwen is playing the part of the
  mermaid.

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• Sentence Structure For example We are going
  to see the show. Gwen is playing the part of the
  mermaid.

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• Punctuation There will be sentences on the test
  that you will have to punctuate correctly.

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• Punctuation For example, When we arrived back
  at the hotel we noticed Rons dress shirt was
  covered with sauce stains.

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• Punctuation For example, When we arrived back
  at the hotel, we noticed Rons dress shirt was
  covered with sauce stains.

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• Word Usage There will be sentences on the test
  where you will be expected to circle the right
  word to use in that sentence.

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• Word Usage For example She told him that
  (its , its ) going to snow up in New Hampshire.

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• Deadwood There will be several sentences on the
  exam where you will be asked to eliminate
  redundancies and extra verbiage.

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• Deadwood For example, The Utica tribe wished
  to speak to and communicate with the early
  colonists.

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• Deadwood For example, The Utica tribe wished
  to communicate with the early colonists.

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• Misplaced Modifiers You will be asked to
  rewrite sentences so that the modifiers are in
  the right place.

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• Misplaced Modifiers For example, Bouncing down
  the slope near the barn, we laughed at the
  rabbit.

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• Misplaced Modifiers For example, We laughed at
  the rabbit bouncing down the slope near the barn.

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• Verb Tense Error You may be asked to rewrite a
  sentence to avoid shifts in verb tense.

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• Verb Tense Error For example, He made the
  coffee and then gives it to his wife.

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• Verb Tense Error For example, He made the
  coffee and then gave it to his wife.

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• Vocabulary The exam will contain about 25 words
  from the vocabulary words I have given you. They
  will be multiple choice questions.

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• THE ESSAY You will be expected to write in
  class a five-paragraph essay with introduction,
  thesis, body paragraphs and conclusion. I will
  let you do it in any format as long as you
  identify the format.

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• The ESSAY For example, you might want to write
  a narration about a funny experience at your
  family reunion. Or you might want to compare and
  contrast two action movies that you saw recently.
  Its up to you, but you will be expected to
  write it in class.