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Assignments

• 1 Level One - The Basic Concepts 1.1. - Identifying Subjects and Verbs (take multiple days to practice each assignment)
• 2 1.2. - Adding Complements (PA, PN, IO, DO)
• 3 1.3. - Adding Adjectives and Adverbs
• 4 1.4. - Coordinating Conjunctions, Compounds, and Style
• 5 1.5. - Adding Simple Prepositional Phrases
• 6 1.6. - Pronouns (Case), Number, and Tense
• 7 1.7. - Focus on Punctuation and Capitalization
• 8 1.8. - Vocabulary and Logic
• 9 2.1.1 - Understood "You"
• 10 2.1.2 - Varied Positions in the S/V/C Pattern
• 11 2.1.3 - Expletives (Optional)
• 12 2.1.4 - Palimpsest Patterns
• 13 2.1.5 - Phrasal Verbs (Preposition? Or Part of the Verb?)
• 14 2.1.6 - Distinguishing Finite Verbs from Verbals
• 15 2.1.7 - The KISS Perspective on the Subjunctive Mood
• 16 2.2.1 - The "To" Problem & Verbs as Objects of Prepositions
• 17 2.2.2 - Preposition or Subordinate Conjunction?
• 18 2.2.3 - Embedded Prepositional Phrases
• 19 2.2.4 - Advanced Questions about Prepositional Phrases
• 20 2.3 Adding Three Level Five Constructions [Nouns Used as Adverbs; Simple Interjections; Direct Address]
• 21 3.1.1 - Compound Main Clauses (Punctuation and Logic)
• 22 3.1.2 - Subordinate Clauses
• 23 3.1.3 - Embedded Clauses and the Analytical Process
• 24 3.2.1 - Ellipsis in Clauses
• 25 3.2.2 - "So" and "For" as Conjunctions
• 26 3.2.3 - Interjection? Or Direct Object?
• 27 3.2.4 - "Tag" and Other Questions about Clauses
• 28 5.4 - Appositives
• 29 5.5 - Post-Positioned Adjectives
• 30 5.6 - Delayed Subjects and Sentences
• 31 5.7 - Passive Voice and Retained Complements
• 32 4 - Verbals (Gerunds, Gerundives, & Infinitives)
• 33 5.8 - Noun Absolutes
• 34 6.1 Studies in Punctuation
• 35 6.2 Style- Focus, Logic, and Texture
• 36 6.3 Style - Sentence Combining Exercises
• 37 6.4 Research Projects
• 38 6.5 Statistical Stylistics
• 39 6.6 Syntax and Writing
• 40 6.7 Mixed Review & Additional Passages for Analysis
• 41 6.8 Assessment Quizzes